Patent ID: 7909189

Claim:
A bulk packaging support structure for supporting a radially flexible container during filling comprising: a first foldable member; a second foldable member for releasibly engaging said first foldable member to form the support structure, each of said first and second foldable members including a bottom portion having an upwardly facing surface and a side portion directly connected to said bottom portion along a primary fold line; each of said side portions of said first and second foldable members including a first wall section extending between a top and a bottom and being directly connected to and disposed substantially perpendicular to said bottom portion along said primary fold line and wherein said first wall section of said first foldable member and said first wall section of said second foldable member are spaced and parallel to one another, a second wall section extending between a top and a bottom and being directly connected to said first wall section along a secondary fold line extending between the top and bottom and perpendicular to said primary fold line, said second wall section being moveable about said secondary fold line for substantially encircling the radially flexible container; said upwardly facing surface of said second foldable member and the bottom of said second wall section of said second foldable member defining a gap for receiving said bottom portion of said first foldable member to form the support structure and wherein the bottom of said second wall section of said second foldable member is movable over said upwardly facing surface of said first foldable member for substantially encircling the radially flexible container.