US1062173A

US1062173A - Carton for hats.

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Publication number: US1062173A
Application number: US73152812A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank S Logee
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-11-15
Filing date: 1912-11-15
Publication date: 1913-05-20
Anticipated expiration: 1930-05-20

Description

FRANK S. LOGEE, OF WESTWOOD, NEW JERSEY.

CARTON FOR HATS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 15, 1912. Serial No. 731,528.

To all wit-omit may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK S. Locnn, citizen of the United States of America, residing at Westwood, in the county of Bergen and State of New ersey, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Cartons for Hats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved package for straw or other stiff hats.

Hithertofore, hats have been packed for shipment in tall cylindrical boxes of cross section shaped like but a little larger than the brims of the hats. In these boxes, the hats are placed one on top of the other, usually with a cylindrical ring of paper to support the brim of each hat. lVhen the hats are thus packed, the brims are subject to serious-damage due to crushing and denting of the sides of the box and a large percentage of the hats are often destroyed, the loss which-results in this way being an important item in the expense of distribution. When packed in accordance with this and the various other methods now in use, the hats are always more or less inaccessible to the salesman who desires to selectquickly a hat of the particular size wanted by a customer.

In the applicants package, the hats are so arranged that each individual hat is in plain view and easily removed as soon as the ox is opened. At the same time, the hats are so supported that they are most effectively protected from injury, for the brims are held out of contact with the walls of the box and the package as a whole is so rigid that it is not apt to be crushed. To accomplish this result the hats are placed in tiers and in vertical columns Within the box, the brims being horizontal when the box is in normal position and the adjacent hats inthe tiers having their crowns oppositely disposed, all the hats in the same columns having their crowns turned in thesame direction, either up or down. Between the hats, supporting and holding them, are paper shelves or partitions, the general direction of these shelves being horizontal. There is one shelf to each tier and each shelf is de flected to conform to the hats of the corresponding tier forming chambers to inclose each crown on three sides. The side walls of each intermediate chamber are slightly inclined or otherwise so placed and formed that the crowns of the adjacent hats in the tiers are spaced apart and each is prevented from injuring those next to it. Preferably, the top edge of each such side wall engages the crown and brim corner of one hat and the bottom of the same wall engages the crown and brim corner of the next hat in the same tier. Thus hats of any type may be fully supported at these points and preserved against injury from contact with each other and crushing. Also in the preferred form of the device the walls are so placed that the base of each side wall overlies the top of the chamber next below, but the base of each such wall is spaced from the top of the chamber below, and this space is filled by the overlapping brims of the hats so that these walls and the overlapping hat brims as hereinafter described, form a continuous support or strut which supports the box to prevent crushing.

The, box is preferably open on one vertical side and this opening communicates with all the hat chambers, so that when the cover is removed, all the hats are exposed and any one may be removed without disturbing the others. I

In the accompanying drawing I- have illustrated a package for straw hats, con? structed in accordance with my invention in,

its preferred form.

Figure 1 is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with the cover removed.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, the box 1, as shown, is rectangular in shape, one entire face or side being open, and when the box is in its normal position, as hereinafter described, the cover 2 or the opening is in a vertical plane. This cover, as shown, is of the usual type, having edge flanges which fit over and inclose the sides of the box; however, this is immaterial and the cover may be otherwise formed within the scope of my invention. The hats 3 are in vertical columns 4;, 5, 6 and horizontal tiers 7, 8, the adjacent hats in the tiers being oppositely disposed, but all the hats in any one column have their crowns turned in the Patented May 20, 1913.

at 10 to the end walls of the box. These shelves ,are deflected intermediately of their length to form chambers or seats19 for the hats, each inclosing the crown of the corresponding hat on three sides and open in the direction of the crown opening so that the openings of the adjacent chambers formed by each shelf are oppositely disposed. Herein the walls of each chamber are referred to as the top, bottom or back walls 14 and 15 and the side walls 11.

In order to prevent lateral motion of the hats and contact between them and also with the walls of the box, the side walls 11 of the intermediate chambers are slightly inclined, so that the top 12 of each such wall engages the corner 20 formed by the brim of the hat where it joins the vertical wall of the crown, called herein the top and brim corner. The bottom 13 of each of the inclined walls of the intermediate chambers similarly engages the corresponding corner 20 of the next hat in the same tier. Preferably, the inclination of the intermediate chamber walls also causes the base of each such wall to overlie the top of the chamber next below,and the side walls 11 may be otherwise formed to produce this result, and the side walls are spaced from the top and bottom of the next chamber, 2'. e. the top 14 of each chamber is spaced slightly below the bottom 15 of the next higher chamber on each side, and this space is occupied and filled by the brims 16 of the adj acent hats which, in the position described, necessarily overlap, z. 6., the bottom faces of the brims are in contact, the top hat of the middle column with the second one of each side column, etc. Thus the brim of one hat does not cut the crown of the next, and the side walls 11, spaced by the thickness of the two overlapping brims, as described, form with these brims continuous struts or supports which extend across the box and support it against crushing and consequent injury to. the hats.

