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 air cell structure fo
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 air cell structure for creating an air space for insulating hot liquids contained within the container. An easy opening feature is provided, to permit direct access to the inner liquid containing bag, and a recessed handle structure is also provided.
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What is claimed is: 1. A dispensing container, operably configured to be positioned upon a substantially flat, horizontal surface, for the facilitated dispensing of fluid material, the dispensing container being configured to receive and contain therewithin a substantially liquid impermeable bag, t
What is claimed is: 1. A dispensing container, operably configured to be positioned upon a substantially flat, horizontal surface, for the facilitated dispensing of fluid material, the dispensing container being configured to receive and contain therewithin a substantially liquid impermeable bag, the dispensing container comprising: a generally tubular body having a rectangular cross-section; a closure structure disposed proximate an opening in an upper portion of the generally tubular body, the closure structure including a handle structure, which is disposed in a recessed position within an upper opening of the generally tubular body and extending no higher than an upper edge region of the generally tubular body; the generally tubular body further having a plurality of side panels; a container opening structure, disposed in at least three adjacent ones of the side panels, for enabling at least partial separation of an upper portion of the generally tubular body from a lower portion of the generally tubular body; the generally tubular body being formed from a first blank of at least one of the following materials: paper; paperboard; corrugated paperboard; and a spacer structure formed from a separate second blank of foldable material, the spacer structure comprising a top panel and at least two opposing end panels extending from the top panel, the spacer structure disposed within the generally tubular body and positioned such that the two opposing end panels extend downwardly from the top panel toward the bottom region of the generally tubular body to create a space between the top panel of the spacer structure and the bottom region of the generally tubular body and to define a bag-containing volume above the spacer structure, so that upon placement of a fully loaded dispensing container containing a loaded bag therewithin, upon a supporting surface, the bag is vertically separated from the supporting surface, to facilitate inhibiting thermal conduction between the bag and the supporting surface. 2. The dispensing container according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of side panels comprises a front panel, a rear panel disposed parallel to the front panel, and first and second side panels, disposed parallel to one another, perpendicular to the front and rear panels and extending therebetween. 3. The dispensing container according to claim 2, wherein the container opening structure comprises: at least one tear strip disposed in at least two adjacent ones of the front panel, rear panel and first and second side panels. 4. The dispensing container according to claim 3, wherein the container opening structure comprises: a line of perforations extending through at least one of the front panel, rear panel, and first and second side panels. 5. The dispensing container according to claim 2, wherein the closure structure comprises: front and rear foldable top flaps, emanating from top edge regions of the front and rear panels, each of the front and rear top flaps including a first panel, foldably connected to one of the front and rear panels, and positioned at an acute included angle relative thereto, each of the front and rear foldable top flaps including a second panel, foldably connected to one of the first panels, each of the second panels being folded upwardly, parallel to the front and rear panels and in juxtaposed overlying relation to one another, the second panels having top edges that are disposed no higher than the upper edge region of the generally tubular body; a foldable first side panel top flap emanating from a top edge region of a first side panel; a foldable second side panel top flap emanating from a top edge region of a second side panel; the foldable first and second side panel top flaps each including first panels, foldably connected to the first and second side panels, respectively, and positioned substantially perpendicular thereto; the foldable first and second side panel top flaps each further including second panels, foldably connected to the respective first panels of the first and second side panel top flaps, and emanating downwardly therefrom, the second panels of the first and second side panel top flaps being disposed in positions interengaging with the second panels of the front and rear panel top flaps, to preclude undesired dislodgement of the second panels of the front and rear panel top flaps. 6. The dispensing container according to claim 5 wherein the closure structure further comprises: at least one slot in each of the first panels of the front and rear panel top flaps; at least one hooked tab emanating from each of the second panels of the first and second side panel top flaps; hooked tabs being configured to be engagingly received in the slots, when the second panels of the first and second side panel top flaps are folded over into interengagement with the first panels of the front and rear panel top flaps. 7. The dispensing container according to claim 5 wherein the closure structure further comprises: at least one notch in each of the second panels of the front and rear panel top flaps, the notches being aligned with one another when the second panels of the front and rear panel top flaps are parallel to the sidewalls and in juxtaposed overlying relation to one another; a notch in at least one of the first and second side panel top flaps which is operably configured to interengage with the aligned notches in the second panels of the front and rear panel top flaps, when the second panels of the first and second side panel top flaps are folded over into interengagement with the second panels of the front and rear panel top flaps. 8. The dispensing container according to claim 5, wherein the handle structure comprises: hand opening apertures disposed in the second panels of the front and rear panel top flaps. 9. The dispensing container according to claim 1, wherein the spacer structure is formed from a second blank fabricated from at least one of the following materials: paper; paperboard; corrugated paperboard. 10. The dispensing container according to claim 1, wherein the spacer structure is formed from a separate second blank of foldable material, which is insertably received into the generally tubular body. 11. The dispensing container according to claim 1, further comprising: front and rear panel bottom flaps, connected to bottom edge regions of the front and rear panels, respectively; first and second side panel bottom flaps, connected to bottom edge regions of the first and second side panels, respectively; each of the front and rear side panel bottom flaps including a pivotable engagement flap, which is affixed to an outside surface of one of the first and second side panel bottom wall flaps; the generally tubular body being operably configured such that when the closure structure is open, the generally tubular body may be articulated between a collapsed configuration, in which the front panel and one side panel are disposed in juxtaposed overlying adjacent orientation to the other side panel and the rear panel, with the front and rear panel bottom flaps being folded up inside a bottom opening region of the generally tubular body, in juxtaposed relation to inside bottom surfaces of the front and rear panels, respectively, and the respective pivotable engagement flaps are folded back upon their respective front and rear panel bottom flaps; and an articulated position, wherein the front and rear panels are parallel to each other and perpendicular to the side panels, whereupon articulation from the collapsed configuration, the first and second side panel bottom flaps and their respective attached front and rear panel bottom pivotable engagement flaps are automatically prompted to move into partial overlapping relation to the front and rear panel bottom flaps to define a bottom for the articulated dispensing container. 12. The dispensing container according to claim 1, further comprising an inner liquid impermeable bag, operably configured for containing a liquid. 13. The dispensing container according to claim 1, further comprising an inner liquid impermeable bag for containing a liquid, the bag having a reclosable top portion and a sealed bottom portion, the bag insertably received into the generally tubular body within the bag-containing volume, wherein the bag bottom portion is in contact with the top panel of the spacer structure and wherein the liquid contained within the bag is accessible though the reclosable top portion of the bag when the upper portion of the generally tubular body is at least partially separated from the lower portion of the generally tubular body.
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