Patent ID: 6871478

Claim:
A method of assembling a container comprising the steps of: filling an inner flexible container with a filler device; placing the filled inner flexible container on a first region of a conveyor, the first region of the conveyor including a movable surface upon which the filed inner flexible container travels; firstly directing the filled inner flexible container along the first region of the conveyor; transferring the filled inner flexible container onto a second region of the conveyor, the second region being positioned in an orientation which is substantially oblique to the first region, and the second region of the conveyor including a movable surface upon which the filled inner flexible container travels; secondly directing the filled inner flexible container along the second region of the conveyor; manipulating the filled inner flexible container into a desired orientation as the container is directed along the second region of the conveyor through a manipulating assembly having at least one sidewall extending substantially inwardly and overlying at least a portion of the second region of the conveyor and fixedly positioned at an angle oblique to a direction of travel of the second region of the conveyor; positioning an outer container in a desired orientation relative to the second region of the conveyor; and thirdly directing the inner flexible container into the outer container.