US1379424A - Safety-match tray - Google Patents

Description

A. A. TUBBS.

SAFETY MATCH TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED 001.13, 1919.

Patented May 24,1921.

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SAFETY-MATCH TRAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 24, 1921.

Application filed October 13, 1919. Serial No. 830,355.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AN'rHoNY A. Tunes, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hammond, in the county of Lakeand State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Safety-Match Trays,

of which the following is a full, clear, and

exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for holding safety matches, the invention being primarily designed to be used for advertising, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a holder for safety matches which may be placed in hotels, restaurants, and the like, so as to aflord easy access to the safety matches and to the striking surface, while at the same time preventing the liability of the box being carried away, as often happens where boxes are placed in holders from which they may be readily removed.

A further object of my invention is to provide a match tray in which a box of safety matches may be readily placed, the border portions of the tray being available for advertising purposes.

A further object of my invention is to provide an advertising device consisting of a safety match holder which is simple in construction and cheap to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this ap plication, in which Figure l is a perspective view of the tray with the match box and striking surfaces disposed thereon.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the tray.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig 1. F *ig. 4 is a section on the line 4l4 of in carrying out my invention, I make use of a plate 5 of sheet metal such as brass, tin, etc., which may be polished, nickelplated, or enameled, as desired, or otherwise decorated or finished. This plate is designed to bear advertising matter, such as that shown at 2, the advertising matter being stamped, printed or otherwise impressed on the plate. The plate 5 has stamped therefrom two portions, 6 and 7 these portions having inwardly turned flanges 8 and 9. This leaves a simple supporting member 10 between the two openlugs 11 and 12, which are left by stamping out the pieces 6 and 7.

In order to place the box containing the matches, the outer telescopic member of an ordinary safety match box has one face removed and the portions containing the striking surfaces 18 and 1 1 are bent out flat in alinement with the remaining face 16. This face, or side, is placed between the upright portions 6 and 7, the striking portions 13 and 14 projecting beyond, as shown in the fi ure. The inner telescopic box or tray 15 0 an ordinary safety match box is now slid in underneath the flanges 8 and 9 on top of the portion 16, to which the striking surface is attached. The bending of the striking surfaces 13 and 14 into alinement with the portion 16 places these portions under tension when the tray 15 is forced underneath the flanges 8 and 9, so that the striking surfaces, as well as the tray, are firmly held in position so that the tray may be readily moved about without any danger of the parts becoming detached. When, however, it is desired to remove the box portion 15 or the portion bearing the striking surfaces, it may be instantly done by forcing the box 15 laterally from underneath the flanges, when a new box or new striking surface may be replaced.

A device of the kind described is useful for advertising purposes. In restaurants and hotels which leave boxes of safety matches on their counters for customers, there is quite a loss, due to the fact that these boxes are carried away by patrons, a great many times unintentionally, but with my device one could not, of course, unintentionally carry the box away, the result being a great saving in matches.

The device is simple in construction and of low cost to manufacture.

I claim:

1. A safety match tray comprising a flat metal sheet having relatively wide marginal portions and having a pair of uprights struck up from the central portion of the metal sheet, said uprights being spaced apart and being parallel with each other and each being provided with a flange at its upper end extending toward the opposite upright, the openings formed by the struck up portions separated by an intervening integral portion of the plate, and an open box having its ends extending underneath said flanges for holding a sheet containing striking portions in position.

2. A safety match tray comprising a flat metal sheet having relatively wide marginal portions and having uprights struck up from the central portion of the sheet, said uprights being spaced apart and each being provided with a flange at its upper end extending toward the opposite upright, a sheet disposed between the uprights, said sheet having extensions beyond the uprights, said extensions constituting striking surfaces for safety matches, and an open box for holding matches disposed on the central portion of the sheet between the uprights, the upper edges of the box being underneath said flanges.

3, A safety match tray comprising a flat metal sheet having relatively Wide marginal portions and having uprights spaced apart, each of said uprights having a flange extending toward the opposite upright, a sheet disposed between said uprights and having safety match striking surfaces extending beyond the uprights on either side thereof, and an open box for containing matches disposed between said uprights, the upper edges of the box lying underneath the flanges.

i. A device of the type described, comprising a flat metal sheet having relatively wide marginal portions available for advertising purposes and having a pair of uprights struck up from the metal sheet, said uprights being spaced apart and being parallel with each other, the openings formed by the struck up portions being separated by an intervening integral portionof the plate, each upright having a right angular flange extending toward the opposite upright, a sheet disposed between the uprights and having extensions beyond the uprights, said extensions constituting striking surfaces for safety matches, and an open boxfor holding matches disposed on the central portion of the sheet between the uprights, the upper edges of the box being underneath said flanges and securely held thereby.

ANTHONY A. TUBES.

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