Patent ID: 8556124

Claim:
An outer box for bag in box packaging comprising: a plurality of walls configured to retain a bag therein, and including a bottom wall and a front wall; a tap articulating assembly forming at least a portion of the front wall, and including: a tap wall with an opening, configured to receive a tap coupled to a bag therethrough; at least two hinge assemblies, each hinge assembly having a first hinge panel and a second hinge panel, the first and second hinge panels of each hinge assembly joined to each other at an intermediate hinge fold, with the first hinge panel joined to the tap wall at an inner hinge fold and to one of the front wall and a respective side wall at the outer hinge fold, with the first hinge assembly being spaced apart from the second hinge assembly, wherein the at least two hinge assemblies provide for a shipping orientation wherein the tap wall is recessed so as to substantially retain a tap within a footprint of the outer box to an dispensing orientation wherein a tap extends beyond the footprint of the outer box, wherein the tap wall and the at least two hinge assemblies are formed into the front wall, and the opening of the outer box extends about a bottom edge of the front wall, and wherein the intermediate hinge fold, the inner hinge fold and the outer hinge fold of the first hinge assembly intersect at a point on the front wall, and the intermediate hinge fold, the inner hinge fold and the outer hinge fold of the second hinge assembly intersect at a point on the front wall which is spaced apart from the intersection of the folds of the first hinge assembly.