US 5,492,270 A · Shipping container

Abstract

A container mainly intended for the containment and transport of liquids, free flowing materials, and the like. The container includes a fiberboard container body, a top fiberboard pad, a lifting sling, and a liner bag. The container body includes top and bottom closures and side walls. The lifting sling includes a sling body and a plurality of lifting straps. The sling body is located inside the container body and the lifting straps extend through gabled corner apertures in the top closure. The liner bag fits inside the sling body, contains the flowable materials, and is removably attachable to a top pad of the top closure. The lifting sling arrangement permits the containers to be individually lifted by fork lift trucks and other standard material handling equipment. The bottom closure includes is self-locking and includes four panels. At least two of the panels of the bottom closure include overlapping apertures which permit a user to reach his forearm inside the container and manipulate the panels for assembly.

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Dependent claims

A shipping container comprising:

a container bottom comprised of a corrugated fiberboard material;
a container top comprised of a corrugated fiberboard material, said container top including a plurality of apertures therein;
container side wall means for bounding the sides of the container, said side wall means comprised of a corrugated fiberboard material and being structurally coupled to said container top and to said container bottom, said container top, container bottom, and side wall means defining a container interior therebetween;
and
a lifting sling, said lifting sling including a sling body having an upper end, a lower end, and a wall portion therebetween, and a plurality of strap sections structurally coupled to said sling body and extending from the upper end of the sling body, said sling body being located in said container interior with the wall portion of the sling body positioned immediately adjacent the container side wall means, said plurality of strap sections extending from the container interior through said plurality of apertures in said container top to the exterior of the container, wherein said shipping container may be lifted and transported by lifting said plurality of strap sections from the shipping container exterior.

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A shipping container comprising:

a container bottom comprised of a corrugated fiberboard material;
a container top comprised of a corrugated fiberboard material, said container top including a plurality of apertures therein;
container side wall means for bounding the sides of the container, said side wall means comprised of a corrugated fiberboard material and being structurally coupled to said container top and to said container bottom, said container top, container bottom, and side wall means defining a container interior therebetween;
and
a lifting sling, said lifting including a sling body and a plurality of strap sections structurally coupled to said sling body, said sling body being located in said container interior, said plurality of strap sections extending from the container interior through said plurality of apertures in said container top to the exterior of the container, wherein said shipping container may be lifted and transported by lifting said plurality of strap sections from the shipping container exterior;
wherein said container said wall means includes a plurality of side walls, said container bottom includes a bottom closure including a first panel, a second panel, a third panel and a fourth panel, said first panel being foldably joined to one of said side walls, said second panel being foldably joined to another of said side walls, said third and fourth panels each being foldably joined to opposing sides of said second panel, said second panel and one of said third and fourth panels each including an aperture therein, said third and fourth panels being capable of being folded into a position superimposed with respect to said second panel, said apertures of said second and said one of said third and fourth panels at least partially overlapping each other when said third and fourth panels are folded into said superimposed position to create a opening extending through said second and said one of said third and fourth panels permitting access to the container interior through said opening for assembling said bottom closure.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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