Blood container

Claim 1

A BLOOD COLLECTION, STORAGE, AND DISPENSING CONTAINER, COMPRISING: TWO SHEET PORTIONS OF FLEXIBLE PLASTIC MATERIAL SEALED TOGETHER TO FORM A COLLAPSIBLE PLASTIC BAG HAVING AN INLET FOR FILLING AND AN OUTLET FOR EMPTING THE BAG; A FIRST SEALED SURFACE OF THE CONTAINER SPACED INWARDLY FROM THE EDGE OF THE SHEET PORTIONS SO AS TO FORM EXTENSIONS ON EACH OF THE TWO SHEE PORTIONS OUTWARDLY OF SAID FIRST SEALED SURFACE; A SECOND SEALED SURFACE GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE FIRST SEALED SURFACE, SPACED THEREFROM AND SEALING THE TWO EXTENSIONS TOGETHER; A POCKET DEFINED BY THE EXTENSIONS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND SEALED SURFACES; A PORTION OF ONE OF THE EXTENSIONS BEING CUT AWAY TO PROVIDE AN OPENING; A STRIP OF ADHESIVE COATED MOISTURE RESISTANT PAPER A PORTION OF WHICH IS INSERTED IN SAID POCKET WITH THE ADHESIVE ADHERING TO THE INNER WALL SURFACE OF SAID EXTENSION; A FURTHER PORTION OF THE PAPER STRIP EXTENDING OUT THROUGH THE POCKET OPENING AND FOLDED OVER THE OUTSIDE OF THE POCKET WITH THE ADHESIVE ADHERING TO THE OUTER WALL SURFACE OF SAID EXTENSION; A PILOT TUBE IN THE POCKET, ONE END OF SAID TUBE PROJECTING THROUGH SAID OPENING; AND A LABEL EXTENDING ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID TUBE, PART OF WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE PILOT TUBE AND PART OF WHICH IS SECURED TO THE PORTION OF THE PAPER STRIP ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE POCKET, WHEREBY THE PILOT TUBE IS HELD IN THE POCKET AND CANNOT BE REMOVED THEREFROM WITHOUT TEARING THE LABEL.