Fluid despensing and shipping container system and methods

An apparatus, comprising:

• (a) a box having a substantially planar top surface, a substantially planar bottom surface, a substantially planar first side surface, a substantially planar second side surface, a substantially planar first end surface, and a substantially planar second end surface, said box forming an internal cavity;
• (b) a substantially planar partition surface positioned inside said box and adjoining said substantially planar first side surface, said substantially planar second side surface, said substantially planar top surface, and said substantially planar bottom surface, said substantially planar partition surface dividing said internal cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity, said first cavity housing a collapsible fluid container, said collapsible fluid container having a dispensing mechanism, said substantially planar partition surface having an opening positioned proximate to said substantially planar bottom surface, said dispensing mechanism extending through said opening into said second cavity and held in place by said substantially planar bottom surface;
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• (c) said substantially planar first side surface, said substantially planar second side surface, said substantially planar top surface, and said substantially planar bottom surface having openable seams formed on a geometric plane formed at an intersection of said substantially planar partition surface and said substantially planar first side surface, said substantially planar second side surface, said substantially planar top surface, and said substantially planar bottom surface, so that portions of said substantially planar first side surface, said substantially planar second side surface, said substantially planar top surface, and said substantially planar bottom surface can be selectively removed and so that said substantially planar first end surface can be selectively removed.

A method of making a container for shipping and dispensing bulk liquids comprising the steps of:

• (a) manufacturing a container from a single sheet of corrugated cardboard material having a protective housing and a main housing with an opening therebetween, said protective housing forming a protective internal cavity, said main housing forming a main internal cavity, said protective housing is removable;
• (b) positioning a fluid-tight, collapsible bag inside said main housing, said fluid-tight, collapsible bag having a spigot;
• (c) filling said fluid-tight, collapsible bag with a liquid;
• (d) extending said spigot through said opening so that said main internal cavity of said main housing is in fluid communication with said protective internal cavity of said protective housing via said spigot;
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• (e) closing said container such that said spigot is held in position via at least one flap of said container and whereby said container can be stacked and transported without damaging the spigot.

An apparatus for containing and dispensing fluids comprising:

• (a) a collapsible, fluid-tight bag having a bag internal volume for storing said fluids and at least one bag opening thereto;
• (b) dispensing mechanism positioned in a first bag opening of said at least one bag opening for selectively dispensing fluid from said collapsible, fluid-tight bag;
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• (c) a rigid container having a container internal volume and a single layer partition to divide said container internal volume into a first chamber and a second chamber, said single layer partition having a container opening, said dispensing mechanism extending through said container opening and secured in said container opening by at least one flap that when folded helps create said container internal volume of said rigid container, said collapsible, fluid-tight bag positioned in said first chamber, wherein said second chamber is removable.

An apparatus, comprising:

• (a) a box having a substantially planar top surface, a substantially planar bottom surface, a substantially planar first side surface, a substantially planar second side surface, a substantially planar first end surface, and a substantially planar second end surface, said box forming an internal cavity;
• (b) a substantially planar partition surface positioned inside said box and adjoining said substantially planar first side surface, said substantially planar second side surface, said substantially planar top surface, and said substantially planar bottom surface, said substantially planar partition surface dividing said internal cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity, said first cavity housing a collapsible fluid container, said collapsible fluid container having a dispensing mechanism, said substantially planar partition surface having an opening positioned proximate to said substantially planar bottom surface, said dispensing mechanism extending through said opening into said second cavity and held in place by said substantially planar bottom surface;
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• (c) said substantially planar first side surface, said substantially planar second side surface, said substantially planar top surface, and said substantially planar bottom surface having openable seams formed at an intersection of a geometric plane upon which said substantially planar partition surface rests and said substantially planar first side surface, said substantially planar second side surface, said substantially planar top surface, and said substantially planar bottom surface, so that portions of said substantially planar first side surface, said substantially planar second side surface, said substantially planar top surface, and said substantially planar bottom surface can be selectively removed and so that said substantially planar first end surface can be selectively removed, wherein said substantially planar second side surface is comprised of a first side portion and a second side portion, further comprising a first glue joint in said internal cavity holding said substantially planar first side surface to said substantially planar partition surface and a second glue joint to glue said first side portion to said second side portion.