Bottom closure restrainment apparatus for palletized bulk bin container

A bottom closure restrainment apparatus for a palletized bulk bin container for aligning and restraining at least two juxtaposed flaps forming a bottom of said container when said container is fully deployed upon articulation from an undeployed position for restrained receipt of articles therewithin an interior region of said container during containment, storage and transportation of said articles, said bottom closure restrainment apparatus comprising:

• pallet means for supporting and moving said container, said pallet means having a top surface on which said container is positioned;
• said container bottom including a bottom panel having a front edge, a back edge and one or more side edges;
• said bottom panel comprising at least two bottom flap portions, at least one of which is not affixed to said pallet means in said undeployed position;
• bottom closure restraint means for maintaining said at least two bottom flap portions in restrained aligned position relative to each other upon articulation of said container to said deployed position;
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• said bottom closure restraint means comprising one or more geometrically-shaped apertures in said at least one unaffixed bottom flap portion and one or more corresponding post elements emanating from the top surface of said pallet means for operable telescopically mated receipt within said one or more apertures to restrain and align the position of said at least one unaffixed bottom flap portion in a position restrainably juxtaposed to another of said at least two flap positions.