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US 8,011,533 B2Granted
Fluid-containing system with inclined sleeve
AssigneeTarget Brands, Inc.
InventorsTeresa A. Reineccius, Gary L. Sotebeer
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Abstract
A fluid-containing system includes an enclosure that houses a fluid that is contained in a bladder coupled to a spigot and houses a sleeve that is inclined relative to the bottom of the enclosure. The spigot protrudes through a spigot opening in the enclosure, while the sleeve contains dispensable items that can be fed through a dispensable item opening in the enclosure.
Claims22
A package for containing a fluid comprising:
- a receptacle comprising:
- a top and bottom;
- a front panel and a back panel opposing the front panel;
- a pair of side panels for coupling the front panel to the back panel and the top to the bottom;
- the front panel including a first detachable piece for forming a first opening in the front panel to allow a spigot to protrude from a flexible fluid container housed in the receptacle and a second detachable piece for forming a second opening in the front panel for accessing dispensable items;
- a sleeve housed in the receptacle for containing the dispensable items, the sleeve having a first end proximate one of the front panel and the back panel and a second end proximate the other of the front panel and the back panel, the sleeve being inclined from the first end of the sleeve to the second end of the sleeve relative to the bottom of the receptacle and including a sheet material comprising:
- a first score;
- a second score spaced apart from and substantially parallel with the first score such that the second score and the first score define a bottom panel;
- a third score spaced apart from and substantially parallel with the second score such that the third score and the second score define a first side panel;
- a fourth score spaced apart from and substantially parallel with the third score such that the fourth score and the third score define a top panel;
- a side panel free edge spaced apart from and substantially parallel with the fourth score such that the side panel free edge and the fourth score define a second side panel;
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- a support panel coupled to the bottom panel by a side score located at the second end of the sleeve and is substantially perpendicular to the first score and the second score, the support panel formable into a position to allow the second end of the sleeve to be inclined from the first end of the sleeve relative to the bottom of the receptacle.
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A fluid-containing system comprising:
- a fluid;
- a sleeve for containing dispensable items and including a first open end and a second end;
- an enclosure including a top and a bottom, a front and an opposing back and a pair of sides coupling the front, the back, the top and the bottom, wherein the enclosure houses the fluid and the sleeve, the sleeve configured to feed the dispensable items through an opening in the enclosure;
- wherein the second end of the sleeve is inclined from the first open end of the sleeve relative to the bottom of the enclosure;
- and
- wherein the enclosure comprises a sheet material formable into the enclosure and including:
- a first score;
- a second score spaced apart from and substantially parallel with the first score such that the second score and the first score defines a back panel of the back;
- a third score spaced apart from and substantially parallel with the second score such that the third score and the second score define a first side panel of the pair of sides;
- a fourth score spaced apart from and substantially parallel with the third score such that the fourth score and the third score define a front panel of the front;
- a side panel free edge spaced apart from and substantially parallel with the fourth score such that the side panel free edge and the fourth score define a second side panel of the pair of sides;
- and
- at least one top panel coupled to at least one of the back panel, front panel, first side panel and second side panel, the at least one top panel including a handle.
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A package for containing a fluid comprising:
- a receptacle comprising:
- a top and bottom;
- a front panel and a back panel opposing the front panel;
- a pair of side panels for coupling the front panel to the back panel and the top to the bottom;
- the front panel including a first detachable piece for forming a first opening in the front panel to allow a spigot to protrude from a flexible fluid container housed in the receptacle and a second detachable piece for forming a second opening in the front panel for accessing dispensable items;
- a sleeve housed in the receptacle for containing the dispensable items, the sleeve having a first end proximate one of the front panel and the back panel and a second end proximate the other of the front panel and the back panel, the sleeve being inclined from the first end of the sleeve to the second end of the sleeve relative to the bottom of the receptacle;
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- wherein the sleeve comprises a first portion separated from a second portion of the sleeve by a separator, wherein the first portion of the sleeve houses the dispensable items and the second portion of the sleeve is configured to contain waste and wherein the dispensable items are dispensed through the second opening in the receptacle and waste is inserted into the second portion of the sleeve through a third opening in the receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.