Flowable material container

A flowable material container comprising:

• an outer container comprising:
• a circumferentially extending, flexible fabric sidewall, the sidewall having a height and defining an interior and comprising pockets;
• stiffeners mounted within the pockets to permit the support container to be placed in an open, use state and a collapsed, shipping state;
• and
• stiffener access regions permitting user access to said at least some of the stiffeners so that said stiffeners may be removed from and placed into the pockets;
• a vertical lifting element associated with at least one of the inner bag and the outer container;
• an inner, flexible, conformable bag located within the interior for receipt of a flowable material, whereby the flowable material container, with a flowable material within the inner bag, may be lifted vertically using the vertical lifting elements;
• the inner bag being removably housed within the outer container;
• and
• means for separating at least portions of the outer container and inner bag from one another to facilitate the removal of the inner bag with a flowable material therein from the outer container and permit the reuse of the outer container.

A method for containing a material, the material being at least initially flowable, comprising:

• placing a flowable material container on a support surface at a chosen location, the flowable material container comprising an inner bag and an outer container, the outer container comprising:
• a circumferentially extending, flexible fabric sidewall, the sidewall defining an interior, the sidewall having a height;
• and
• the inner bag comprising an inner, flexible, conformable bag located within the interior for receipt of a flowable material;
• discharging an at least initially flowable material into the inner bag;
• separating at least portions of the inner bag, with the material therein, and the outer container from one another to facilitate the removing step;
• and
• removing the inner bag and material therein from the outer container.

A method for preparing an area for concrete discharge, comprising:

• selecting an outer container comprising a circumferentially extending, flexible fabric sidewall, the sidewall defining an interior and comprising pockets;
• placing stiffeners within at least some of the pockets so to permit the outer container to be placed in an open, use state from a collapsed, shipping state;
• arranging an inner, flexible, conformable bag within the interior to create a flowable material container;
• and
• positioning the flowable material container at a concrete discharge area for receipt of discharged flowable concrete.