Liquid bulk container with tensioning straps

A container comprising:

• a pallet defining an annular outer peripheral portion defining an upwardly facing annular seat and a central platform portion within the outer peripheral portion;
• an annular sleeve including an annular sidewall structure and an annular lower edge portion positioned on said annular seat;
• a bulk liquid receptacle positioned on the pallet within the sleeve so that bulk fluid material positioned within the receptacle exerts a force outwardly against the sleeve sidewall structure and a downward force against the pallet platform portion;
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• means operative to transfer the outward force on the sleeve into an outward force on the annular outer peripheral portion of the pallet so as to tension the platform portion in the manner of a drum;
• said transfer means comprising an upstanding rib extending around said annular seat so as to surround the annular lower edge portion of the sleeve positioned on the seat and a plurality of circumferentially spaced strap members each having its inner end anchored to the pallet platform portion, passing outwardly through an opening in the annular lower edge portion of the sleeve, and including a head positioned outwardly of said upstanding rim;
• the inner end of each strap member being positioned beneath the bulk fluid material within the sleeve so that the downward force exerted by the material on the platform portion serves to anchor the inner end of the strap member;
• the pallet comprising a twin sheet plastic structure including upper and lower sheets selectively spaced apart to define a plurality of circumferentially spaced inwardly extending channels for respective receipt of said strap members;
• the inner end of each strap member including a hole and one of said sheets defining a protuberance proximate the inner end of each channel for interlocking positioning within the hole in the inner end of the respective strap member to augment the anchoring of the strap member.

A container comprising:

• a pallet defining an annular outer peripheral portion defining an upwardly facing annular seat and a central platform portion within the outer peripheral portion;
• an annular sleeve including an annular sidewall structure and an annular lower edge portion positioned on said annular seat;
• an upstanding rim extending around said annular seat so as to surround the annular lower edge portion of the sleeve positioned on the seat;
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• a plurality of circumferentially spaced strap members each having its inner end anchored to the pallet platform portion, passing outwardly through an opening in the annular lower edge portion of the sleeve, and including a head portion positioned outwardly of said upstanding rim;
• each strap member also passing through an opening in said rim;
• said container further including a bulk receptacle positioned within said sleeve on said platform portion and the inner end of each strap member being positioned beneath the receptacle so that the downward force exerted by bulk material in the receptacle on the platform portion serves to anchor the inner end of the strap member;
• said pallet comprising a twin sheet plastic structure including upper and lower sheets selectively spaced apart to define a plurality of inwardly extending channels for respective receipt of said strap members;
• the inner end of each strap member including a hole and one of said sheets defining a protuberance proximate the inner end of each channel for interlocking positioning within the hole in the inner end of the respective strap member to augment the anchoring of the strap member.