US1351740A - Shipping-case - Google Patents

Description

Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

' R. J. BOYD.

SHIPPING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.22. |917.

1,351,740. Patenasept. 7,1920. A

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

ROGER J." BoYD; or ciiIoAGo,l ILLINOIS, CARSON PIRIE scorri1 a ooixiriiitx, or cnicas T f ILLINOIS.

specication of Letters Patent.

Application led August 22, 1917.` Serial No. 187,642.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ROGER J. BOYD, a citi;

zenv of the United States,.re'siding at'Chi'- cago, in the county of Cook and-State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping-Cases, of.`

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in packing boxes.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a packing case in which glasses may be safely packed for shipment, or delivery, in which such construction is embodied as will securely retain the glasses in position in the box or case, maintaining them in definite, separated positions, and preventing contact with the sides, ends and top of the box, and between the glasses.

Other objects and advantages of the in-v vention will become apparent in the course of the following description.

I prefer to make the boxes or cases lof heavy paper, strawboard, or the like, since the material has, for these purposes, come into very general use, and are found to meet satisfactorily, the exigencies and conditions of packing and shipping.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box with the top flaps thrown back, to show the formation of the tray showing the drinking glasses therein.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the tray removed from the case.

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view showing the retaining sections holdingv meral 1 represents the box orcase, which is of a rectangular form and comprises the ends 2, sides 3, bottom 4, andend flaps 5, and side flaps 6, which flaps form the cover or top of the box, all of which is of the usual construction, and the iaps are held closed `by adhesive strips.

Placed in the bottom ofthe box is a retaining or cushioning section 7, which comprises a top 8 having the side and end flaps 9 extending downwardly, whereby it is supported some distance above the bottom 4 of the box, and said section being of a contour corresponding to that of the box. The glass holding tray 9 consists of the main body portion 10, having end flaps 11 and side flaps 12, which extend downwardly and rest upon the section 7- or could extend downwardly between said section and the sides of the box. By this structure, it is seen that the tray can be supportedV a lproper distance above the section to properly hold the glasses, as will be hereinafter'more fully described.

The top 10 of the tray 9l is provided with a series of openings 13 of a size to receive the glasses when laidk on the side, and each opening, at one end, is provided with an inwardly extending tongue 14, formed integral with the top 10. As shown in Fig. l of the drawings, the tongue extends into the glass portation. Within the box, above the tray Paten-ted Sept. 7, 1920.y

is placed a retaining or cushioning section f 14', which comprises a bottom 15, sides and ends 16 and 17, and constructed in precisely the same manner as the section 7 but is placed in the box in an inverted position, j ust the oppositie from that of the section 7 The y bottom 15 of this cushioning section 14 is provided with an elongated hole, through l which the fingers may be passed, vfor removing the section out of the box.

In packing the glasses, the cushioning or retaining section 7 is first placed in the bottom of the box, and the glass holding tray placed therein, with the ends and sides 11 and 12 resting upon the top of the section 7.v

The glasses are then placed in the openings 13, with the tongues 14 entering the glasses, whereby they are held firmly within the opening. If the glasses are very small, they ends and the sides 11 and 12 ofthe tray, are forced downwardly between the sides of the section 7 and the sides of the box, so that the glasses in resting upon the section 7, will assume a horizontal position. The retaining or cushioning section 14 is then placed in the box, with the bottom 15 resting on the glasses, thus'firmly holding the same against vertical movement. The closing flaps of the c box are then folded over upon the sides andv ends of the upper retaining section to prevent any vertical movement thereof, thus firmly holding the glasses in position.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim is The combination with a box, of'a cushion-v ing section in the bottom of the box, a tray formed of a top, sides and ends, said rsides and ends resting on the. cushioning section,

the top ofl the trvay having elongated openings, tongues formed integral with the. top..

and extending inwardly from one end of the openings` and adapted to enter the glasses within the openings, and a' cushioning sectionrabove the tray and resting upon the glasses.

ln testimony whereof I aix my signature iii-presence of two witnesses. l

Y ROGER J. BOIYB; Y Witnesses: d i GEORGE HANTRICK, CHARLES H. PHILP.

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