diff --git a/IPython/html/widgets/container/model.js b/IPython/html/widgets/container/model.js
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+var ContainerModel = IPython.WidgetModel.extend({});
+IPython.notebook.widget_manager.register_widget_model('container_widget', ContainerModel);
diff --git a/IPython/html/widgets/container/widget.py b/IPython/html/widgets/container/widget.py
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+++ b/IPython/html/widgets/container/widget.py
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+import os
+
+from ..widget import Widget
+from IPython.utils.traitlets import Unicode
+from IPython.utils.javascript import display_all_js
+
+class ContainerWidget(Widget):
+    target_name = Unicode('container_widget')
+    default_view_name = Unicode('ContainerView')
+    
+    _keys = []