Bag-in-box beverage container

US7007825B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc. · US

Inventors

• R. James Crosland · Rancho Santa Margarita, US
• Dan Dickerson · Lawson, US
• Karen M. Chiera · Elmhurst, US
• Oscar Rochefort · Naperville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 13, 2002
• Grant date: Mar 7, 2006
• Expiry date: Nov 13, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2231/00
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A bag-in-box beverage container and dispenser is provided, incorporating an outer shell fabricated preferably from corrugated paperboard material, and an inner liquid containing bag, fabricated from a suitable material. The carton includes ready assembly features, as well as an internal ramp structure for prompting flow of liquid toward the dispensing device of the bag and the dispensing aperture of the outer shell. A recessed handle structure is also provided, as are alternative embodiments of the internal ramp structure.