Paperboard package with plastic bag insert for storage and shipping of fluids

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1. A FLUID DISPENSING AND SHIPPING PACKAGE COMPRISING:

(A) A FLEXIBLE, COLLAPSED PLASTIC BAG ADAPTED TO BE FILLED WITH FLUID, (B) SAID BAG HAVING A SPOUT FIXEDLY ATTACHED THERETO, SAID SPOUT EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE SAID BAG, (C) SAID SPOUT HAVING LUG MEANS FORMED THEREON, (D) A RIGID OUTER PAPERBOARD BOX FORMED ABOUT SAID PLASTIC BAG BY SELECTIVE FOLDING OF A BLANK, (E) SAID BOX HAVING A RECTANGULAR CONFIGURATION COMPRISING FRONT AND REAR WALLS, TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS, AND A PAIR OF OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS, (F) FLAP MEANS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID PLURALITY OF SAID WALLS, (G) SAID FLAP MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF INTERLOCKING FLAPS, (H) SAID PAIR OF INTERLOCKING FLAPS FORMING AN INTERIOR NORMALLY ENCLOSED CHAMBER AT AN UPPER INTERIOR END OF SAID BOX, (I) SAID ENCLOSED CHAMBER BEING OF SUFFICIENT CROSSSECTIONAL AREA TO ACCOMMODATE SAID SPOUT THEREIN, (J) COOPERATING MEANS FORMED IN ONE PORTION OF SAID INTERLOCKING FLAP MEANS TO PERMIT SAID LUG MEANS ON SAID SPOUT TO PASS THERETHROUGH, WHEREBY SAID SPOUT MAY BE ROTATED TO PREVENT WITHDRAWAL OF SAID SPOUT FROM SAID CHAMBER DURING DISPENSING OF FLUID FROM SAID BAG, (K) SAID FLAP MEANS HAVING OTHER PORTIONS THEREOF WITH PREFORMED SCORE LINES THEREIN, SAID OTHER PORTIONS BEING SITUATED IN THE UPPER END OF SAID BOX, (L) SAID OTHER PORTIONS BEING SEVERABLY DETACHED FROM SAID BOX ALONG SAID SCORE LINES TO EXPOSE SAID NORMALLY CONCEALED CHAMBER AND SAID SPOUT POSITIONED THEREIN.

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1. A FLUID DISPENSING AND SHIPPING PACKAGE COMPRISING:
- (A) A FLEXIBLE, COLLAPSED PLASTIC BAG ADAPTED TO BE FILLED WITH FLUID, (B) SAID BAG HAVING A SPOUT FIXEDLY ATTACHED THERETO, SAID SPOUT EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE SAID BAG, (C) SAID SPOUT HAVING LUG MEANS FORMED THEREON, (D) A RIGID OUTER PAPERBOARD BOX FORMED ABOUT SAID PLASTIC BAG BY SELECTIVE FOLDING OF A BLANK, (E) SAID BOX HAVING A RECTANGULAR CONFIGURATION COMPRISING FRONT AND REAR WALLS, TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS, AND A PAIR OF OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS, (F) FLAP MEANS HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID PLURALITY OF SAID WALLS, (G) SAID FLAP MEANS INCLUDING A PAIR OF INTERLOCKING FLAPS, (H) SAID PAIR OF INTERLOCKING FLAPS FORMING AN INTERIOR NORMALLY ENCLOSED CHAMBER AT AN UPPER INTERIOR END OF SAID BOX, (I) SAID ENCLOSED CHAMBER BEING OF SUFFICIENT CROSSSECTIONAL AREA TO ACCOMMODATE SAID SPOUT THEREIN, (J) COOPERATING MEANS FORMED IN ONE PORTION OF SAID INTERLOCKING FLAP MEANS TO PERMIT SAID LUG MEANS ON SAID SPOUT TO PASS THERETHROUGH, WHEREBY SAID SPOUT MAY BE ROTATED TO PREVENT WITHDRAWAL OF SAID SPOUT FROM SAID CHAMBER DURING DISPENSING OF FLUID FROM SAID BAG, (K) SAID FLAP MEANS HAVING OTHER PORTIONS THEREOF WITH PREFORMED SCORE LINES THEREIN, SAID OTHER PORTIONS BEING SITUATED IN THE UPPER END OF SAID BOX, (L) SAID OTHER PORTIONS BEING SEVERABLY DETACHED FROM SAID BOX ALONG SAID SCORE LINES TO EXPOSE SAID NORMALLY CONCEALED CHAMBER AND SAID SPOUT POSITIONED THEREIN.

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