Patent ID: 8104520

Claim:
A method of forming a transportable container of bulk goods from a gentle handling hopper of fixed volume with a hopper opening and a distributing end comprising the steps of: placing the distributing end of the hopper over a bag having an open top and a closed base to create a vertical space between the distributing end and closed base; distributing bulk goods into the hopper opening of the hopper to establish a hopper fill level; dispensing the bulk goods from the distributing end of the hopper through the open top of the bag into the closed base of the bag to establish a level of bulk goods in the bag; moving the hopper vertically during the dispensing step to maintain vertical space between the distributing end of the hopper and the level of bulk goods in the bag; substantially maintaining a hopper fill level in the hopper during the dispensing step and concurrent with the moving step; and spirally wrapping an outer wrap around the bag while filling the bag to form the transportable container, the outer wrap being maintained near the level of bulk goods in the bag.