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A transporting/dispensing package for plural beverages including a carton ( 10 ), a pair of flaccid bags ( 12, 14 ) within the carton each bag having a fill spout ( 34, 36 ) secured to one of two sections ( 56, 58 ) of a spout-securing panel and a dispensing device ( 30, 32 ) secured to a front pane

A transporting/dispensing package for plural beverages including a carton ( 10 ), a pair of flaccid bags ( 12, 14 ) within the carton each bag having a fill spout ( 34, 36 ) secured to one of two sections ( 56, 58 ) of a spout-securing panel and a dispensing device ( 30, 32 ) secured to a front panel ( 22 ), and a bag-separation panel ( 46 ) between the bags. A pre-erected carton formed of a unitary blank and two flaccid bags, such pre-erected carton being easily erectable to form a package, and a method for transporting and dispensing more than one beverage.

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1. A beverage transporting and dispensing package comprising:a carton having front and rear panels and first and second spaced side panels extending between the front and rear panels, the panels having upper and lower portions and together defining a chamber and an upper opening, the chamber having

1. A beverage transporting and dispensing package comprising:a carton having front and rear panels and first and second spaced side panels extending between the front and rear panels, the panels having upper and lower portions and together defining a chamber and an upper opening, the chamber having an upper edge;a spout-securing panel extending into the upper opening, the spout-securing panel being continuous with the chamber along the upper edge thereof and having upper and lower surfaces;two flaccid beverage bags within the chamber, each having top and bottom portions;a fill spout attached to the top portion of each bag, each fill spout extending through and secured with respect to the spout-securing panel;a dispensing device attached to the bottom portion of each bag, each dispensing device extending through and secured with respect to the lower portion of the front panel; anda bag-separation panel extending between the bags. 2. The beverage transporting and dispensing package of claim 1 wherein the bag-separation panel is attached to the front panel and the rear panel and has an upper edge abutting to the lower surface of the spout-securing panel. 3. The beverage transporting and dispensing package of claim 1 further including a cover panel extending over the spout-securing panel. 4. The beverage transporting and dispensing package of claim 3 wherein:the front panel has an upper edge forming a portion of the upper edge of the chamber; andthe cover panel is contiguous with the front panel along the upper edge thereof and non-contiguous with the snout-securing panel. 5. The beverage transporting and dispensing package of claim 1 wherein the upper portions of the side panels each have a handle opening therein. 6. The beverage transporting and dispensing package of claim 1 wherein:the front panel, rear panel, side panels and spout-securing panel are parts of a unitary foldable blank erected to form the carton;the spout-securing panel has a pair of pre-cut fill apertures each receiving one of the fill spouts; andthe front panel has a pair of pre-cut dispensing apertures each receiving one of the dispensing devices. 7. The beverage transporting and dispensing package of claim 6 wherein the blank further includes the bag-separation panel. 8. The beverage transporting and dispensing package of claim 7 wherein the unitary blank is formed of corrugated cardboard material. 9. The beverage transporting and dispensing package of claim 8 wherein:the front panel, rear panel and side panels each have a lower edge; andthe erected blank further includes bottom flaps, each bottom flap being contiguous with one of the front, rear and side panels along the respective lower edges thereof, such flaps being folded in and up along the front, rear and side panels, respectively, to reinforce the package. 10. The beverage transporting and dispensing package of claim 9 wherein the erected blank further includes a bottom panel contiguous with at least one of the bottom flaps. 11. A beverage transporting and dispensing package comprising:a carton having front and rear panels and first and second spaced side panels extending between the front and rear panels, the panels having upper and lower portions and together defining a chamber and an upper opening;a spout-securing panel extending into the upper opening, the spout-securing panel having upper and lower surfaces, the spout-securing panel, the front panel, the rear panel, and side panels being parts of a unitary foldable blank erected to form the carton, wherein:the rear panel is formed of first and second non-contiguous rear-panel sections of the blank which overlap and adhere to one another; andthe spout-securing panel is formed of first and second non-contiguous spout-panel sections of the blank which overlap and adhere to one another, the first and second spout-panel sections being contiguous with the first and second rear-panel sections, respectively;two flaccid beverage bags within the chamber, each having top and bottom portions;a fill snout attached to the top portion of each bag, each fill snout extending through and secured with respect to the spout-securing panel, the spout-securing panel having a pair of pre-cut fill apertures to receive each of the fill spouts, one of the pre-cut fill apertures being in each of the spout-panel sections;a dispensing device attached to the bottom portion of each bag, each dispensing device extending through and secured with respect to the lower portion of the front panel, the front panel having a pair of pre-cut dispensing apertures to receive each of the dispensing devices; anda bag-separation panel extending between the bags. 12. The beverage transporting and dispensing package of claim 11 wherein:one of the overlapping rear-panel sections is an inner section; andthe blank further includes the bag-separation panel, the bag-separation panel being contiguous with the inner section. 