Beverage carton divider
AssigneeFully Focused, Inc.
InventorAmanee Muhammad
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Abstract
A beverage container to enable the manufacture and packaging of two flavors of juice or other liquid drinks. At present, the preference and favorite flavor of an individual consumer is not accommodated unless two or more products are purchased. This invention provides a cardboard or plastic divider panel that is incorporated into any existing cartons that overcomes these limitations by enabling a carton to be divided into two flavors. Each side of the beverage container has a spout for separate pouring the contents of that particular side.
Claims13
A carton for separately containing and independently dispensing two liquids, comprising:
- a substantially rectangular tubular carton having at least one sidewall and a bottom wall defining a cavity therein;
- an opening at a top end of the carton;
- a plurality of folds formed in the at least one sidewall configured, when folded, to produce a gabled closure at the opening;
- the gabled closure having a pair of inwardly inclined surface walls joined along a sealed ridge;
- a divider panel having a plurality of flanges, wherein the flanges are sealingly attached to an interior surface of the at least one sidewall, the bottom wall, and the gabled closure, the divider panel separating the cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity;
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- a first spout formed in a first inwardly inclined surface wall and a second spout formed in an opposite inwardly inclined surface wall, wherein the first spout is in fluid communication with the first cavity and the second spout is in fluid communication with the second cavity.
A carton, comprising:
- a tubular carton having at least one sidewall and a bottom closure defining a cavity therein;
- an opening at a top end of the carton;
- a gabled closure at the top end to seal the opening;
- the gabled closure having a pair of inwardly inclined surface walls joined along a sealed ridge;
- a divider panel sealingly separating the cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity;
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- a first spout extending through the at least one sidewall in fluid communication with the first cavity and a second spout extending through the at least one sidewall in fluid communication with the second cavity.
A material configured to form a folded beverage container, comprising:
- a substantially rectangular sheet of foldable material having a plurality of vertical fold lines extending between a top edge of the sheet and a bottom edge of the sheet, the fold lines defining a plurality of sidewall panels;
- a lower horizontal fold line extending across a width of the sheet defining a lower closure portion,
- a pair of lower diagonal fold lines originating at an intersection of the plurality of vertical fold lines and the lower horizontal fold line and terminating at an intersection point that is midway between the plurality of vertical fold lines and proximal to a lower edge of the sheet;
- a first upper horizontal fold line extending across a width of the sheet defining a gabled closure portion,
- a second upper horizontal fold line extending across an edge portion of the sheet defining a gabled closure sealing portion;
- the gabled closure portion having a plurality of upper diagonal fold lines originating at an intersection of the plurality of vertical fold lines and the upper horizontal fold line and terminating at an apex along the second upper horizontal fold line;
- a plurality of vertical divider panel folds formed in one of the plurality of sidewall panels defining a divider panel, and
- a plurality of divider flange fold lines formed in the divider panel defining a top flange, a bottom flange, and a vertical edge flange configured for sealing engagement with the interior sidewalls of the carton when the sheet is folded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.