US1503161A - Box - Google Patents

Description

G. HORNECKER BOX Filed Jani 14 .51.924 3 Sheets-Sheet. 1

G. HORNECKER BOX 3 Sheets-Shea t. 2

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Application med. January 14, 19241. Seia Ho.

To all. whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, GEORGE; HORNECKER, a citizen 0f the United States. and a resident of Elmhurst, 'Queens' County, New York, h-ave invented an Improvement in Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This, invention relates to boxes, and with regard to certain more specific features, to

a cardboard box that can be made from al one-piece blank.

Among the several objects of the invention may. be no-ted the provision of a. simple and. inexpensive box for counter' use; the provision of a self-supporting box yadapted to advertise effectively its contents and at the same time to protect its contents againstl shoplifters; and the provision of a container of this type which can 'be made from a, one-piece blank'. Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction. combinations of elements, and arrangements of parts, which are exemplified in the description hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

n the' accompanying. drawings, in which are illustrated two of various possible em bodiments of the invention,

. F ig. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred form; t l Fig. 2 is a plan of the blank 'from which Fig. l is made;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of Fig. 1;,

Fig. 4 is a central transverse sect-ion on the line --t of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a plan of a modification. showing the box prior to bending;

Fig. Gis a side elevation o'l Fig. 5; and

F ig. 7 is a front elevation of the box shown in Fig. 5, when the vbox is in display position.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views of `the drawings.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 1 to 4; of the accompanying drawings, there is illustrated a box formed of a single sheet 1 (Fig. '2) of suitable material such as patent coated solid manila.

-Whenthe box is in display' positiom,ther front 3- preferably carrie's suitable adver t-ising` indicia, and may. have an ornamental contigurationy along` the top 5. Both the front part 7 and thel rear. part 9 (Fig. l) may be used as a receptacle or container for goods. preferably the goods advertised on the front surface 3. .its "locking device (Figs. 2-and 4L). comprises a tongue 11 extending from the front part of the device toward the rear portion and having. a bifurcated end 13. straddling;` a tongue 15 onv the rear of the box. This locking device., or other suitable means, holds the front and rear portions of the boxI at the proper angle relative to each other when the box is in display position.

The box is formed Afrom. s one-piece blank l (Eig. Q) as indicated above. ln this blank the score lines, for folding purposes, are shown as dotted. and the cnt lines are shownv solid. `The only gluing operation required is alongy the flap 19 to join said Hap to the side 21.'

After the box has been glued, and filled with I nerchandise. .the ends may be closed by folding' inwardly the flaps 23 and closinglthe end elements 25.

A box may be shipped full merchandise7 because the display features of the box do not detract fromthe space within the box that` is available for merchandise in transit. .it such time the tongues l1 and l5 preferably remain in the plane of the respective surfaces 29, 31, from which they are struck.

When the box is in display position (Fig. l), it may still hold much goods as it originally did. These goods are effectively displayed by nioans of the legends 3 in co-operation with the ornamental contour of the top surface 5. Yet the goods themselves are not displayed lo the customer, and are fairly well protected against-shoplifting. Furthermore, the display is as effective with only one or two articles of merchandise in the box, as it is when the box is full of merchandisc.

ln the modication .shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, the front 3 of the box is cut away as at 33, so that a portion of the goods within the front half of the box is visible to the customer. The cut-awa portion 33 is, hor. ever, preferably of sms.. ler dimensions than los the articles within the box, so that a purchaser cannot remove an article from the box by pulling it through the cut-away portion 33. For exam'ple, if the article Within the box'has a length 'substantially equal to the Width of the box (from left to right in Fig. 5) then enough material is left at either side of the cut-away portion 33, so that the artlcle cannot be removed through the opening 33. With this type of box, a portion of the articles themselves (or their containers) are Adisplayed to the view of the customer, and this display together with the legends that may be provided on the surface 3 (3o-operating with the ornamental vcontour that may be given to the surface 5, provides an effective display for goods that are nevertheless protected -fairly well against shoplifting.

The invention is inexpensively constructed and may be shipped flat prior to gluing. It may also be shipped fiat after gluing. The entire inside volume of the box is available Afor merchandise while the box is in transit, and also While the box is on display; and the goods in the box, while on display, are protected.

The legends on the front may be litho graphed, and may if desired contain a rcproduction of thc package in which the articles are sold. This latter feature is particularly available in the form' illustrated in Figs. l to 4 of the drawings.

When the box is packed for shipping the goods, the goods may be retained in the box, simply by wrapping the box in a paper band. The merchandise in the box stiifens the box for shipping purposes. l

From the above it will be vseen that-thc several object'softhe invention are attained and other advantageous results achieved.

As many modifications of' the embodiments above illustrated might be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the' present invention. it is intended that the above description and accompanying dra-wings and claims shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claimf l. A box comprising a body adapted to form a box structure, a score line across one.

face of the box, cuts extending from such score line across the sides of the box and across the other face, whereb bel bent at said score line, and a locking device for holding the portions of the box after folding, in proper relative angular position, the front of the box when the box is in folded angular position being higher than the back scored surface *to thereby protect thc goods within the box, the front of the box being adapted for advertising-indicia, the goods within the two portions of the box when folded being protected against removal through the front of the box, the frontl of the box having an opening smaller in'size than the units of merchandise Within the box, whereby said units are directlydisthe box may played to the purchaser but cannot be re sides of the box and across the other face.

whereby the box may be bent at said score line, the cut across said face Ahavin namentalcontour, a locking device or holding the port-ions of the box after foldingg'in proper relative angular position, -the said locking device comprising a bendable tongue struck from said scored surface at one side of the first-named score line, and a tongue cooperating with the first tongue and from the portionA of said scored surface on the other'side of the first-named score line, and advertising indicia on the front of the box, the `goods within the two portions of the box when in display positionfbeing protected against removal through the front of the box.

-In testimony whereof, l have signed my name to'this specification this tenth day 0f January, 1924.

GEORGE HORNECKER.

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