US1301650A - Collapsible egg-case. - Google Patents

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L. W. CHAPMAN. GOLLAPSIBLE EGG CASE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22. me.

Patented Apr. 22,1919.

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LEMUEL W. CHAPMAN, OF INDIANAIOLI S, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM E. WACH'IEL, 0F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

Application filed January 22, 1916. Serial No. 73,687.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEMUEL IV. CHAP- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Eg -Cases; 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 new and useful improvements in a collapsible egg case, constructed of metal or other suitable material and one of its objects is the provision of a device of this character, which shall be simple, durable and eiiicient, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device of the above stated character, in which the side, end and top walls may be easily and quickly folded to a compact article u-ponthe bottom for returned shipment when desired and which will not occupy a large space during the return to the owner, thus reducing the high cost of shipping rates upon empty cases.

A further object of this invention is the provision of novel means of detachably securing the various parts in an assembled po' sition so that they will not accidentally separate and expose the eggs and other articles therein, to danger of breakage during transportation from the shipper to the receiver.

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in cer tain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View, illustrating my invention in an assembled position ready for shipment,

Fig. 2 is a side sectional view, illustrating the partition in a vertical position within the casing,

Fig. 3 is a detail transverse sectional view, illustrating the attaching means between one of the end walls and the side walls,

Fig. a is a perspective view, illustrating the case in a folded position,

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional View, showing the device in folded position, and

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view taken on the lines 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 1 indicates a bottom, having secured thereto end flanges 2 and side flanges 3 which are of greater height than the end flanges 2. A pair of end walls 5 are secured to the end flanges 2'by hinges 6 and a pair of side walls 7 are secured to the side flanges 3 by hinges 8, providing ends and sides to the case which may be easily folded upon the bottom 1 when desired.

Secured to the side walls 7 is a top consisting' of membersQ and 10 by means of hinges 11 and 12 respectively. These members are held together by a hasp 13 receiving a staple 14 which may receive a padlock or other suitable locking means such as a bar 14: bent as illustrated at 15' to provide a handle. One end of the bar 1 1 is bent to provide a stop 16 and the opposite end apertured to receive a padlock for securely holding the hasps 13 and 16 upon the staples 14 and 15.

The end walls 5 are each provided with a staple 15, which staples pass through alining slots in the member 9 of the top and receive hasps 16 carried by the member 10, to securely hold the side walls 5 in a vertical position and against lateral movement in re lation with the side walls 7. Each of the side walls 7 are provided with staples 17 and 18 and hingedly secured to the staples 17 are rods 19 which are received by clips 20 carried by the end walls 5. The free ends of the rods 19 are bent at right angles to form hooks 21 which are received by the staples 18, to support the side walls 5 in a vertical position when the members 9 and 10 are swung upwardly into a vertical position and away from an engagement with the top edges of the side walls 5 to give access to the interior of the case.

A partition 22 is secured to the bottom 1 by hinges 23 and has its upper edge notched as indicated at 24: to receive a pair of Ushaped members 25 and 26 which are hingedly secured to relatively spaced staples 27 carried by each of the side walls 7, to hold the partition 22 in a vertical position within the casing. The partition 22 is received between the relative spaced staples 27 and further held in its proper position by the side walls 7, to insure against lateral movement when the device is being used to convey articles of breakable nature.

When the receiver desires to return the egg case to the user in a folded position, he first swings the members 9 and 10 on their hinges 11 and 12 to a vertical position. The U-shaped members 25 and 26 are disengaged from the notch 24 of the partition 22 and the side walls are pulled slightly outwardly to free the partition 22 from the staples 27 and the partition is swung downwardly to rest upon the bottom 1 as illustrated in Fig. 5. The rods 19 are disengaged from the staples 18 and the clips 20 and the end walls 5 are then swung inwardly upon the bottom 1 and one of said side walls 5 rests upon the partition 22. The member 9 is swung downwardly against one of the side walls 7 and said side wall is swung inwardly upon the end walls 5 which have been heretofore folded. The other side wall 7 carrying the member 10 is then swun downwardly and secured to one of the si e flanges 3 by the hasps 13 and 16 receiving staples 29 and 15*, providing an egg case in a compact condition as illustrated in Fig. 4:.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is In a collapsible crate, a bottom wall pro vided with vertical end and side flanges, end walls hingedly secured to the upper edges of said end flanges and foldable downwardly and inwardly between the side flanges, side walls hingedly secured to the upper edges of the side flanges, top sections hingedly secured to the upper edges of the side walls, one of said side flanges being providedwith spaced securing staples projecting from the outer face thereof and the top section carried by the side wall secured to this flange being provided adjacent its inner edge with correspondingly spaced staples, hasps secured to the other top section and adapted to receive said staples, and a locking rod i11- sertible through the staples in front of the hasps, the locking rod cooperating with the staples carried by said top sect-ion, and the staples carried by said flange and the hasps to lock the crate in either extended or folded condition optionally, said lockin rod being provided with an intermediate offset portion providing a handle for transporting the crate.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEMUEL W. CHAPMAN. Witnesses:

CHAs. R. ROLLINSON, URBAIN W. DOWNEY.

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

Washington, D. G.

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