US1147651A - Receptacle. - Google Patents

Description

C. SCUDDER.

RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION man mi. 25, 1913.

1,147,651 0 Patented July 20, 1915.

CHARLES SGUDDER, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR TO SCUDDER-HAAS MANIT- FACTURING G0., OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, A CORPORATION OF WASHING'ION.

REGEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1915.

Application filed. February 25, 1913. Serial No. 750,579.

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has more particular reference to receptacles of the collapsible type, being capable of being readily set up as required and thereby enabling of a comparatively great number being stored in a small compass when unfolded or collapsed.

The fundamental object of my invention is to provide a comparatively inexpensive structure which combines simplicity with durability.

A further object resides in the provision of novel foldable wall connectors between an end wall and the body.

The invention has for a further object to provide a structure wherein the foldable parts can be readily set up and firmly held in such condition.

Other objects will be set forth as my description progresses and those features of construction, arrangements and combinations of parts on which I desire protection, succinctly defined in my annexed claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawing illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout: F igure 1 is a plan of the blank from which my receptacle is formed. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective illustrating the blank folded to set up the body of the receptacle. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective illustrating the next step of folding upwardly the end walls, and Fig. 4 is a perspective of the receptacle, a portion of one of the interlocking extensions being broken away.

Referring to the drawing by numerals of reference, 1, 2 and 3 indicate side walls, the latter of which is joined to the first two named walls by lines of fold 3'. Reference numeral .4 indicates wall sections forming a fourth or divided side wall, these sections being joined to walls 1, 2 by score lines or lines of fold 4.

End walls, as 5, which are joined by lines of fold 5' to side or bottom wall 3 are provided with extension sections 5 5", these, of which the former is preferably of greater length than the latter, being joined to the V outer edges of walls 5 by lines of fold 5.. Extension sections 5, 5'. wings 15 which. are normally folded inwardly on lines of fold15 thereby provid ing interlocking extensions one of which. normally telescopes the other and lies fiat against side wall 4 and covers the meeting edges of the component sections thereof. Wings 15 are also joined by lines of fold 15 to foldable walls 6.

Foldable walls 6 are joined to side walls 1, 2 and 4 by lines of fold 6 forming continuations of fold lines 5, and to end walls 5 by lines of fold 5, connectinglines 15 are provided with with the adjacent fold lines 3, of the side walls- F oldable walls 6 are provided with lines of fold 4 forming continuations of fold lines 4 and dividing such walls into sections which are provided with diagonal fold lines 6 6 which lead from the inner ends of adjacent fold lines 5", 4 respectively, to the margins or edges of the walls.

In setting up the box, the blank is foldedalong the lines 3, 4 to form the body proper, and the wings 15 and walls 6 folded inwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, those portions of said walls 6 lying on opposite sides of lines 4" being folded inwardly on the lines 6 6 End walls 5 and their extensions 5 5 are then swung upwardly and said extensions then folded over wall 4 and interlocked, to prevent outward movement of end walls 5, see Fig. 4. In such position the meeting edges of the component sections are covered. In this connection it will be observed that with the parts arranged as shown in Fig. 2, upward movement of an end wall 5 automatically folds walls 6 inwardly on lines 6, 6 6 5 and wings 15 on lines 15.

The functions of end walls 6 are many. They reinforce the end portions of the receptacle; form guards against ingress of foreign substances, and further, prevent collapse of the side walls when the end wall the receptacle inserted therethrough. In this connection, it Will be observed, that extension 5 extends practically the entire length of the receptacle and it held against Wall 4 by the operator during the receptacle filling operation, will effectually cover the meeting edges of the sections of such divided Wall.

Having thus described my invention What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the United States of America,

In a receptacle, a? body comprising side Walls joined together, one of said walls being divided; end walls foldably joined to the body; foldable Wall sections joined to the side walls and end Walls for folding in- Wardly of the latter; those Wall sections joined to the side Walls contiguous to the divided side Wall being adapted for folding inwardly in overlapping relation to the wall sections joined to said divided side Wall; and extensions on the end Walls normally extending over the divided side Wall and interlocking With one another, said end Walls folding over the foldable wall sections.

Signed at Seattle, Vashington this 15th day of February 1913.

CHARLES SCUDDEH. Vitnesses:

STEPHEN A. BRooKs, J AMES E. SPROLL.

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

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