Bulk box

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;
• wherein:
• the third and fourth 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;
• 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.

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;
• 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 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;
• wherein the third and fourth 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;
• wherein 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;
• and
• wherein the first and second panels each have a shoulder extending downward from the bottom edge for mating with a groove in the base panel.

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;
• 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 each lateral flange comprises a first leg extending perpendicularly inward and beyond a box-interior surface and a second leg extending perpendicularly outward from the first leg;
• 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;
• and
• wherein the base panel has an all-plastic construction without structural members of another material.

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;
• 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 each lateral flange comprises a first leg extending perpendicularly inward and beyond a box-interior surface and a second leg extending perpendicularly outward from the first leg;
• 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;
• and
• wherein the base panel and the four side panels each have an all-plastic construction without structural members of another material.

A bulk box comprising a base panel and four side panels individually formed and assembled/assemble-able into a container;

• wherein the base panel comprises a matrix of pedestals having lower ground-contacting platforms, wherein the matrix of pedestals includes corner pedestals and wherein the ground-contacting platform of each of the corner pedestals extends to the cornermost portions of the respective corner pedestal;
• wherein the four side panels are positioned to provide four corners aligned with the corner pedestals;
• wherein each of the four corners comprises a pair of flanges interlocking to form a double-thickness union between the adjacent side panels;
• wherein each lateral flange comprises a first leg extending perpendicularly inward and beyond a box-interior surface and a second leg extending perpendicularly outward from the first leg;
• wherein the flanges are formed in one piece with the side panels;
• and
• wherein the four side panels are joined together with slots and hooks.

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;
• wherein the side panels each have a main body with a box-interior surface and a box-exterior surface;
• wherein the side panels include lateral flanges with the lateral flange of one of the side panels overlapping with the lateral flange of another of the side panels forming the corner therewith;
• wherein the lateral flanges are formed in one piece with the main body of the respective side panel;
• wherein each lateral flange comprises a first leg extending perpendicularly inward and beyond a box-interior surface and a second leg extending perpendicularly outward from the first leg;
• wherein the base panel comprises a matrix of pedestals having lower ground-contacting platforms, wherein the matrix of pedestals includes corner pedestals and wherein the ground-contacting platforms of each of the corner pedestals extend to the cornermost region of the respective corner pedestal;
• and
• wherein the four side panels are joined together with slots and hooks.

A plurality of the bulk boxes stacked one on top of the other, each bulk box comprising a base panel and four side panels formed individually and assemble-able into a container and wherein in each bulk box:

• the side panels are positioned to provide four corners;
• the side panels each have a main body with a box-interior surface and a box-exterior surface;
• the side panels include lateral flanges with the lateral flange of one of the side panels overlapping with the lateral flange of another of the side panels forming the corner therewith;
• the lateral flanges are formed in one piece with the main body of the respective side panel;
• wherein each lateral flange comprises a first leg extending perpendicularly inward and beyond a box-interior surface and a second leg extending perpendicularly outward from the first leg;
• wherein at least some of the side panels have tabs extending upward from a top edge, wherein the base panel has notches aligned with the tabs, and wherein the tabs of a lower bulk box are received within the notches of an upper bulk box;
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• wherein receipt of the tabs within the notches can be seen from outside of the stacked boxes, thereby providing visual verification of box-to-box interlocking.