Patents Assigned to Better Agricultural Goals, Inc.
  • Protective cover for bulk container
    Patent number: 4909410
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a protective cover for a flexible semi-bulk container to protect the container from contamination during filling, handling and storing. The protective covering forms no permanent bond and is strippable from the outside of the container when the container is ready for marketing and display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: Better Agricultural Goals, Inc.
    Inventors: Norwin C. Derby, Ernest J. Benson
  • Container for flowable materials
    Patent number: 4903859
    Abstract: An improved flexible semi-bulk container utilizing rigid panels associated with the side walls of the flexible container to provide rigidity and enable the container to stand alone when filled with fluidized material such as fluidized solids, semi-solids, slurries and liquids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1990
    Assignee: Better Agricultural Goals, Inc.
    Inventors: Norwin C. Derby, Ernest J. Benson
  • Protective cover for bulk container
    Patent number: 4865218
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a protective cover for a flexible semi-bulk container to protect the container from contamination during filling, handling and storing. The protective covering forms no permanent bond and is strippable from the outside of the container when the container is ready for marketing and display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: Better Agricultural Goals, Inc.
    Inventors: Norwin C. Derby, Ernest J. Benson
  • Receptacle having improved hopper
    Patent number: 4811419
    Abstract: A material holding receptacle constructed of pliable material and having a main enclosure and a hopper below the enclosure. The hopper consists of a trapezoidal bottom piece and three triangular bottom pieces. The bottom pieces can be folded upward to form a substantially flat bottom to the receptacle. A cover piece is attached to the trapezoidal bottom piece to form a receptacle access tube over an opening in the trapezoidal bottom piece. A loop is attached to the bottom corner of one of the bottom pieces to secure the bottom pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Assignee: Better Agricultural Goals, Inc.
    Inventor: Norwin C. Derby