Patent ID: 7654440

Claim:
An octagonal bulk bin comprising: a pair of opposite sidewalls, a pair of opposite end walls, and opposed pairs of diagonal corner panels interposed between adjacent said sidewalls and end walls, wherein the sidewails, end walls and diagonal corner panels are joined to one another along vertical folds; major bottom flaps foldably joined to bottom edges of the sidewalls along horizontal folds; minor bottom flaps foldably joined to bottom edges of the end walls along horizontal folds; diagonal bottom flaps foldably joined to bottom edges of the diagonal panels along horizontal folds; cuts separating said major bottom flaps from respective adjacent diagonal bottom flaps, said cuts terminating in spaced relation to said horizontal folds to prevent initiation of tearing of said vertical folds; and a foldable web panel interconnecting opposite side edges of each minor bottom flap with adjacent side edges of respective adjacent diagonal bottom flap, each said web panel being defined by first and second divergent fold scores, wherein said first fold score extends in alignment with an adjacent vertical fold and an adjacent side edge of the minor bottom flap, and the second fold score extends to a free end edge of the diagonal bottom flap from a point on the first fold score spaced from the horizontal fold connecting the minor bottom flap to its associated end wall; and said web panel and a portion of an adjacent minor bottom flap are crushed.