Beverage and food container with game features

Abstract

A container for transporting a beverage bag inside of a carton includes a game feature on the outside of the carton for a diversion. The carton is formed from a plurality of walls that are folded together in order to create the container that contains product inside of the carton when assembled. On one of the exterior surfaces of the walls a game feature is designed to be used as an entertainment source and a game piece is in a holder of the carton to play the game.

1 . A container comprising:
 a carton having a plurality of walls enclosing an interior space;   a game feature formed on an exterior face of at least one of the carton walls; and   a game piece housed in the carton and selectively accessible to a user to play a game using the game feature with the game piece.   
     
     
         2 . The container of  claim 1  wherein the game feature is selectively moveable between a stowed position and an erected position. 
     
     
         3 . The container of  claim 1  wherein the game feature is generally co-planar with the exterior face of the associated carton wall in the stowed position and extends outwardly from the associated carton wall in the erected position. 
     
     
         4 . The container of  claim 1  further comprising:
 a plurality of game features each on a different wall of the carton; and 
 a plurality of game pieces housed in the carton and associated with the game features. 
 
     
     
         5 . The container of  claim 1  further comprising a bag adapted to contain a beverage therein and housed within the interior space of the carton;
 a spigot coupled to the bag and adapted to project through one of the walls of the carton to dispense the beverage. 
 
     
     
         6 . The container of  claim 5  wherein the spigot is operational to dispense the beverage when the game feature is in the erected position. 
     
     
         7 . The container of  claim 1  wherein the game feature is one of a football goal post and a basketball goal rim. 
     
     
         8 . The container of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a holder in the carton to selectively house the game piece therein.   
     
     
         9 . The container of  claim 2  further comprising:
 a brace pivotally coupled to the game feature and adapted to engage the associated carton wall to retain the game feature in the erected position. 
 
     
     
         10 . A container comprising:
 a carton having a plurality of walls enclosing an interior space;   a bag adapted to contain a beverage therein and housed within the interior space of the carton;   a spigot coupled to the bag and adapted to project through one of the walls of the carton to dispense the beverage;   a game feature formed on an exterior face of at least one of the carton walls; and   a game piece housed in the carton and selectively accessible to a user to play a game using the game feature on the exterior face of the at least one carton wall.   
     
     
         11 . The container of  claim 10  further comprising
 a holder in the carton to selectively house the game piece therein; 
 the game feature being generally co-planar with the exterior face of the associated carton wall in a stowed position, the game feature configured to be selectively moveable between the stowed position to an erected position for extending outwardly from the associated carton wall. 
 
     
     
         12 . The container of  claim 11  further comprising:
 a brace pivotally coupled to the game feature and adapted to engage the associated carton wall to retain the game feature in the erected position; 
 a socket in the carton to receive therein a tab on the brace; and 
 the spigot being operational to dispense the beverage when the game feature is in the erected position 
 
     
     
         13 . The container of  claim 10  further comprising:
 a plurality of game features each on a different wall of the carton; and 
 a plurality of game pieces housed in the carton. 
 
     
     
         14 . The container of  claim 10  wherein the game feature is one of a football goal post and a basketball goal rim. 
     
     
         15 . A container comprising:
 a carton having a plurality of walls enclosing an interior space;   at least one of the walls being a multiple panel wall having an inner panel and an outer panel that overlies the inner panel;   a game feature formed in the outer panel of the multiple panel wall, the game feature being generally co-planar with the outer panel in a stowed position and being selectively moveable to an erected position to extend outwardly from the outer panel;   a game piece housed in the carton and selectively accessible to a user to play a game using the game feature with the game piece.   
     
     
         16 . The container of  claim 15  further comprising:
 a plurality of multiple panel walls; 
 a plurality of game features, each game feature formed on a different multiple panel wall of the carton; and 
 a plurality of game pieces housed in the carton and associated with the plurality of game features. 
 
     
     
         17 . The container of  claim 15  further comprising a bag adapted to contain a beverage therein and housed within the interior space of the carton;
 a spigot coupled to the bag and adapted to project through one of the walls of the carton to dispense the beverage 
 
     
     
         18 . The container of  claim 15  wherein the game feature is one of a football goal post and a basketball goal rim. 
     
     
         19 . The container of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 a holder in the carton to selectively house the game piece therein.   
     
     
         20 . The container of  claim 15  further comprising:
 a brace pivotally coupled to the game feature and adapted to engage the associated outer panel to retain the game feature in the erected position.