Container having protective recessed pocket

Abstract

A container is provided that is generally rectangular in shape, thereby forming side walls, end walls, a top, and a bottom. The container includes a pocket located on the interior of one of the walls adjacent the bottom. The container further includes an access flap formed in the wall corresponding to the pocket. The access flap acts like a door for selectively providing access to the pocket from the exterior of the container.

1 . A paperboard container having a collapsed state and an open erected state; comprising:
 an inner sleeve having opposed side panels and opposed end panels, the inner sleeve including an exterior surface and an interior surface;   an outer sleeve having opposed side panels and opposed end panels, and having an exterior surface and an interior surface wherein, as assembled, the inner sleeve is positioned within the outer sleeve, and the exterior surface of the inner sleeve side panels and/or end panels are adhered to the interior surface of the outer sleeve side panels and/or end panels, respectively;   wherein the outer sleeve includes a bottom flap hingedly connected to one of the outer sleeve side or end panels, and wherein, as assembled for use, the bottom flap forms a pocket disposed on the interior surface of the outer sleeve.   
     
     
         2 . The container according to  claim 1 , further comprising a fluid bag having a nozzle, the pocket having an opening for passage of the fluid bag nozzle from an inner cavity of the container into the pocket. 
     
     
         3 . The container according to  claim 2 , wherein the outer sleeve includes means for providing access to the hag nozzle from exterior of the container. 
     
     
         4 . The container according to  claim 2 , further including a lock plate adapted to hold the bag nozzle at the pocket opening. 
     
     
         5 . The container according to  claim 4 , wherein the lock plate is U-shaped. 
     
     
         6 . The container according to  claim 1 , wherein the outer sleeve further includes a plurality of bottom closure flaps hingedly connected to the remaining outer sleeve side panels and/or outer sleeve end panels. 
     
     
         7 . The container according to  claim 1 , wherein the outer sleeve includes upper closure flaps hingedly connected to each of the outer sleeve side and end panels. 
     
     
         8 . The container according to  claim 1 , wherein the inner sleeve includes a shoulder that secures the bottom flap in its pocket configuration. 
     
     
         9 . A container, comprising:
 a container body having a top and a bottom and formed by opposed side walls and opposed end walls the side walls and end walls forming an interior cavity;   a plurality of bottom flaps hingedly coupled to the side walls and the end walls at the bottom of the container body;   a pocket formed by one of the bottom flaps, the pocket disposed within the interior cavity adjacent one of the side or end walls;   a door for selectively providing access to the pocket from the exterior of the container.   
     
     
         10 . The container according to  claim 9 , further comprising a fluid bag disposed with the interior cavity of the container body. 
     
     
         11 . The container according to  claim 10 , wherein the fluid hag includes a nozzle that extends into the pocket. 
     
     
         12 . The container according to  claim 9 , wherein the container body is formed from paperboard material. 
     
     
         13 . The container according to  claim 9 , wherein the walls of the container body are comprised of an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve, and wherein the bottom flaps are hingedly coupled to the outer sleeve. 
     
     
         14 . The container according to  claim 9 , wherein the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve are constructed from double wall corrugated paperboard blanks.