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US 8,746,541 B2Granted
Bag-in-a-box
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorsRaymond Rudolph Spivey, Sr., Patrick J. DeBusk, Colin Ford
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Abstract
A package includes a carton having an access opening that is for providing access to the interior of the carton. The package further includes a flexible bag that is positioned in the interior of the carton, and a spigot that is operatively connected to the bag for selectively dispensing flowable material from the bag. A holder is cooperatively associated with the spigot and the carton for holding the spigot so that the spigot is simultaneously proximate the access opening of the carton and disposed at least partially within the interior of the carton, so that access to the spigot is at least temporarily restricted in a manner that at least temporarily restricts any dispensing of flowable material from the bag by way of the spigot.
Claims31
A package for dispensing a flowable material, the package comprising:
- a carton including
- a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton, wherein the plurality of panels includes a base panel having opposite edges, a top panel having opposite edges, and opposite side panels that respectively extend between the side edges of the top and base panels,
- at least one holding panel foldably connected to and extending upwardly from a front edge of the base panel,
- a top end flap foldably connected to and extending downwardly from a front edge of the top panel for at least partially closing a front end of the carton, and
- an attachment flap connected to and extending rearwardly from a lower edge of the top end flap to proximate the base panel;
- a flexible bag for containing the flowable material, wherein the bag is positioned in the interior of the carton;
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- a spigot operatively connected to the bag for selectively dispensing the flowable material from the bag,
- wherein the at least one holding panel is holding the spigot so that the spigot is simultaneously disposed at least partially within the interior of the carton, and proximate the front end of the carton, and
- wherein the at least one holding panel comprises a first panel that is foldably connected to a second panel, the second panel is foldably connected to the base panel, the second panel is folded relative to the first panel to reinforce the holding panel, and the first panel and the second panel have features for holding the spigot.
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A package for dispensing a flowable material, the package comprising:
- a carton including
- a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton,
- an access opening that is for providing access to the interior of the carton, and
- a holder connected by at least one fold line to at least one panel of the plurality of panels;
- a flexible bag for containing the flowable material, wherein the bag is positioned in the interior of the carton;
- and
- a spigot operatively connected to the bag for selectively dispensing the flowable material from the bag,
- wherein the holder is holding the spigot so that the spigot is simultaneously disposed at least partially within the interior of the carton, and proximate the access opening of the carton, and
- wherein the holder comprises a first panel that is foldably connected to a second panel, the second panel is foldably connected to one panel of the plurality of panels, the second panel is folded relative to the first panel to reinforce the holder, and the first panel and the second panel have features for holding the spigot.
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A package for dispensing a flowable material, the package comprising:
- a carton at least partially formed by erecting a blank that includes a plurality of panels that are respectively foldably connected to one another, wherein the carton comprises the plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton, and an access opening for providing access to the interior of the carton, and wherein the plurality of panels includes
- a base panel having opposite edges,
- a top panel having opposite edges,
- opposite side panels that respectively extend between the edges of the top and base panels,
- at least one holding panel foldably connected to at least one panel selected from the group consisting of the base panel, the top panel and the side panels;
- a flexible bag for containing the flowable material, wherein the bag is positioned in the interior of the carton;
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- a spigot operatively connected to the bag for selectively dispensing the flowable material from the bag,
- wherein the at least one holding panel extends into the interior of the carton and is holding the spigot so that the spigot is simultaneously disposed at least partially within the interior of the carton, and proximate the access opening of the carton, and
- wherein the at least one holding panel comprises a first panel that is foldably connected to a second panel, the second panel is foldably connected to the base panel, and the second panel is folded relative to the first panel to reinforce the holding panel, and the first panel and the second panel have features for holding the spigot.
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A blank capable of being used with a bag having a neck, the blank comprising:
- a plurality of panels that are respectively foldably connected to one another by a plurality of fold lines that extend in a longitudinal direction, wherein the plurality of panels is adapted for extending at least partially around an interior of the carton when the carton is erected from the blank, and the plurality of panels includes
- a first panel having a forward first edge extending in a lateral direction that is crosswise to the longitudinal direction, wherein the first panel extends in the longitudinal direction rearwardly from the forward first edge, and
- a second panel having a forward second edge extending in the lateral direction, wherein the second panel extends in the longitudinal direction rearwardly from the forward second edge, and the forward first edge is positioned rearwardly of the forward second edge;
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- a holding flap foldably connected to and extending forwardly from the forward first edge of the first panel, the holding flap including a gripping opening for holding the neck of the bag, the holding flap comprises an inner panel foldably connected to an outer panel, the inner panel is foldably connected to the first panel, the inner panel is for being folded relative to the outer panel to reinforce the holding flap, and the inner panel and the outer panel comprise the gripping opening of the holding flap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.