13. The beverage transporting and dispensing package of claim 12 wherein the erected blank further includes a cover panel extending over the spout-securing panel. 14. The beverage transporting and dispensing package of claim 13 wherein:the front panel has an upper edge; andthe cover panel is contiguous with the front panel along the upper edge thereof. 15. A unitary corrugated cardboard blank erectable into a carton for transporting and dispensing two beverages, comprising:a first rear-panel section, a first side panel, a front panel, a second side panel, and a second rear-panel section all in contiguous ordered seriatim relationship, the rear-panel sections being non-contiguous with respect to each other and having non-contiguous overlap portions which, when adhered to one another, form a rear panel of the carton;each of the panels and rear-panel sections having upper and lower edges and upper and lower portions and each rear-panel section also having a lateral edge terminating its overlap portion;first and second non-contiguous spout-panel sections contiguous with the first and second rear-panel sections, respectively, along the upper edges thereof, the spout-panel sections having non-contiguous overlap portions which, when adhered to one another, form a spout-securing panel of the carton;a bag-separation panel contiguous with one of the rear-panel sections along the lateral edge thereof;each of the spout-panel sections having a pre-cut fill aperture therein to accommodate fill spouts of two beverage bags; andthe front panel having a pair of pre-cut dispensing apertures in the lower portion thereof to accommodate dispensing devices of the two bags. 16. The unitary corrugated cardboard blank of claim 15 further including a cover panel contiguous with the front panel along the upper edge thereof. 17. The unitary corrugated cardboard blank of claim 15 further including bottom flaps, each bottom flap being contiguous with one of the side panels, front panel and rear-panel sections along the lower edges thereof. 18. The unitary corrugated cardboard blank of claim 17 further including:first and second bottom flaps contiguous with the lower edges of the first and second rear-panel sections, respectively;third and fourth bottom flaps contiguous with the lower edges of the first and second side panels, respectively;a bottom fold contiguous with the lower edge of the front panel and having a lateral edge opposite the lower edge of the front panel;a bottom panel contiguous with the lateral edge of the bottom fold; andeach bottom flap having a lock tab and the bottom panel having four slots such that folding the bottom flaps and bottom fold when the blank is erected allows the lock tabs to be inserted into the respective slot on the bottom panel and thereby form a bottom to the package. 19. The unitary corrugated cardboard blank of claim 15 wherein the two rear-panel overlap portions are adhered to one another and the two spout-panel overlap portions are adhered to one another to form a pre-erected carton. 20. The unitary corrugated cardboard blank of claim 19 further including:two flaccid beverage bags attached within the pre-erected carton, each bag separated by the bag-separation panel and having top and bottom portions; anda dispensing device attached to the bottom portion of each bag, each dispensing device extending through and secured with respect to the lower portion of the front panel. 21. A method for providing two beverages in amounts for consumption by multiple persons by their selective dispensing over an extended time, comprising:providing a unitary non-erected carton that is erectable to form an upright carton enclosing two flaccid bags in horizontally-adjacent side-by-side positions on either side of a bag-separation panel, the upright carton having a lateral wall and a pair of dispensing devices, one on each of the bags, extending through and secured to a lower portion of the lateral wall, wherein the two flaccid bags each have top and bottom portions with the dispensing devices on the bottom portions and fill spouts on the top portions of the bags, each fill spout being secured to an upper portion that is integral with other portions of the erected carton;erecting the carton;filling the two bags with two beverages through their fill spouts and then closing the fill spouts;transporting the filled carton to the place of use; andselectively dispensing the two beverages to cups held beneath the two dispensing devices. 22. The method of claim 21 further including placing a cover on top of the carton to enclose the fill spouts within the carton after the fill spouts are closed. 23. A beverage transporting and dispensing package comprising a unitary erectable carton which, in erected condition, has (a) a lateral wall with a lower portion, (b) two flaccid beverage bags enclosed in the carton in horizontally-adjacent side-by-side positions, each flaccid bag having a ton portion and a bottom portion, (c) a bag-separation panel between the bags, (d) a pair of fill spouts, one on the top portion of each bag, extending through and secured with respect to a spout-securing panel integral with the lateral wall, and (e) a pair of dispensing devices, one on the bottom portion of each bag, extending through and secured to a lower portion of the lateral wall. 24. The beverage transporting and dispensing package of claim 23 wherein the bag-separation panel is integral with other portions of the carton. 25. The beverage transporting and dispensing package of claim 23 wherein the carton further includes a cover enclosing the fill spouts.