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AN INTERMEDIATE BULK CONTAINER [10] COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE STORAGE CONTAINER [50], A RIGID RECTANGULAR BASE MEMBER [12] INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF POLE ENGAGING FORMATIONS [34] ON ITS UPPER SURFACE WHICH ARE ARRANGED ABOUT ITS PERIPHERY, A PLURALITY OF POLES [14], THE LOWER END OF EACH OF WHICH IS RELEASABLY ENGAGEABLE WITH A POLE ENGAGING FORMATION [14] ON THE BASE [12] SO THAT THE POLES [14] COLLECTIVELY PROVIDE A SUPPORT CAGE FOR THE STORAGE CONTAINER [10], A RIGID POLE LOCATION MEMBER [16] WHICH INCLUDES A CENTRAL OPENING THROUGH WHICH THE SUPPORT CONTAINER MAY BE FILLED AND A PLURALITY OF POLE ENGAGING FORMATIONS [40] WITH WHICH THE UPPER ENDS OF THE POLES [14] ARE RELEASABLY ENGAGEABLE, AND BRACING MEANS [45,46] CONNECTING A PAIR OF POLES [14] ON AT LEAST TWO ADJACENT SIDES OF THE CAGE TO EACH OTHER FOR HOLDING THE POLES [14], IN THE PLANES IN WHICH THEY ARE LOCATED IN THE ASSEMBLED CONTAINER [10], PERPENDICULAR TO THE BASE [12] AND POLE LOCATING MEMBER [16].
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