Container for dispensing flexible material

In combination with flexible ducting, a container for dispensing said ducting the container comprising a substantially rigid housing defining an internal chamber internally retaining said ducting under compression longitudinally of the ducting with an end portion of the ducting disposed in the chamber in a predetermined dispensing position;

• and control means borne by the housing overlaying said dispensing position and positionable in a dispensing attitude defining an opening dimensioned to permit the end portion to be pulled from the internal chamber through the opening and to impart compression transversely of the end portion of the ducting to resist movement of the end portion through the opening thereby retaining the ducting under compression longitudinally thereof whereby said ducting can be dispensed from the housing by pulling the end portion through the opening to expose the length of ducting desired.

In combination with an elongated product to be dispensed which is longitudinally compressible and has opposite end portions, a container operable in one configuration to store said product therewithin and in another configuration selectively to dispense said product from the container, the container comprising a substantially rigid housing internally retaining said product under compression longitudinally of the product;

• and control means borne by the housing in proximity to a predetermined dispensing position and said control means being positionable in a dispensing attitude defining an opening in said dispensing position dimensioned to permit an end portion of the product to be pulled from the housing through the opening and to impart resistance transversely of said end portion of the product to resist movement of the end portion through the opening thereby retaining the product under compression longitudinally thereof to permit dispensing of only the length of said product desired.