Flexible container with integral pilot tube holder

Claim 1

A COLLAPSIBLE, EXTENSIBLE, FLEXIBLE BLOOD CONTAINER OF THE TYPE GENERALLY ACCOMPANIED BY A BLOOD SAMPLE TUBE COMPRISING A BAG OF FLEXIBLE, CHEMICALLY INERT PLASTIC MATERIAL, SAID BAG PROVIDED WITH AN UNINTERRUPTED BOTTOM WALL, UNINTERRUPTED SIDE WALLS AND A TOP WALL PROVIDED WITH A BLOOD INLET AND A BLOOD OUTLET, SAID BAG BEING FURTHER PROVIDED WITH INTEGRAL BLOOD SAMPLE TUBE HOLDER MEANS, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A LATERALLY LOCATED EXTERNAL MEMBER INTEGRAL WITH AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY ALONG A SIDE WALL OF SAID BAG, SAID MEMBER BEING PROVIDED WITH A PAIR OF LATERALLY LOCATED LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SLIT-LIKE BLOOD SAMPLE TUBE RECEIVING AND GRIPPING APERTURES, SAID APERTURES BEING SIZED TO RECEIVE AND GRIP A CONVENTIONAL BLOOD SAMPLE TUBE AND SO SPACED APART AS TO GRIP THE TUBE ADJACENT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS, THEREBY BINDING SAID SAMPLE TUBE TO SAID FLEXIBLE BAG AND THUS PREVENTING THE INADVERTENT SEPARATION OF SAID BAG AND SAID SAMPLE TUBE.