US1236677A - Packaging toy. - Google Patents

Description

W. A. COVENTRY.

PACKAGING TOY.

APPLICATION msu MAR. 2o, |917.

LQS?? Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

f UNITED STATE@ PATENT OFFIQE.

WILLIAM A. COVENTRY, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO GREY IRON CASTING COMPANY, OF MOUNT. JOY, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENN- SYLVANIA.

PACKAGING TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. Me, 1917.

Application led March 20, 1917. Serial No. 156,139.

To all whom t may Concern:

Be it known that I, I/VILLmM A. CovEN- TRY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packaging Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates broadly to packaging and more specifically to the method of packing small individual articles and also tothe package formed by the said method. The principal object of the present invention comprises the method of packing individual articles, more particularly toy soldiers, by arranging the individual articles in groups and thus packing a complete group in complemental relation with another group.

An equally primary object of the present invention comprises a package of individual members, for eXampletoy soldiers, secured to a base plate carrying a separating sheet whereby the individual articles are arranged in groups and the separating sheets constitute partitions between the various groups of members packaged.

A further object of the present invention comprises the method of packing articles, for example toy soldiers, by mounting the individual soldiers upon a suitable spacing strip and securing a partition member to the spacing strip in such manner as to retain the soldiers in groups and to enable the groups to be nested with the individual figures separated to prevent breakage.'

AV still further and important object of the present invention is a package of toy soldiers comprising bases carrying the soldiers, which bases are securely fixed to sepa-4 rating sheets inl such manner that when separating sheets are arranged horizontal the base retains the individual figures hori- Zontal and spacedY from the surrounding side walls with the individual figures separated one from the other.

Other and further objects of the present invention will in part be obvious and will in part be pointed out hereinafter in the specification following by reference to the accompanying drawings wherein like parts are represented by like characters throughout the several figures thereof.

Figure l is a perspective view illustrating a group of toy soldiers arranged ready to be packaged.

Fig. 2 is an end view illustrating the group shown in Fig. l as wrapped in tissue paper or other suitable packing sheets.

Fig. 3 is an end view and illustrates two wrapped groups nested and arranged for packing in a suitable box or container.

Fig. t is an end view illustrating the packaging of two groups in a single unit.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view illustrating a plurality of group units nested in a suitable container.

I-Ierctofore in the art it has been common practice in packaging a small article, such as toy soldiers, to place the individual articles loosely in the container, either with or without wrapping the individual toys. In this type of packaging there is possibility of the individual toys being broken or the package damaged so that the toys are not in salable condition when unpacked. A still further objection to loose packing is that where various groups or kinds of toys, for example sets of soldiers including infantry and cavalry, are heterogeneously packed together there is always a possibility of miscount in arranging the toys originally and the requirement of assortment when the toys are`unpacked. Such heterogeneous packing also requires special treatment of the toys by a dealer in order to arrange' the toys attractively for display.

The present invention includes more especially improvements in packing toy soldiers and the like and comprises a suitable base or strip upon which a predetermined number of a certain type of toy soldiers may be mounted and which base carries a suitable separating sheet which may be formed of cardboard and may carry an outdoor 4scene printed or lithographed on the face of the sheet and of suchi size preferably as to be slightly wider than twice the height of the individual figures. By this arrangement it will be noted that the base or strip carrying the toys may be of a predetermined length relatively to the individual members so that when the base is filled with a predetermined character of toys, for eX- ample infantry, the number of individual members is automatically predetermined. This obviates the necessity of counting each individual member during the packaging operation. Furthermore, since the images are secured to the base and since the base carries a separating sheet all that is necesrating sheets on each side of the bases thereby inclosing the figures and then wrapping the two assembled groups as a single unit. Furthermore, as soon as the groups are unwrapped they are ready for display and require no labor of assembly or counting on the part of the dealer. In other words, the entire group including the base and the separating sheet becomes an article of sale as soon as it is unwrapped.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings the individual images 1 are provided with suitable bases 2 which are adapted to fit in the groove 4 in the wooden base strip 5, which carries the separating sheet 6. The separating sheet may be attached to the wooden bases in any one of a plurality of different manners, but preferably is secured by a small brad 7 driven through the back of the sheet and into the wooden Vbase strip 5. When the individual gures have been alined in such quantity as suliicient to substantially fill the base strip more brads 8 may be driven into the base of the grooves 4 at the ends of the strip, thereby securely locking the figures within the base strip. After the gures are locked in position the assembled groups may be inclosed in a wrapping of tissue paper 9 or suitable packing material as is indicated in Fig. 2. Y When two such groups have been so wrapped they may be assembled by reversing one group relatively to the other and superposing these groups as indicated in Fig. 3. It is feasible to package the toys in accordance with this invention by grouping two units within a single wrapping by placing the separating sheets adjacent the edge of the opposite base with the units reversed and then wrapping the groups in a single package as is illustrated in Fig. 4.

After suitable units of groups of members haveA been wrapped, either in accordance with the plan shown in Fig. 2 or that shown in Fig. 4, the groups may be assembled by stacking the groups one upon the other within a suitable container which may comprise a pasteboard box l0. When such box has been suitably filled the completed package has been formed.

Realizing that my invention may be carried out in structures other than the specic devices herewith disclosed I desire that the disclosure be understood as illustrative and not to be considered in the limiting sense.

I-Iaving thus described my invention what I claim is 1. The method of packing individual articles, which consists in securing articles upon substantially the mid-center line of a suitable spacing member; securing a separating sheet to said spacing member; then superimposing said spacing members in alternation with separating sheets in such manner as to provide a space into which articles extend out of contact with the spacing sheets.

2. The method of packing toy soldiers and the like, which comprises providing a suitable spacing strip or base; securing said toy soldiers to said base in such manner that the figure portions of said toy soldiers are alined with the center line of said base;

then providingseparating sheets secured to -wrapping assembled units; and then stacking said assembled units in a suitable container with the bases adjacent the side walls of the container and the separating sheets extending transversely across the container and substantially parallel to the bottom thereof.

4. A package of toy soldiers and the like comprising a base strip provided with a groove, a` plurality of toy soldiers provided with bases constructed to 'lit within the said groove, means to retain said toy soldiers within said groove7 and a separating sheet secured to one edge of said base strip and extending at right angles from said base strip to a distance substantially twice the height of the individual toy soldiers.

5. A package of toy soldiers and the like comprising, in combination, a suitable base strip, means to secure individual toy soldiers to said base strip, a separating sheet secured to the edge of said base strip and extending .substantially parallel to the figures of the toy soldiers, and means to retain said toy soldiers interlocked with said base strip.

6. A package of toy soldiers and the like comprising, in combination, a suitable base strip, a separating sheet secured to the edge of said base strip and extending at substantially right angles thereto, a plurality of toy soldiers `mounted upon said base strip and extending substantially parallel to said separating sheet, anda suitable y container for inclosing the assembled unit, the width of said container being slightly greater than the width of the separating sheet. Y 7. A package of toy soldiers. and the like comprising a unitary group of toy soldiers, sheets substantially parallel to the bottom a suitable base carrying a separating sheet, and top of said container whereby the indil@ said Soldiers being mounted upon substanvidual toys are retained in compartments tially the center line of said base, a. suitable formed of said bases and separating sheets container, a plurality of unitary groups and With the individual toy soldiers spaced stacked Within the said Container Wit-li bases one from another.

olf the groups arranged adjacent the side walls of the container and the separating WILLIAM A. COVENTRY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 1).(1.

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