Package for beverages
OwnerJames F. Geshayinventor
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Abstract
An improvement to a beverage package that includes a flaccid beverage bag, a carton around the bag and a fill spout and dispensing device attached to the bag. The improvement wherein the carton is collapsible and includes front and rear panels with first and second spaced-apart side panels extending between the front and rear panels thereby forming a rectangular upper opening bounded by the panels. Furthermore, a spout securing panel is received in the opening and has the spout extending therethrough, and a cover panel is over the securing panel. A method for transporting and dispensing a beverage is also disclosed.
Claims36
In a beverage package including a flaccid beverage bag, a carton around the bag and a fill spout and dispensing device attached to the bag, the improvement wherein:
- the carton includes front and rear panels and first and second spaced-apart side panels extending between the front and rear panels and forming a rectangular upper opening bounded by the panels;
- a spout securing panel is received in the opening and has the spout extending therethrough;
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- a cover panel is over the securing panel.
A foldable blank erectable into a carton for transporting a beverage, the foldable blank comprising:
- a front panel and a rear panel substantially parallel to each other, said front and rear panels each having an interior surface and an exterior surface and the front panel includes a flap having scored aperture at one end while the rear panel includes a scored carry-handle cutout;
- a first side panel and a second side panel substantially parallel to each other and extending between the front panel and the rear panel;
- a slit formed between the rear panel and the second side panel;
- a cover panel attached to the front panel, said cover panel having a latch flap;
- a cup retention panel extending from the rear panel, said cup retention panel having a lock tab suitable for insertion in the slit;
- a first glue tab extending along the first side panel, said first glue tab adhering to the interior surface of the rear panel;
- a first glue flap extending from front panel adhering to a third glue flap extending from the first side panel;
- a second glue flap extending from the rear panel adhering to a fourth glue flap extending from the second panel, said second and fourth glue flaps interlocking with the first and third glue flaps,
- thereby forming a bottom to the carton.
A method for transporting and dispensing a beverage in a beverage package that includes a flaccid beverage bag, a carton around the bag and a fill spout and dispensing device, said method comprised of the steps of
- squaring-up a prefolded carton so that the carton has a top portion, a bottom portion, a front panel, a rear panel, and a first and second side panel;
- positioning a spout securing panel having an opening in the top of the carton;
- placing the fill spout in the opening in the spout securing panel;
- installing the dispensing device through an aperture in the front panel;
- filling the bag through the fill spout with a beverage;
- inserting a latch flap attached to the top portion in a carry-handle located in the rear panel;
- carrying the carton via the carry-handle to a desired location;
- and
- dispensing the beverage through the dispensing device into a beverage serving apparatus.
A unitary foldable blank erectable into a carton for transporting a beverage, the foldable blank comprising:
- a front vertical panel and a rear vertical panel, the panels being substantially parallel to each other when the blank is erected, the front and rear vertical panels each having an interior surface and an exterior surface and the front vertical panel includes an aperture at one end;
- side vertical panels that extend between the front and rear vertical panels when the blank is erected;
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- a spout-securing panel integral with and extending from one of the vertical panels, the spout-securing panel having a spout-receiving opening.
A method for transporting and dispensing a beverage in a package that includes a flaccid beverage bag, a carton around the bag, a fill spout and a dispensing device attached to the bag, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a unitary non-erected carton having, as parts of a single piece, (a) front and rear vertical panels, the front panel having an aperture at one end, (b) side vertical panels extending between the front and rear vertical panels, and (c) a spout-securing panel integral with and extending from one of the vertical panels, the spout-securing panel having a spout-receiving opening, the non-erected carton enclosing the flaccid beverage bag with the dispensing device secured through the panel aperture in the front panel;
- erecting the carton so that it has a top portion and a bottom portion, the erecting step including positioning the integral spout-securing panel at the top portion of the carton and placing the fill spout in the spout-receiving opening;
- filling the bag through the fill spout with a beverage;
- carrying the carton to a desired location;
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- dispensing the beverage through the dispensing device.
A beverage package comprising:
- a unitary erectable carton that, in erected condition, has (a) a front vertical panel and a rear vertical panel substantially parallel to each other, the front vertical panel having an aperture at one end, (b) side vertical panels extending between the front and rear vertical panels, and (c) a spout-securing panel with a spout-receiving opening, all of such panels being part of a single piece;
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- a flaccid beverage bag enclosed in the carton, the bag having a fill spout secured through the spout-receiving opening and a dispensing device secured through the aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.