Patent ID: 7992598

Claim:
A method for filling a dispensing bag, the method comprising: inserting a collapsed bag within a chamber of a bin, the chamber being bounded by a floor and an upstanding sidewall; after inserting the collapsed bag within the chamber, positioning a first port formed on a lower end of the collapsed bag within a port hole formed on the floor of the bin and securing the lower end of the collapsed bag to the bin; and after securing the lower end of the collapsed bag to the bin, manipulating a hoist having a support arm coupled to an upper end of the collapsed bag at a plurality of locations so that the hoist raises the upper end of the collapsed bag within the chamber while the first port remains within the port hole and the lower end of the collapsed bag remains secured to the bin so as to expand the collapsed bag within the chamber of the bin, the support arm extending over the chamber of the bin in the form of a cantilever.