US1084140A

US1084140A - Collapsible veneer box.

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Publication number: US1084140A
Application number: US64149011A
Authority: US
Inventors: Orin C Fenlason
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1911-07-31
Filing date: 1911-07-31
Publication date: 1914-01-13
Anticipated expiration: 1931-01-13

Description

0. G. FENLASON.

GOLLAPSIBLE VENEER BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1911.

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0. C. FENLASON.

GOLLAPSIBLE VENEER BOX. APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ORIN C. FENLASON, OF HOQUIAM, WASHINGTON.

COLLAPSIBLE VENEER BOX.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORIN C. FnNLAsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hoquiam, in the county of Chehalis and State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Collapsible Veneer Box, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in collapsible veneer boxes for berries, fruits, etc.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve the construction of collapsible veneer boxes and to lessen the cost of manufacturing the same, and to increase their efiiciency and the ease and rapidity with which they may be handled and arranged for use.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of a veneer box, constructed in accordance with this invention, and illustrating the manner of folding or collapsing the same. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the body of the box being opened and one of the walls thereof being broken away to illustrate the construction of the bottom strip. Fig. 3 is a perspective view, the bottom strip being swung downward from the position shown in Fig. 2 and the flap being partially inserted between the overlapped ends of the strip, which forms the body of the box. Fig.4 is a perspective view, showing the box arranged for use. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view, the parts being arranged as shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a veneer box, illustrating another form of the invention in which the bottom strip is extended to form a cover. Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view of the same, the cover being closed. Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7 Fig. 9 is a detail view of a portion of the box and one of the staples, illustrating the manner in which the staple crosses the grain of two pieces of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 31, 1911.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914. Serial No. 641,490.

veneer in which the grain in one runs at right angles to that of the other.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive of the accompanying drawings is illustrated the simpler form of the invention, in which the body portion 1 consists of a single thin strip of veneer, scored hingedly at four points to form four sides or walls and to provide overlapping ends 2 and 3, which are coincident to one of the walls and provide a wall of two plies or thicknesses. The overlapped ends of the body strip are secured together by means of staples 4, or other suitable fastening means, set at an inclination and located at the upper and lower portions of the wall at points near the adjacent corners, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The grain extends longitudinally of the body strip of the veneer, and the inclined or angularly disposed staples cross the grain exteriorly of the box, and their legs, which are clenched at the interior of the box, are arranged in substantially a vertical position so as to cross the grain of the end 3 of the strip. The scorings 5 at the corners of the body of the box permit the same to collapse inwardly, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and it is adapted to open outwardly into rectangular form, as clearly shown in the drawings.

The veneer box is equipped with a foldable bottom 6, consisting of a separate strip of veneer scored transversely at three points to form the bottom 6, a terminal attaching portion 7, a hanger or supporting portion 8, and a flap 9. The terminal attaching portion 7 is secured by staples 10, or other suitable fastening means, to the inner face of one of the sides or walls of the body of the box, and it extends downwardly from the bottom to the lower edge thereof, and spaces the bottom 6 from the plane of the lower edges of the sides or walls. The scoring at 11 permits the bottom 6 to swing upwardly and downwardly to arrange it in a horizontal position. within the body of the box and to permit it to fold against the side or wall to which the strip 7 is attached. The hanger or supporting portion 8 is hingedly connected at the lower edge with the bottom 6 by means of scoring 12, and it is adapted to be arranged in the same plane as the bottom 6-when the box is folded, and when the box is opened or unfolded, it fits against the inner face of the wall opposite that to which the terminal portion 7 is attached. The flap 9, which is connected to the upper end of the hanger or supporting portion R. is hinged to the same through the scoring 13, and it is adapted to fold against the hanger or supporting portion, and when the box is arranged for use. it is inserted between the thicknesses of the double wall. formed by the overlapped ends 2 and 3 of the body strip. and it is also lccated between the opposite staples 4. \Vhen the bottom is folded against the wall to which the strip is secured. it supports the terminal flap above the upper edges of the body in position to be carried downwardly therefrom directly to the double wall by a single swinging movement. whereby the flap may be easily and quickly inserted between the plies or thicknesses of the double wall. \Vhen the fiap is inserted between the overlapped ends of the body of the box. it locks the latter in position for use. The inner hinge or large end of the tapered flap 9 is of a width less than that of the hanger or supporting portion 8, which is notched or recessed at 8 adjacent to the side edges of the flap. The notches or recesses are preferably provided with curved edges to prevent the material from splitting and to avoid projecting edges. The outer portions of the staples 10 are inclined to cross the grain of the body strip, and the terminal portions of the staples 10 are arranged in substantially a horizontal position to cross the grain of the separate bottom strip. as clearly illustrated in Fig. 9.

