GB1602150A

GB1602150A - Covers for boxes

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Publication number: GB1602150A
Application number: GB1928680A
Authority: GB
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1977-09-30
Filing date: 1978-05-25
Publication date: 1981-11-04

Description

(54) IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO COVERS FOR BOXES (71) I, NORMAN JOHN GARROD a British subject of Great Common, Bletchingley, Surrey, do hereby declare the invention for which I pray that a patent may be granted to me, and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement:- The present invention relates to improvements in covers for boxes of the type comprising a base and a lid mounted for pivotal movement relative to the base.

According to the present invention there is provided an assembly comprising a box comprising a base and a lid mounted for pivotal movement relative to the base about an axis along one side of the box, and a cover therefor comprising a base panel for overlying the base of the box, a cover panel for overlying the lid of the box and connected to the base panel by a spine panel of sufficient width to accommodate the box between the cover panel and the base panel and for overlying that side of the box at which the lid is pivotted, wherein the cover panel is made of two layers of sheet material of which an inner layer is to be inserted inside the box to overlie the inner surface of the lid of the box.

The present invention will be more fully understood from the following description of an embodiment thereof, given by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which: Figure 1 is a section through a box provided with an embodiment of a cover according to the present invention; and Figure 2 is a plan view of a blank from which the cover of Figure 1 is made.

The cover shown in the drawing is intended for use with a box which comprises a base and a lid mounted for pivotal movement relative to the base about an axis along one side of the box.

As shown in Figure 1,. the box is a conventional cassette box comprising a base 1, carrying three side walls la and two upstanding studs 2 for engagement in the spindle apertures of a cassette, and a lid 3 carrying the fourth side wall 4 and hinged to the base about an axis parallel to the wall 4.

The lid defines with a member 3a a Ushaped slot in which the cassette is received, the member 3a extending in the plane of the base 1 when the box is closed, the base 1 being cut back to accommodate the member 3a and defining therewith a slit in the plane of the base.

The cover shown in the drawing comprises a base panel 5 for overlying the base 1 of the box and a cover panel 6 for overlying the lid 3 of the box. The panels 5 and 6 are interconnected by a spine panel 7 for overlying that side wall 4 of the box at which the base and lid of the box are hinged together.

The base panel 5 of the cover is fixed to the base 1 of the box. As shown this is effected using a flap 8 as described in Application No. 25983/76 Serial No 1586161. Other means may alternatively be provided for releasably fixing the base panel of the cover to the base of the box or the box may be permanently fixed to the cover by adhering the base to the base panel of the cover.

The cover panel 6 is engaged but not fixed to the box. This engagement is obtained by making the cover panels of the two layers of which the outer layer 9 overlies the outer surface of the lid 3 and the inner layer 10, integrally connected to the outer layer 9 by a fold line along the free edge 11 of the panel 6 remote from the spine panel, is folded about the fold line along edge 11 and introduced into the box to overlie the inner surface of the lid 3 of the box.

With this arrangement, both the cover panel and the base panel of the cover are engaged with the box but in such a way that the box can be opened and the contents removed and so that, as the box is opened, the cover panel will move relative to the lid of the box so as to accommodate movement of the spine panel relative to the box and prevent the spine panel being bent or otherwise damaged.

The base panel 5 of the cover may also comprise two layers 12, 13 of material, as described in Application No. 25983/76 Serial No 1586161, the two layers being integrally connected together by a fold line along the free edge 14 of the base panel opposite that connected to the spine panel, and may be adhered directly together.

It will be appreciated that the box, while comprising a base and a lid mounted for pivotal movement relative to the base amount an axis along one side of the box, may take other forms and may be designed for containing other articles. For example, the box may be similar to that shown in Figure 1 but designed for housing a reel, e.g. a film or video tape, the box being generally square instead of rectangular with a single central stud instead of a pair of studs for engaging in the single aperture of the reel. With such a box, the blank of Figure 2 is modified to correspond to the dimensions of the box and the flap 8 is provided with a single opening for engaging the single stud in the box. The box may, of course, have any suitable dimensions required for a product and, if attached to the cover by a flap similar to flap 8, must have a slit in the plane of the base through which the flap can be introduced and one or more studs for engagement with the flap. Where the box is permanently or otherwise releasably fixed to the base panel of the cover, neither of these features is of course necessary.

WHAT I CLAIM IS: 1. An assembly comprising a box comprising a base and a lid mounted for pivotal movement relative to the base about an axis along one side of the box, and a cover therefor comprising a base panel for overlying the base of the box, a cover panel for overlying the lid of the box and connected to the base panel by a spine panel of sufficient width to accommodate the box between the cover panel and the base panel and for overlying that side of the box at which the lid is pivotted, wherein the cover panel is made of two layers of sheet material of which an inner layer is to be inserted inside the box to overlie the inner surface of the lid of the box.

2. An assembly as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the base panel of the cover is made of two layers of sheet material which are integrally connected by a fold line along that edge thereof opposite that connected to the spine panel.

3. An assembly as claimed in Claim 2, wherein the two layers of the base panel of the cover are adhered together.

4. An assembly as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the box has a slot therein substantially in the plane of the base and a stud projecting inwardly of the box from the base, and the base panel of the cover includes a flap for insertion in the box through the slot and for engagement with the stud to engage the box with the cover.

5. An assembly as claimed in Claim 4, wherein the box is adapted to receive a tape cassette and has two studs projecting from the base thereof, the flap of the cover being adapted for engagement with both studs.

6. An assembly comprising a cover and a box substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

**WARNING** end of DESC field may overlap start of CLMS **.

Claims

**WARNING** start of CLMS field may overlap end of DESC **. prevent the spine panel being bent or otherwise damaged. The base panel 5 of the cover may also comprise two layers 12, 13 of material, as described in Application No. 25983/76 Serial No 1586161, the two layers being integrally connected together by a fold line along the free edge 14 of the base panel opposite that connected to the spine panel, and may be adhered directly together. It will be appreciated that the box, while comprising a base and a lid mounted for pivotal movement relative to the base amount an axis along one side of the box, may take other forms and may be designed for containing other articles. For example, the box may be similar to that shown in Figure 1 but designed for housing a reel, e.g. a film or video tape, the box being generally square instead of rectangular with a single central stud instead of a pair of studs for engaging in the single aperture of the reel. With such a box, the blank of Figure 2 is modified to correspond to the dimensions of the box and the flap 8 is provided with a single opening for engaging the single stud in the box. The box may, of course, have any suitable dimensions required for a product and, if attached to the cover by a flap similar to flap 8, must have a slit in the plane of the base through which the flap can be introduced and one or more studs for engagement with the flap. Where the box is permanently or otherwise releasably fixed to the base panel of the cover, neither of these features is of course necessary. WHAT I CLAIM IS:

1. An assembly comprising a box comprising a base and a lid mounted for pivotal movement relative to the base about an axis along one side of the box, and a cover therefor comprising a base panel for overlying the base of the box, a cover panel for overlying the lid of the box and connected to the base panel by a spine panel of sufficient width to accommodate the box between the cover panel and the base panel and for overlying that side of the box at which the lid is pivotted, wherein the cover panel is made of two layers of sheet material of which an inner layer is to be inserted inside the box to overlie the inner surface of the lid of the box.