Plastic container dispenser with outer carton container

Claim 1

A light-weight composite dispensing container for liquids, in particular for packaging liquor to be served to airline passengers comprising an inner container member in which liquid is to be contained, said inner container member being a semirigid cup and an outer container member in which said inner container member is firmly and completely enclosed, said outer container member being a folding carton, said inner container member further including a generally outwardly directed radial flange extending circumferentially around the top of the cup and in the horizontal plane to provide a sealing surface on which a sealing cover member in sheet form extends in overlaid relationship, with said sealing member extending around the top of the cup and being adhesively secured thereto to effect a liquid-escape-proof seal, said outer container member additionally including a bottom, a top, and a plurality of upstanding side walls, and said inner container member having a pouring spout directed to the intersection of a first and second of said pluralities of said side walls, said first side wall and a third side wall each having an integral folded top flap in overlaid relationship with the top of said cover member and adhesively secured thereto, said top flaps lying in a common plane and including adjacent free edges in substantial abutting relationship, said top flap of said first side wall being integral therewith for only about a third of the width of said first side wall and including a triangular portion in overlaid relationship with said cover member and pouring spout.