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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2005
Webb Leron Hill, Toledo, OH (US);
Karen M. Chiera, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Robert James Crosland, La Mirada, CA (US);
Webb LeRon Hill, Toledo, OH (US);
Karen M. Chiera, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Robert James Crosland, La Mirada, CA (US);
Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A bag-in-box beverage container and dispenser is provided, incorporating an outer shell fabricated preferably from corrugated paperboard material, and a plurality inner liquid containing bags, fabricated from a suitable plastic material. The carton includes ready assembly features, as well as at least one internal ramp structure for prompting flow of liquid toward a plurality of dispensing apertures disposed in the outer shell. A recessed handle structure is also provided, as are alternative embodiments of the internal ramp structure.