Dual compartment dispensing box with lateral slide openings
View Patent ↗A dual compartment box for dispensing two different pourable products, the box comprising a blank having an outer front panel, a back panel, an inner front panel, a separator panel, a top panel, and a first slide and a second slide positioned between the top panel and the inner front panel. The panels are foldably connected to form a box having a first compartment and a second compartment. The first slide is moveable laterally to form a first dispensing path, and the second slide is moveable laterally to form a second dispensing path.
1. A dual compartment box comprising:
a) a paper blank having:
i) an outer front panel;
ii) a back panel;
iii) an inner front panel having at least one first aperture;
iv) a separator panel;
v) a top panel having at least one second aperture; and
vi) a first slide and a second slide positioned between the top panel and the inner front panel, the first slide being moveable laterally to form a first dispensing path, and second slide being moveable laterally to form a second dispensing path;
wherein the panels are foldably connected to form a box having a first compartment and a second compartment.
2. The box of claim 1 , wherein the blank has a first side panel and a second side panel, and the first slide is foldably connected to the first side panel and the second slide is foldably connected to the second side panel.
3. The box of claim 1 , wherein the first slide is moveable laterally in one direction to close the first dispensing path and the second slide is moveable laterally in an opposite second direction to close the second dispensing path.
4. The box of claim 1 , wherein the first slide and the second slide are moveable laterally in an outboard direction away from the separator panel between the first compartment and the second compartment.
5. The box of claim 1 further comprising a bottom flap foldably connected to the blank for closing a bottom portion of the box.