Flexible bulk container and detachable support structure therefor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9120620
APP PUB NO 20120103981A1
SERIAL NO

13379825

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A flexible bulk container includes side walls coupled to a bottom wall. The side walls and the bottom wall generally enclose an interior space that is accessible through a top of the flexible bulk container for loading materials therein. A support structure includes elongate frame elements. Each of the frame elements may be attached to at least one of the side walls and is configured to support the at least one of the side walls generally upright so that the flexible bulk container is maintained in a generally open position. Each of the frame elements may be detachable from the respective at least one of the side walls. The flexible bulk containers and the support structures may be used in a waste management system for loading and sorting of bulk waste materials.

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BLI ACQUISITION LLC1013 TAMARAC DRIVE CARPENTERSVILLE IL 60110

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Muir, Roderick D South Mountain, CA 3 60
Sirois, Michael G Ottawa, CA 19 317
Streets, Philip Ottawa, CA 3 10
Warren, Robert P Kitchener, CA 1 7

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