It will be apparent that the hat chambers 19 which I have described, extend horizontally and transversely across the box, all of them extending inward from or opening outward to the cover opening 17, so that when the box rests in normal position on its bottom 18, which, as related to the cover, corresponds to the side of the usual box, the hats are all exposed to view, each in a separate chamber resting on a horizontal support and-convenient to the hand of the salesman.

When the box is closed for shipment, it makes an economical and rigid package, the struts or partitions 11 serving not only to space the hats apart and prevent them from injuring each other, but also to prevent crushing of the box and injury to the hats from this source. The inclined walls 11 not only prevent lateral displacement of the hats but space the adjacent hats vertically, so that there is no tendency to injure them through distortion of the box. To prevent motion of the hats in the direction of the length of the chambers and injury to the brims against the cover and the back wall, any suitable packing may be used, either in the form of a paper board spacer or hay or excelsior.

I prefer to make the box and its partitions of paper board, but any other suitable material may be employed, and I have illustrated my invention as the same is applicable to one form of hat to which the structure shown is particularly adapted, but I may vary the form of the partitions to conform to hats having brims of curved cross-section or of any other form adapted.

What I claim is:

1. As an article of manufacture, a carton for the packing, shipment and exhibition of hats, which consists of a container provided with a lid and internal partitions at right angles to the lid, each said partition being deflected to form a plurality of threesided chambers of a size to contain and inclose the crown of a hat and having an opening or a mouth disposed toward the hat brim, the adjacent chambers formed by any one partition being oppositely disposed, the corresponding chambers of the different partitions being alined and disposed in the same direction, and the adjacent partitions being spaced at their nearest points by a distance substantially equal to twice the thickness of the hat brims.

2. As an article of manufacture, a carton for the packing, shipment and exhibition of hats, which consists of a container provided with a lid and internal partitions at right angles to the lid, each said partition being deflected to form a plurality of three-sided chambers having a back wall and two side walls, the latter being spaced at their edges which are remote from the backs by a distance equal to the diameter of the crown of the hat to be packed at its base, the back being of a width greater than this distance, and the corresponding chambers of the different partitions being alined and disposed in the same direction, so that the forward end of each side wall, 71. e., the portion remote from the back wall of that chamber overlies the back wall of the corresponding chamber of the next partition.

3. As an article of manufacture, a carton for the packing, shipment and exhibition of hats, which consists of a container provided with a lid and internal partitions at right angles to the lid, each said partition being deflected to form a plurality of three-sided chambers having a back wall and two side walls, the latter being spaced at their edges which are remote from the backs by a distance equal to the diameter of the crown of the hat to be packed at its base, the back being of a width greater than this distance, and the corresponding chambers of the different partitions being alined and disposed in the same direction, so that the forward end of each side wall, 2'. 0., the portion remote from the back wall of that chamber overlies the back wall of the corresponding chamber of the next partition, the said ends of the side walls being spaced from the said back wall of the corresponding chamber of the next partition by a distance sufficient to admit the overlapping brims of two hats.

4:. A package consisting of a box with hats therein arranged in horizontal tiers and vertical columns, the adjacent hats in each tier having the crowns oppositely disposed, but all the hats in each column being disposed in the same direction, and partitions within the box, one for each tier, each partition being deflected to form chambers, one chamber inclosing the crown of each hat on three sides.

5. A package consisting of a box with hats therein arranged in horizontal tiers and vertical columns, the adjacent hats in each tier having the crowns oppositely disposed, but all the hats in each columnbeing disposed in the same direction, and partitions within the box, one for each tier, each partition being deflected to form chambers, one chamber inclosing the crown of each hat on three sides,

a side wall of the intermediate chambers having its upper portion engaging the crown and brim corner of one hat, while its lower portion engages the corresponding corner of the next hat in the same tier.

6. A package consisting of a box with hats therein arranged in horizontal tiers and vertical columns, the adjacent hats in each tier having the crowns oppositely disposed, but all the hats in each column being disposed in the same direction and partitions within the box, one for each tier, each partition being deflected to form a plurality of threesided chambers, each having a back and two side walls, one chamber inclosing the crown of each hat on three sides, the side walls of the intermediate chambers being so placed that the edge of each remote from the back wall of the same chamber overlies the back wall of the next chamber and is slightly spaced therefrom, the brims of the hats being overlapped at this point filling the space so that the side walls and the overlapping hat brims form a continuous support for the box walls.

Signed by me at New York city, county and State of New York, this 12th day of November, 1912.

FRANK S. LO GEE.

Witnesses CHARLES D. EDWARDS, EMMA W. RENNE'.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.