Bag-in-box beverage container

A dispensing container, operably configured to be positioned upon a substantially flat, horizontal surface, for the facilitated dispensing of fluent material, the dispensing container comprising:

• a generally tubular body, comprising a front wall, a rear wall and two opposing sidewalls, and defining a vertical axis extending substantially parallel with the front wall, a depth axis extending substantially perpendicular to the front wall, and a transverse axis extending substantially parallel with the front wall and substantially perpendicular to the vertical axis, the generally tubular body further comprising an upper portion forming an upper opening;
• a closure structure disposed proximate the upper opening,
• the closure structure including a handle structure, the handle structure positioned substantially parallel with the depth axis in a recessed position within the upper opening and extending substantially parallel with the vertical axis no higher than an upper edge of the generally tubular body;
• a nozzle receiving aperture operably disposed in the front wall;
• an inner flow prompting ramp, operably positioned within the generally tubular body, the inner flow prompting ramp having a lower end, disposed adjacent the sidewall of the generally tubular body in which the nozzle receiving aperture is disposed, and a higher end, disposed adjacent an opposite sidewall thereto, and an inclined surface extending between the lower end and the upper end, the lower end of the inner flow prompting ramp being disposed at a distance above the bottom of the generally tubular body approximately equal to the distance between the bottom of the generally tubular body and a bottom peripheral region of the nozzle receiving aperture;
• the generally tubular body being formed from a first blank of at least one of the following materials:
• paper;
• paperboard;
• corrugated paperboard.