US1572296A

US1572296A - Collapsible millinery box

Info

Publication number: US1572296A
Application number: US725073A
Authority: US
Inventors: Kramer Joseph; Albert H Israel
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-07-09
Filing date: 1924-07-09
Publication date: 1926-02-09
Anticipated expiration: 1943-02-09

Description

Feb. 9 1926. 1,572,296

J. KRAMER ET AL COLLAPSIBLE MILLINERY BOX Filed July 9. 192-; 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 1 0 m m 0 I 0 I 0 PSIBLE MILLINERY BOX J. KRAMER ET AL Filed July 9 COLLA Feb. 9 1926.

Feb. 9 1926.

J. KRAMER ET AL COLLAPSIBLE MILLINERY BOX Filed July 9. 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 76 i i Emm ATT NEY.

Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH KRAMER AND ALBERT H. ISRAEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COLLAPSIBLE MILLINERY BOX.

Application filed July 9, 1924. Serial No. 725,073.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH KRAMER and ALBERT H. ISRAEL, citizens of the United States of America, residing at borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Millinery Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to collapsible boxes of the sizes and contour applicable for enclosing millinery. a

An object of this invention is to provide a box for millinery and the like of the setup type and in collapsible form, without any creases in any panel or cover or bottom.

The preferred forms of our invention relate to collapsible, completely assembled,

set-up boxes, that is to say, the top and bottom covers of a box are attached to the side, front and rear panels; each box is complete in itself and without any separate or additional box part, enabling immediate setting up of the box when preparing the same to enclose there-in hats or the like for shipment, storage or other purposes.

Our invention in collapsible, set up boxes affords transportation by trucks, railroad and the like of a very large multiple of collapsible set up boxes'as compared with nonco laps'ible set-up boxes of the same content, and like advantages are attained in the storage of collapsible boxes embodying our invention at the locations of manufacture of millinery, particularly in cities of large size, with corresponding savings of rentals of storage space.

A feature of our invention is the provision of front and side flaps fortlie top and bottom covers and respectively integral therewith.

Further features of our invention reside in the economy of material attained by the employment of two blanks, one blank including the top and bottom covers with theirour invention resides in various improved means for securely locking the bottom cover tothe body of the box.

Further features and objects of the invention will be more fully understood from the following detail description and the accompanying drawings in which- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one form of collapsible millinery box embodying our invention and illustrated in fully collapsed position.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the box of Fig. 1 and illustrated with certain of its part's'moved into a semi-collapsed position;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the box shown in Figs. 1 and 2 shown moved to a position preliminary to lodging the front and side panels of the box into the bottom cover;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the box of the preceding figures in set-up position preparatory to receiving a hat or the like;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the unassembl'ed two blanks forming the box shown in Fig. I

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a modified form of the blank comprising the top and bottom covers;

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view on line 77 of Fig. 4 on a greatly enlarged scale;

Fig. Sis a detail sectional elevation on line 8-8 of Fig. 7

Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view showing the lower portion of the front panel and of side panel and also the bottom cover, and a modified form of fastening means forthe bottom cover; f.-

Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view on line 1010 of Fig. 9, on a greatly enlarged scale;

Fig. 11 is a perspective View similar to Fig. 9 but showing another method ofsecuring the bottom cover;

Fig. 12 is a detail vertical sectional elevation showing one form of jointly securing the top and bottom covers'by strings;

Fig. 13 is a perspective view of our collapsible box showing a further form of securing the bottom and top covers by strings;

Fig. 14 is a detail vertical sectional view, in modification of Fig. 12, showing another form of attaching the upper'string for the top cover;

Fig. 15 is ade 'l outside elevation of the front panel and front flap of the bottom cover and showing another form of locking the bottom cover to the front panel;

Fig. 16 is a detail inside elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 15;

Fig. 17 is a detail perspective View showing the assembly of the top cover of the blank of the form shown in Fig. 6;

Fig. 18 is a detail perspective view showing a further modification of attachmem for the bottom cover of the box; and

Fig. 19 is a detail View of a further modification.

In the various forms of our invention the box is formed of two blanks, one blank comprising the top cover, the rear panel and the bottom cover together with attached flanges for the top and bottom covers and also with attached connecting flanges at the opposite sides of the rear panel, and the other blank comprising the two side panels and the front panel, the side panels being respectively attached to the aforesaid connecting flanges at the opposite sides of the rear panel.

