US 11,834,257 B2
Stackable bulk container
Clark Austin Holden, Springfield, MO (US); Deborah Nichole Holden, Springfield, MO (US); Rodney Arthur Mease, Reeds Spring, MO (US); Peter Joseph Brunn, Hilton Head Island, SC (US); Gregory Paul Stout, Stow, OH (US); and Dwayne Holden, Springfield, MO (US)
Assigned to Custom Metalcraft, Inc., Springfield, MO (US)
Filed by Custom Metalcraft, Inc., Springfield, MO (US); and Deborah Nichole Holden, Springfield, MO (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/867,178.
Application 17/867,178 is a continuation of application No. 16/810,330, filed on Mar. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,390,455.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/852,077, filed on May 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0348403 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 88/02 (2006.01); B65D 21/02 (2006.01); B65D 88/54 (2006.01); B65D 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 88/022 (2013.01) [B65D 19/003 (2013.01); B65D 21/0209 (2013.01); B65D 88/02 (2013.01); B65D 88/54 (2013.01); B65D 2588/125 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stackable container system configured to provide stacked receptacles for receiving bulk material therein, said stackable container system comprising:
a first receptacle configured to provide a respective stacked receptacle and including a receptable bottom, a receptable top, and a receptacle side extending along an upright container axis between the receptacle bottom and top, with the first receptacle presenting a container chamber,
said receptacle top being configured to at least partly support another one of the stacked receptacles stacked relative thereto along the upright container axis,
said receptacle top and said receptacle side having, respectively, a top peripheral margin and a side peripheral margin that extend laterally about the upright container axis,
said receptacle top having corner sections that define at least part of the top peripheral margin so that the receptacle top has a generally square profile shape,
said receptacle side having rounded corner segments each associated with a respective corner section of the receptacle top and located below the respective corner section,
each of said corner sections having at least a portion thereof laterally outboard of a respective corner segment and operable to support the stacked receptacle when stacked relative to the first receptacle,
each of said corner sections being interconnected to the respective corner segments along a transition section that extends outboard from the receptacle side to the receptacle top,
said receptacle top including discrete pillars spaced apart from one another and a fill neck located between the pillars,
said pillars being located at least partly above the fill neck; and
a shutoff wall fixed inside at least one of the pillars to define a subchamber and seal off the subchamber from the remainder of the container chamber.