US1124041A - Safety shipping-case. - Google Patents

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H. LEIMAN.

SAFETY SHIPPING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. s, 1913.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

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I I tyre HENRY LEIIVIAN, OF TAMPA, FLORIDA.

SAFETY SHIPPING-CASE.

Application filed September 6, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY LEIMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tampa, in the county of Hillsboro and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Shipping- Gases; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in shipping boxes and an object of the invention is to provide a sealed box with the corner cleats secured from within the box to prevent their removal for the unauthorized removal of the contents of the box.

Another object of the invention is to provide a box with an improved corner construction having a cleat to receive the end of one side of the box and have secured thereto the head of the box.

A further object of the invention is to provide a box with an improved top which may be slipped into place after the box has been assembled, sealing means being provided to secure the top in place, the special corner construction already referred to being provided to prevent the longitudinal sliding of the top after the same has been sealed.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing, wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box made accord ing to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a vertical section through one end of the box taken just outside of one end of the box to show the sealing means, Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a central vertical section through a corner construction, showing a modification, Fig. i is a perspective view of one end of the top of the box, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one corner of the box before the cover has been applied thereto, the same being shown in position to receive one end of the top similar in construction to that shown in Fig. l, and Fig. 6 is a disjointed figure showing one corner of the top separated from the corresponding corner of the box, the showing be- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 5, 1915.

Serial No. 788,450.

ing taken on a vertical plane indicated at lines 66 of Fig. 1.

Although various safety shipping boxes have been devised for the purpose of preventing the unlawful removal of the box contents, it is found this practice continues and it is the object of the present invention to provide an improved box to prevent this practice.

In the present structure it is intended to use the ordinary sealing means for securing the sides of the box together, but the particular improvement resides in a corner con struction which employs cleats each provided with a slot, the part of the cleat on the side of each slot overhanging the part on the other side of the slots, and has secured thereto one side of the box which fits into the slot, while the other part has secured thereto the head of the box. The cleats have the ends thereof mitered at an angle to the base of the slot, so that there is formed above the side members a, triangular pocket or opening into which projects one corner of the top.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the sides of the box, 2 the heads of the box, and 3 the flexible cord or wire passing through suitable openings formed in the cover and having the ends thereof sealed as at 4. It is possible to dispense with the cord or wire 3, but said means are preferably used for additional protection.

The ends of the box are protected by means of cleats 5, the particular construction of which is shown more particularly in Figs. l and 5, where they are each seen to be provided with a slot 6 one wall of which is formed by the flange Y, which overhangs the extension 8 formed by the other wall of the slot, such extension 8 being of less height but of greater thickness than the flange 7. The flange and extension may be made of any material proportioned to fit any size of box which is to be provided with these cleats.

As seen in Fig. 3, the heads 2 each have their peripheries secured to the extension 8 by means of brads, nails or other suitable means 100, the edges of the heads being contiguous with that side of the slot 6 near the extension 8 so that there is formed in effect a slot substantially the depth of the flange 7 into which extends the end of the side 1. The preferable construction of the corner of the box is to insert side 1 into the slot 6, then 116 nail the same-to flange 7 after which the head 2 may be secured to the extension as before described, it being preferable to have the means used for securing the side 1 to the cleat covered by the edge of the heads 2 so as to prevent accidental or intentional removal of the same.

By referring to Fig. 5 it will be seen that the ends of the cleats are beveled as at 9, the plane of the bevel passing substantially through the upper inner edge of the side, or the end of each cleat may be considered as beveled obliquely with respect to the base of the corresponding slot. Thus there is defined a triangular space in the slot 6 above the tops of the sides, which is designed to receive the extending corner 10 of one of the sides, or as shown in Fig. 4, of the extending end of the top 90, this extending corner projecting beyond the bevel 9 of the cleat 11. When said corner 10 has been inserted in the triangular space in the slot 6 a tight fit is afforded and it will be seen that the sliding of the top 90 from the box without first destroying the cleat 11 is impossible.

