Patent ID: 7494029
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A beverage dispenser system including a container cartridge, a beverage dispenser having an upwardly facing beverage supply port for connecting with said container cartridge, and a support structure having a top end and being configured to support said container cartridge, said container cartridge comprising: a rigid bottom wall; a flexible side wall connected to said rigid bottom wall; a top wall connected to said flexible side wall; wherein said rigid bottom wall, said flexible side wall and said top wall are together configured to define therewithin a beverage chamber to hold a beverage; wherein said top wall has a spout formed therein through which beverage can be introduced into and discharged from said beverage chamber; wherein said flexible side wall is sufficiently flexible so as to be collapsible; wherein said rigid bottom wall, said flexible side wall and said top wall are together configured so that said container cartridge is adapted to be set in said support structure with said spout facing downward and with said spout connected to said upwardly facing supply port of said beverage dispenser; wherein said rigid bottom wall is provided with one of a flange and a plurality of claws, said one of said flange and said plurality of claws protruding outwardly of said side wall and being configured to engage said top end of said support structure; and wherein said rigid bottom wall is sufficiently rigid to support said flexible side wall and said top wall when said one of said flange and said plurality of claws is engaged with said top end of said support structure, said side wall is depending downwardly from said rigid bottom wall, and said spout is connected to said upwardly facing supply port of said beverage dispenser.