Patent ID: 8651332
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: A47G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A jug for retaining a plastic bag containing a liquid therein, said jug comprising: a bottom wall; a peripheral wall extending upwardly and outwardly from the bottom wall, wherein said peripheral wall includes a rim disposed a distance from the bottom wall; a cavity bounded and defined by the bottom wall and the peripheral wall; and wherein the rim defines an opening through which the cavity is accessed, and wherein the cavity is adapted to receive the liquid-containing bag therein; a handle extending outwardly from a rear region of the peripheral wall; and an engagement means provided on the iuq and adapted to engage the bag and to retain the bag within the cavity when the jug is tilted to pour the liquid therefrom, and wherein the engagement means comprises: a retaining wall originating in an exterior surface of the peripheral wall on a first side of the slit and terminating in the exterior surface of the peripheral wall on a second side of the slit; wherein the retaining wall extends outwardly from the exterior surface of the peripheral wall a distance below a terminal end of the slit, and wherein a chamber is defined between the retaining wall and the exterior surface of the peripheral wall and the chamber is in fluid communication with the cavity through the slit.