US1493718A

US1493718A - Container

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Publication number: US1493718A
Application number: US488573A
Authority: US
Inventors: Zalkind Philip
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-07-30
Filing date: 1921-07-30
Publication date: 1924-05-13
Anticipated expiration: 1941-05-13

Description

P. ZALKIND May 13 1924 CONTAINER Filed July 30. 1921' Patented May 13, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CONTAINER.

Application filed July so, 1921. 8erial11'o.488,5 !8.

To all whom it my concern:

Be it known that I, Pnrmr ZALKIND,

a citizen of the United States, residin in the city, county, and State of New ork,

have invented an Im ovement in Containers, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to containers for merchandise and more particularly to that type of such containers as are adapted to be used both as original receptacles and as dispensing receptacles from which the merchandise may be taken as wanted for use. I have herein shown and described my invention as applicable to a match box, but as will be understood it may. be used wit-h any other kind of merchandise for which it is adapted.

Containers of the general construction to which this invention relates have heretofore been made in various manners, but in all of the same so far as I am aware, a certain amount of the material which has been employed is unnecessary and consequently is wasted. For example, containers for matches, cigarettes, and other articles heretofore consisting necessarily of two parts, can now be made out of a single blank so as to consist of one part and serve the same purpose, with the additional advantage that the substitution or removal of the contents cannot be wrongfully made without detection. The primary object of my invention therefore is to efi'ect a saving in the material employed in the manufacture of the container as well as to provide a means for easily opening and gaining access to the contents of the container which also acts as an indicatorto determine whether the container when purchased contains the original contents, and at the same time provides a means for closing and keeping closed certain classes of containers which heretofore could not be closed in a simple manner. In the construction of a container made in accordance with this invention therefore there is preferably but a single thickness of wall employed and in a predetermined member forming a wall of the container, I provide a tongue or panel which is outlined by a series of pierforations, scorings or slits along which t e tongue or panel may be severed and if desired entirely removed from the wall of the container of which it originally formed a part so as to gain access to the contents of the container as will be hereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawing: Fig. 1 1s a perspective view of a container made in accordance with this invention, and Fig. 2 1s a perspective view showing the container in position for use after the tongue formed in one wall thereof has been removed. Referring to the drawing it will be seen that I provide a container indicated at 10 which may be made up from a suitable blank or blanks of card-board or other similar material. In this form of cantainer there is a body member or main receptacle provided with a cover which is suitably and perma-nentl connected thereto. The bottom of the ody of the container indicated at 11, the side walls thereof at 12, and the end walls at 13, while the cover is designated by 14 and is provided with side members 15 and end members 16. The ends of the container are preferably formed by flaps which are turned over and se cured to one another as indicated at 17, 17' in Fig. 2, and at one end of the container theouter flap is also secured by adhesive material or otherwise to these inner flaps, while at the opposite end of the container the outer flap 19 may be employed as a supporting or suspending member by being unsecured to the inner flaps and provided with a hole 20 to receive a peg or nail 21 so that after this flap has been turned out the container may be supported against a wall or in any other suitable position. The edge of the inner flaps 11'. 17 as also indicated in Fig. 2 is preferably provided with a cutaway portion defined by the line indicated at'18 for the specified.

In this form of the container I provide in the cover, a predetermined line of per-' fora-tions indicated at 22 defining a tongue or panel which may be torn along the lines of perforations so as to gain access to the contents of the container. It will be understood that instead of employing the line of perforations I may suitably slit or score the wall of the container to accomplish the same purpose. As shown in the drawing the lines of perforations 22 run parallel to each other and to the edges of the cover for pre- 7 determined distances and then converge adpurpose hereinafter end jacent one end of the cover and terminate 1n slit or slotted portions indicated at 23 in order to provide an end which is easil accessible and ,may be upturned by han without the need of any kind of tool or instrument to effect the initial tearing of the tongue along the perforated lines. At the opposite end of the cover these perforated lines have angular portions 24 and 25 and the lines of perforations extend in this instance through the end ed e of the cover of the container as indicate at 26.

In theformation of this container the parts are shaped and placed in position in the usual manner of manufacturing this form of container, with the outer flap 19 at one end thereof unattached to the inner flaps thereby making a container in which matches'27 for example, may be packed. The cover 14 is then placed in position and the side members 15 as well as one end member secured to the adjacent portions of the body of the container by adhesive material or otherwise so as to permanently connect the cover to the body of the container while the opposite end member of the cover is not permanently secured to the body of the con tainer and normally is adapted to maintain the flap 19 in position by the edge of the flap being tucked under this end member of the cover. Now as will be apparent to gain access to the contents of the container all that is necessary is to lift the end of thetongue at the slits indicated at 23 and tear the tongue along the perforated lines which also removes a portion of the unattached member of the cover thereby both liberating the flap 19 and permitting the user to gain access to the interior of the container so as to remove the contents therefrom. As

' clearly indicated in Fig. 2 the flap 19 may be original container turned up and a pin or peg passed through the hole 20 therein so as to support the container against the wall thereby making the also a dispenser for matches or other articles packed therein. As is also indicated in Fig. 2, the end flaps 17, 17' may be somewhat shorter than the corresponding sides in the opposite end of the container so as to leave a space 18 through which the matches may be readily passed in removing the same from the container, the cutaway portion 18 permitting tinctly i the user to readily grasp one or more matches in the fingers.

As hereinbefore stated it is to be disunderstood, while I. have herein shown and described my invention as applicable to a match box, its use is not so limited, as it may be employed to equal advantage in numerous forms of containers and the particular construction of the tongue or panel, and the manner in which the same is made, will depend upon both the form of the container and the merchandise which it is designed to contain.

I claim as my invention:

1. A container comprising a body including sides, ends, and a bottom, a flap unsecured to and normally adapted to overlie one end of the body, a closure member for the body adapted at one portion thereof to normally maintain the said flap against the adjacent end of the body, and a tongue defined by a line of perforations in the said closure member so that when the tongue is removed the said flap is freed and access obtained to the contents of the container.

2. A container comprising a body member and inner end flaps secured to one another, and an outer end flap unsecured to the inner end flaps, a cover fitting the body member and secured thereto along predetermined sides thereof so as normally to maintain the said unsecured flap at one end thereof in position, and a tongue defined by a line of perforations in the cover and extending over the side thereof which maintains the said unsecured flap in position so that when the tongue is removed along the line of perforations the unsecured flap is freed and access obtained to the contents of the container.

3. In a container,

a body having sides, ends, a bottom, and

a closure member, a flap at one end of the body of the container, and a tongue defined by a line of perforations in a predetermined part of the body of the container and so associated with the said flap that when the tongue is severed along said line of perforations, the flap is made available for use and access is obtained to the contents of the container.

Signed this 20th day of July, 1921.

PHILIP ZALKIN D.