Patent ID: 6966449

Claim:
A bulk box comprising a base panel and four side panels formed individually and assembled into a container; wherein the side panels are positioned to provide four corners; and wherein at least some of the side panels include lateral flanges which overlap with a portion of the other side panel forming the corner; wherein at least some of the side panels are joinable to the base panel by slots and hooks and/or by a groove and shoulder whereby the side panels are disassembleable from the base panel; wherein the four side panels comprise a first panel and a second panel arranged substantially parallel to each other, and a third panel and a fourth panel arranged substantially parallel to each other and substantially perpendicular to the first and second panels; and wherein: the first and second panels each have a box-interior surface, a box-exterior surface, a bottom edge, a top edge, and a lateral flange on each lateral edge of the respective panel; and each lateral flange comprises a first leg extending perpendicularly inward and beyond the box-interior surface and a second leg extending perpendicularly outward from the first leg.