Patent ID: 7080758

Claim:
A primary panel for cooperation with a liquid filled flexible packaging bag during withdrawal intermittently of the contents thereof, the primary panel comprising at least a normally inclined zone adapted to flex between a position in which it is generally parallel to a base under conditions corresponding to a full flexible packaging bag and one in which it is inclined relative to the base under conditions corresponding to a partially filled or substantially empty flexible packaging bag and wherein the inclined zone is resiliently biased towards said inclined position, wherein the primary panel has an operatively forward zone adapted for attachment to a base in a relatively fixed forward position with respect to the base and the inclined zone is attached to the forward zone through a flexible zone positioned rearwards of a front edge of the forward zone and wherein the panel is made as a single plastics injection moulding with the flexible zone connecting the forward zone to the inclined zone and being adapted to flex resiliently.