Patent ID: 8905255

Claim:
A container for supporting a flexible bag of liquid, comprising: a lower part comprising a lower outer surface and a lower inner surface including a pair of opposite end walls, a pair of side walls extending parallel to a longitudinal centerline of the inner surface and configured to support the flexible bag of liquid, and first and second contoured end projections extending directly upwardly from the inner surface and generally perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline of the inner surface so as to extend, and be elongated, generally parallel to the pair of end walls, the first and second contoured end projections confronting each other along the longitudinal centerline of the inner surface and being configured to support opposite ends of the flexible bag while the flexible bag is supported on the lower inner surface, with each of the first and second contoured end projections being spaced inwardly from each of the pair of side walls and with at least one of the first and second contoured end projections being spaced inwardly from each of the pair of end walls; and an upper part configured to be placed over the lower part to form an interior space adapted to contain the flexible bag of liquid.