Gerald Dwayne Williams

US Patent:

57657114, Jun 16, 1998

Filed:

Sep 30, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/723045

Inventors:

Ralph W. Johnson - Hawthorn Woods IL
Gerald D. Williams - Manhattan IL

Assignee:

Container Specialties, Inc.

International Classification:

B65D 2102

US Classification:

220468

Abstract:

A composite package comprising a paperboard container and a preformed receptacle positioned within the container. The receptacle includes vertical front, rear, first and second side walls, and a top wall extending across the vertical walls. A pouring spout and a handle are formed on the top wall, the pouring spout being adjacent the front wall and the handle extending between the pouring spout and the rear wall. The paperboard container includes front, rear and first and second side walls adjacent the front, rear and first and second side walls of the receptacle respectively. Each wall of the paperboard container has two end-portions separated by a mid-portion. The paperboard container also includes a top flap assembly having first and second side flaps connected to and folded substantially perpendicular to the first and second side walls, two front flaps, each front flap connected to an end-portion of the front wall, and two rear flaps, each rear flap connected to an end-portion of the rear wall. The front and rear flaps are folded substantially perpendicular to the front and rear walls.