Bulk bag pallet tube apparatus

Abstract

An improved fabric bulk bag, of the type having wall portions, a top portion, and a floor portion, all defining a space for storing bulk therein, and further providing a pair of channels, substantially parallel in relation, secured along the outer surface of the floor portion, each channel having two open ends; a substantially elongated rigid U-shaped support member insertable into each channel, the upper wall of the member contacting the outer surface of the bulk bag, and the two arms of the U-shaped member providing a travel space through the channel for receiving the tynes of a forklift, and allowing the tynes to contact the upper wall of the member when the bag is lifted; the two arms of the member also providing a stable pallet-like foundation for the bag when the bag is positioned atop another filled bag. There is further provided finger-like openings between the walls of the U-shaped member and the channels, to secure the edges of each channel to maintain the U-shaped member within each channel when the forklift tynes are engaging or disengaging from the channels. There is further provided blocks along the outer walls of the channel walls for filling any gaps between the fabric channels and the U-shaped members inserted therein.