Beverage carton with integral cooler bin

Details Beverage carton with integral cooler bin Beverage carton with integral cooler bin

1991-10-02

1994-04-19

Shoap, Allan N.

Envelopes, wrappers, and paperboard boxes

Paperboard box

Having means to facilitate opening the box by severing box...

229101, 229103, 229222, 229229, 206542, B65D 524

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053038630

ABSTRACT:
The invention is an improvement in a carton of the type having a compartment for multiple containers of beverage and means for holding a coolant such as ice in heat exchange relationship to containers, e.g., cans. In the improved carton, the holding means includes a plurality of panels in stacked relationship to one another in a repose position, i.e., when the carton is in the "as sold" configuration. In such configuration, the carton main compartment is of substantially conventional size to hold, for example, twelve or twenty-four 12 oz. cans of beverage. When the user desires to chill the cans (or keep them chilled), the panels are unfolded to a utility position to form an ice bin atop the compartment. Ice is poured into the bin and cans are cooled by direct contact with the ice. By first withdrawing plural cans from the compartment, pouring in ice and then nestling the withdrawn cans back into the bin-contained ice, many or all cans are in direct cooling contact with the ice. A carton blank and method for using the improved carton are also disclosed.

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