To secure the top in place, the three sides and the heads of the box are assembled as before described, and all the cleats 5 of one end of the box secured to the head at that end of the box. One edge of the top 90 is then nailed to the flange 7 of the cleat 11, after which the top may be slipped into place, the end of the top opposite the end carrying cleat 11 slipping within the corresponding slot of the adjacent top cleat, which of course has previously been secured to the box from within. The corner of the top shown in Fig. 4 is not the corner which fits on the corner of the box shown in Fig. 5, the corner of the top corresponding to Fig. 5 being of a construction similar to that shown in Fig. 4 but having the bevel of the cleat 11 extending downwardly and to the left.

The cleat which is secured to the top has secured thereto a strip of sheet metal indicated at 12, the ends 13 of which are perfo rated to receive the wire 14 passing through one head of the box and having the ends thereof sealed as at 15, therefore the top cannot be removed without previously breaking the seal 15.

Of course, if the sealing means 3 be used in addition to the seal 15, an additional protection is afforded.

As shown in Fig. 3 additional means may be provided for preventing longitudinal removal of the top of the box should the means for securing the cleat 11 become loosened in any way. The overhanging flange 7 of the cleat 11 has depending therefrom pins 17 which extend across the slot 6 of the cleat 11 and are spaced from the extension 8 a distance equal to the thickness of the head 2. The top of the box is provided with a slot 6 for each of the pins 17 which slots are slipped around their respective pins 17 when the top is inserted in the slot 6. The parts are disposed substantially as shown in Fig. 3, the lower end 16 of the pin 17 extending below the top of the head 2, so that should an attempt be made to slide the top longitudinally from the box, the bottom of the pin will be held against such movement by the top of the head 2.

What is claimed is:

1. A corner construction for boxes comprising a slotted cleat having one end beveled obliquely with respect to the base of the slot, a box member received by said slot, a second box member having the top thereof terminating adjacent the lower edge of the slot on the beveled end and defining thereabove a triangular opening and a top, a corner of which is adapted to enter the triangular opening.

2. A corner construction for boxes comprising a cleat, a flange thereon parallel to the length of the cleat and extending thereon substantially parallel to the flange, a slot being defined between the flange and the extension, the flange over-hanging the extension, a box member secured to the extension and having one end thereof in alinement with one wall of the slot and a second box member passing between the flange and the extension provided on the end thereof with longitudinal slots, and pins secured to the flange extending between said longitudinal slots below the top of and engaging first mentioned box member.

A box construction, a side, a cleat provided with a slot which receives one end of said side, said cleat being beveled, the plane of the bevel passing substantially through the upper inner edge of the side, the top of the side terminating adjacent the lower side of the slot to define thereabove a triangular pocket, a top, a cleat secured thereto and beveled to correspond to the bevel of the flrst mentioned cleat, the plane of the bevel of the second mentioned cleat passing substantially through the upper edge of the top to leave a portion of said top member substantially triangular in cross section extending outwardly from said beveled portion of the second-named cleat adapted to lie within the pocket formed in the firstnamed cleat.

4. A box construction having a bottom, sides and heads, a cleat provided with a longitudinal slot facing inwardly secured to the bottom, sides and top of one head of the box, the slots of the cleats secured to the sides of said head adapted to receive one end of each of the sides, the slot of the cleat secured "to the bottom of said head adapted to receive one end of the bottom, a cleat provided with a longitudinal slot secured to the sides and bottom of the other head facing inwardly and adapted to receive the other ends of the said sides and bottom, respectively, the upper ends of the cleats secured to the sides of said other head being beveled obliquely With respect to the base of the slots formed therein, there being formed above the ends of the sides last named in the slots adjacent thereto triangular pockets, a top one end of Which is adapted to enter the slot of the cleat secured to the top of the first named head, a cleat secured to the other end of said top in Which the said other end of the top lies, the ends of said last named cleat being beveled obliquely with respect to the slot formed therein, the corners of the top adjacent the last named cleat projecting beyond the beveled surface of the ends of the said last named cleat and adapted to enter the said triangular pockets, and means to secure the last named cleat to the said other head of the box.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY LEIMAN. Witnesses:

DAVID Gnoss, B. J. SPEAK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of laten'cs.

Washington, D. G.

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