Patent ID: 8469258

Claim:
A reinforced cross laminated bulk container made of corrugated paperboard and having a rectangular configuration, the container comprising: an outer corrugated component having opposed sidewalls joined together along vertical scores at corners of the container, the sidewalls having top, bottom and side edges, and the outer component having corrugations running in a first direction, the bottom edges of the sidewalls include a first pair of flaps and a second pair of flaps each of which foldably extend outwardly therefrom and wherein each of the second pair of flaps having a pair of spaced apart triangularly shaped slots formed therein; an inner corrugated liner laminated to the outer component and having opposed sidewalls joined together along vertical scores at corners of the container, the sidewalls having top, bottom and side edges substantially coterminous with the top, bottom and side edges of the respective sidewalls of the outer component, and the inner liner having corrugations running in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and the outer component and the inner liner each having at least one reinforcing strand therein extending perpendicular to the corrugations thereof, wherein the at least one reinforcing strand in the liner extends perpendicular to and crosses the at least one reinforcing strand in the outer component.