Bulk bag with integral pallets
AssigneeLSI-Lift Systems Incorporated
InventorsGerald Lynn Baker, Richard Stephen Michaels
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Abstract
A bulk bag with integral pallets includes a flexible bag body having a bottom and sidewalls. Two elongate pallet members are provided having axially extending openings adapted to receive fork tines from a fork lift. Each of the two elongate pallet members has at least one underlying wear pad. The two elongate pallet members are secured to the bottom of the bag body with the least one underlying wear pad exposed. The securing straps, laces or elasticized sleeves are protected from wear by the underlying wear pad which provides an underlying wear surface.
Claims15
A bulk bag with integral pallets, comprising:
- a flexible bag body having a bottom and sidewalls;
- at least two elongate tubular pallet members having axially extending openings adapted to receive fork tines from a fork lift, each of the at least two elongate tubular pallet members having at least one underlying wear pad with strap receiving apertures extending transversely through the at least one underlying wear pad;
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- means for securing each of the at least two elongate pallet members to the bottom of the bag body with the at least one underlying wear pad exposed, in the form of straps extending from the bag body transversely through the strap receiving apertures and underlying the at least two elongate tubular pallet members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.