US 8,025,206 B2 · Bulk container for liquid and semi-liquid fluid

Abstract

A bulk container for fluid materials comprises a bin having a plurality of interconnected sidewall panels, a closed bottom, and an open top. A rim around the top of the bin defines a downwardly facing shoulder. A lid covers the open top and has elongated depending skirt panels extending downwardly past the shoulder. A clamping band is tightened around the lid skirt below the shoulder to secure the lid to the bin. Notches in an outer surface of the rim receive bendable locking strips on the lid skirt to lock the lid in position on the bin, and locking tongues on a first skirt panel are engageable in respective locking slots in an adjacent second skirt panel to hold the skirt panels in their operative downwardly folded positions. A tray and liner insert may be positioned in the bin, and a fluid-containing bag may be placed in the liner.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A bulk container for storing, shipping and dispensing liquid and semi-liquid fluids, comprising:

a bin having a sidewall, a closed bottom end, and an open top end, the sidewall comprising a plurality of interconnected sidewall panels extending at an angle with respect to one another;
an integral rim formed on said open top end, said integral rim forming a downwardly facing shoulder wherein notches are formed in the integral rim at corners of the bin;
a lid covering the open top end of the bin, said lid having an elongated depending skirt that extends downwardly past said shoulder wherein bendable locking strips are formed in the elongated depending skirt of the lid in positions to be in registry with the notches when the lid is in place on the bin, the bendable locking strips and notches forming a lid locking means when the strips are pushed inwardly into the notches;
and
a clamping band clamped around said lid skirt below said shoulder to secure said lid on said bin.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Bulk container for liquid and semi-liquid fluid

Life of this patent

Bulk container for liquid and semi-liquid fluid

Life of this patent

Abstract

Claims19