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A container of the type operable for housing therewithin another container is provided having a first pair of opposed side walls, a second pair of opposed side walls, and a pair of opposed end walls. The side edges of the first and second pairs of opposed side walls are interconnected along substant

A container of the type operable for housing therewithin another container is provided having a first pair of opposed side walls, a second pair of opposed side walls, and a pair of opposed end walls. The side edges of the first and second pairs of opposed side walls are interconnected along substantially the entire length thereof whereby to form a housing unit. At least one pair of the first and second pairs of side walls embody means operable for purposes of enabling the pair of side walls so equipped to move between a uncollapsed and a collapsed position. The pair of opposed end walls are mounted on the other pair of the first and second pairs of opposed side walls for movement between an open and a closed position relative thereto. Cooperating means are provided on the pair of opposed end walls and the aforesaid other pair of the first and second pairs of opposed side walls operable for purposes of securing the pair of opposed end walls in the closed position. The container is movable between a first condition corresponding to the collapsed condition thereof wherein the one pair of the first and second pairs of opposed side walls are in their collapsed position and a second condition corresponding to the uncollapsed condition thereof wherein the aforereferenced one pair of the first and second pairs of opposed side walls are in their uncollapsed position. There is formed in one of the walls of the container an opening which is operable for purposes of detachably mounting therein a spigot. The latter spigot in turn functions as the means by which fluid material present in the interior of the container is capable of being dispensed therefrom. In addition, a second opening is formed in one of the walls of the container with which a funnel means is cooperable for purposes of causing material to flow into the interior of the container.

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A collapsible container particularly adapted to be employed when in an uncollapsed condition for purposes of supporting therewithin a liner having contents located therein comprising: a. housing means having an uncollapsed condition and a collapsed condition including a first pair of uncollapsible s

A collapsible container particularly adapted to be employed when in an uncollapsed condition for purposes of supporting therewithin a liner having contents located therein comprising: a. housing means having an uncollapsed condition and a collapsed condition including a first pair of uncollapsible side walls and a second pair of collapsible side walls; b. hinge means connecting each of said first pair of side walls and each of said second pair of side walls together for movement relative to each other between a first position corresponding to the uncollapsed condition of said housing means wherein said second pair of side walls are uncollapsed relative to said first pair of side walls and a second position corresponding to the collapsed condition of said housing means wherein said second pair of side walls are collapsed relative to said first pair of side walls; c. a pair of uncollapsible end walls pivotally mounted at the opposite ends of one of said first pair of side walls for mOvement between a closed position relative to the other of said first pair of side walls corresponding to the uncollapsed condition of said housing means and an open position relative to the other of said first pair of side walls corresponding to the collapsed condition of said housing means; d. cooperative securing means mounted on the free end of each of said pair of end walls and on the opposite ends of said other of said first pair of side walls operable for securing said pair of end walls in the closed position thereof; e. one of said uncollapsible walls of the container having an opening formed therethrough, said opening being surrounded by an upstanding flange portion, said upstanding flange portion being internally threaded; f. a liner having an opening provided therein through which the contents of said liner are capable of flowing, said liner being positioned within said housing means with said opening in said liner being aligned with said opening in said one of said uncollapsible walls; and g. means mounted in said opening in said one of said uncollapsible walls operable to selectively control the flow of contents between the interior of said liner and the exterior of said housing means through said opening in said liner and said opening in said one of said uncollapsible walls by controlling the flow of the contents through said means, said means mounted in said opening in said one of said uncollapsible walls comprising a spigot including a tubular member having a through passage formed therein and a spigot portion having a handle formed integrally therewith, said spigot portion being mounted on said tubular member at one end thereof for rotation relative thereto between a dispensing position and a nondispensing position, said tubular member including a multiplicity of threads formed externally at the other end thereof threadedly engageable with said internal threads formed in said upstanding flange portion for mounting said spigot in said opening in said one of said uncollapsible walls, said through passage in said tubular member having an outwardly projecting circumferential rib formed therein inwardly of said other end of said through passage and a bushing formed of resilient material having one end thereof corresponding in diameter to the diameter of said through passage in said tubular member and the other end thereof having a diameter greater than the diameter of said through passage in said tubular member, said one end of said bushing being inserted into said through passage at said other end of said tubular member to capture said liner between said circumferential rib and said one end of said bushing so as to attach said liner to said spigot, said bushing having an opening formed therethrough to permit the contents of said liner to flow therethrough to said through passage in said spigot, said other end of said bushing being operable to close off said opening in said one of said uncollapsible walls when said spigot is removed from said opening in said one of said uncollapsible walls.