Beverage container
AssigneeLBP Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorKurt Wolf
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Abstract
A beverage container having an outer shell and an inner flexible bladder or bag having a spout for receiving a liquid therein. The container is erectable and is formed from a unitary blank of material, such as corrugated paperboard. The container includes a plurality of walls that extend from a base, and a top having first and second inclined portions that meet at an apex. The spout is oriented vertically upwardly and may be disposed in an inclined wall portion to provide various advantages, including allowing a user to fill and transport the beverage container in the same orientation. The inclined wall portion also improves pouring characteristics and visibility of the spout.
Claims22
An erectable container comprising:
- a container body formed from a single unitary blank configured to be erected from a collapsed orientation into an expanded orientation for receiving, transporting, and pouring a liquid, the container body in the expanded orientation having a flat base, a top, and a front wall, a rear wall, and opposing side walls extending between the container top and base cooperating to form an interior space;
- a flexible bladder having an interior for storing liquid therein, the bladder being disposed in the container body interior space and the bladder including a spout having an opening in communication with the bladder interior to provide a liquid passageway thereto;
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- the container body top having a first inclined portion oriented obliquely relative to the flat base extending from the rear wall up toward an apex;
- a handle portion of the container body extending up from the first inclined portion for transporting and manipulating the container;
- a second inclined portion of the container body top including an inclined wall portion oriented obliquely relative to the flat base extending from the front wall up toward the apex and including an aperture through which the spout extends.
A collapsible beverage container blank formed from a unitary sheet of material, the beverage container blank comprising:
- a front wall having an upper edge with a top wall portion extending therefrom;
- the top wall portion having an aperture for receiving a spout therein, and an upper edge with a forward top flap extending therefrom;
- a first side wall having an upper edge with a first top flap extending therefrom;
- a first handle flap extending from the first top flap;
- a rear wall having an upper edge with a rearward top flap extending therefrom;
- a second side wall having an upper edge with a second top flap extending therefrom;
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- a second handle flap extending from the second top flap;
- wherein the forward and rearward top flaps each include an elongate slot for receiving the first and second handle flaps therethrough;
- wherein the top wall portion and the forward, rearward, first, and second top flaps are configured to form a beverage container top having first and second inclined portions that meet at an apex spaced from the front wall when the beverage container blank is assembled into an expanded configuration, with the top wall portion forming the second inclined portion and the forward and rearward top flaps forming the first inclined portion with the first and second handle flaps extending from the first inclined portion in an upright orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.