The box, which folds flat for packing or shipment, is adapted to be easily and quickly opened and set up for use by pickers or other persons filling the boxes. The bottom is a one-piece solid bottom and the hanger or supporting portion of the bottom strip covers the inner portions of the staples, which secure the overlapped ends of the body strip 7, and as the staples of the attaching portion 7 are located below the bottom, no metal comes in contact with the contents of the box. Also the attaching of one end of the bottom strip to one side of the body and the interlocking of the other end of the bottom strip to the opposite side of the body forms a rigid box when the latter is set up for use.

In Figs. 6 to 8 inclusive of the drawings is illustrated another form of the invention,v in which the body strip 14 is constructed similar to the body strip 1, heretofore de scribed, being scored transversely at four points to form four walls and to provide

overlapping ends

15 and 16, which provide a double wall of two plies or thicknesses. The overlapped ends are secured together by staples 17, arranged in the same manner as the staples at heretofore described. This form of box is equipped with a separate bottom strip, scored transversely at five points to form a bottom 18, hanger or supporting

portions

19 and 20, a cover 21 and terminal flaps 22 and 23. The bottom 18 is preferably arranged in flush relation with the lower edges of the body of the box, and the hanger or supporting

portions

19 and 20 extend to the upper edges of the box. The bottom 18 is hinged through the scoring 24 to the lower end of the hanger or supporting portion 20, which is secured near its upper end to the adjacent wall of the body of the box by staples 25, or other suitable fastening means. The bottom 18 is adapted to swing upwardly and downwardly to fold it flat against the hanger portion 20. and to arrange it in a horizontal position for use, and the hanger portion 19. which is hinged at its lower end to the bottom through the scoring 26, is hingedly connected with the flap 22 by means of scoring 27. The flap 22 is inserted between the two plies or thicknesses of the double wall formed by the

terminal portions

15 and 16, and it extends to the lower portion of the body, as illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings. The cover 21, which is hinged through the scoring 28 to the upper end of the hanger or supporting portion, is adapted to swing downward across the top of the box, and the flap 28, which is hinged through the scoring 29 to the cover 21, is inserted between the flap 23 and the outer ply or thickness of the double wall. The flap 23 is preferably shorter than the flap 22. Both flaps are tapered and are of a width less than the separate strip, which is notched or recessed at 30 and 31 to prevent the strip from splitting and to avoid projecting edges. The combined bottom and cover strip cooperates with the body portion of the box to form a rigid box, which folds flat, and is also adapted to be quickly opened and arranged for use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A box of the class described including a rectangular body consisting of a thin strip of veneer scored hingedly at four points to collapse inwardly and having overlapped ends coincident with one of the walls of the body and secured together and forming by said overlapped ends a double wall of two thicknesses, and a separate strip secured at one end to the inner face of one of the walls of the body and scored to form an attaching portion, a hinged bottom, a foldable hanger portion, and a terminal flap, the bottom consisting of a single piece and foldable up wardly against the wall to which the strip is secured and when folded supporting the terminal flap above the upper edges of the body in position to be carried downwardly therefrom directly to the double wall by a single swinging movement, whereby the flap may be easily and quickly inserted between the plies or thicknesses of the said double wall.

2. A box of the class described including a rectangular collapsible body consisting of a thin strip of veneer and having a double wall of two plies or thicknesses, and a separate strip scored transversely to form a hinged bottom, opposite hanger portions extending upwardly from the bottom, one of the hanger portions being secured to one wall of the body, a cover connected with the top of the attached hanger portion, and

, hinged terminal flaps arranged at the free end of the cover and the top of the free hanger portion, said terminal flaps both entering between the plies or thicknesses of the double wall from the top thereof.

3. A box of the class described including a rectangular collapsible body consisting of a thin strip of veneer and having a double wall of two plies or thicknesses, and a separate s'trip scored transversely to form a bottom, opposite hanger portions, one of the hanger portions being secured to one of the walls of the body, a cover connected with the top of the attached hanger portion, and terminal flaps arranged at the free end of the cover and the top of the free hanger portion, said bottom and cover being foldable upwardly and when folded supporting the terminal flaps above the upper edges of the body to enable the flaps to be readily inserted in the double wall, both of the flaps entering between the plies or thicknesses of the double wall from the topv thereof.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ORIN C. FENLASON.

W'itnesses PERoY H. Moons, LEWIS EBERLY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.