Referring to the form of the collapsible millinery box shown in Figs. 1 to 4, the box .includes the top cover 20 hinged integrally at its rearward edge 21 to the rear panel 22, as by suitably scoring, and similarly the bottom cover 23 is hingedly connected at its rearward edge 24 to the rear panel 22. The top cover 20, rear panel 22, and the bottom cover 23 are of one blank A, see Fig. 5, and preferably with flanges or

flaps

25, 26, 27 for the opposite sides and the front of the top cover 20, also the flanges or

flaps

28, 29 and 30 for the sides and front of the bottom cover 23 and the

flaps

31, 32 at the sides of the rear panel 22. Such blank A is died-out in outline by a suitable die punch from suitable sheet material and also scored on the

scoring lines

21, 24, and on the lines of connection of the respective aforesaid flanges 25 to 32, inclusive and slotted at the slot cuttings at 33, 34, 35, 36 and angular cuttings at

outside corners

37, 38, 39, 40 of the top cover Y20 and of the bottom cover 23.

The

seorings

41, 42 are made on the

top side flanges

25, 26, respectively and the

scorings

28, 29, to provide fla s for connection with the front flanges 2 30 of the top cover 20 and the bottom cover 23, res ectively.

n Fi 5, we have shown also ablank B for t e two side panels and the front panehthe portion 46 corresponding to one side panel, the portion 47 to the front panel and the portion 48 to the opposite side panel; the blank B is scored at 49 and. at if; I; provide the aforesaid portions 46,

In the blank B, Fig. 5, there is also provlded a slot cutting 51 cooperating with a tongue cutting 52 incorporated in the front flap 30 of blank A, Fig. 5, constituting one form of sccurement of the bottom cover with the front panel 47 but 'such cutting 51 is not provided on the blank B for other forms of securement of the bottom cover, as will appear more fully hereinafter.

Upon bending the flaps on the indicated lines of scoring shown on blank A, Fig. 5, and bending on the'lines 21, 24 of scoring to form the top cover 20, the bottom cover 23 and the rear panel 22, the

side flaps

28, 29 of the bottom cover 23 are bent respectively on the

scoring lines

43, 44

see also Fig. 3, for connection respectively with the ends of the flap 30 of the bottom muslin, paper or the like are applied exteriorly to bind the front flap 30 with the side flap 29 and similarly the front flap 30 with the opposite side flap 28 of the bottom cover 23.

In like manner, the side flaps 25, 26 of the top cover 20 are bent on the

scoring lines

41, 42 for connection with the front flap 27 of the top cover 20, and

strips

55, 56 of gummed material are applied to bind the same.

To assemble the box, the lateral edge portion 46 of the side panel 46 of blank B is secured by staples 57 or the like to the flap 31 of the rear panel 22 of blank A, and similarly the lateral portion 48* of the opposite side panel 48 of blank B is secured by staples 58 to the flap 32 of the rear panel 22 of blank A.

When blanks A and B are connected together, the resulting box is complete in itself. The fully collapsed box is shown in Fig. 1; in Fig. 2, the box is shown in semicollapsed position, namely with the top cover 20 and the bottom cover 23 swung from co-incidence with the rear panel 22 and the side panel 46. In Fig. 3, the box is shown in the position attained by swinging up and pulling forward the front panel 47, whereupon by pulling upward the front flap 30 of the bottom cover 23 and therewith the

side flaps

28, 29 of the bottom cover 23, the box is set-up by inserting the lower edge portions of the side and front panels 46. 47, 48 within the front flap 30 and side flaps 28. 29 of the bottom cover 23.

One form of locking the bottom'cover to the front panel, is indicated in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, namely by the provision of the tonmie 52 provided by" the line of cutting, see igs. 7 and 8, extending from the locadesired shaping of the tongue 52. A general arrow-shape contour for the tongue 52 tion 59 to the location 60 upwardlv for the I is highly advantageous for locking purposes,

length to the length of the top edge 62 of thetongue 52 and opposite end slot portions 63, 64 extending upwardly, as viewed in Fig. 8, thereby facilitating ready entry of the tongue 52 and automatic locking of the

triangular end portions

65, 66 of the arrowshape tongue 52 after passage-through the respective opposite slots 63, 64. Upon passing the tongue 52 through the slot 51, see Fig. 3, the

end portions

65, 66 hold the tongue 52 in looking relation to theinner face of front panel 47 It will be observed wholly of straight line cuttings to form n. rectangle of dimensions determined bv the height, depth and width of the set-up millinery box, and accordingly no wastage of material or paper or like stock obtains.

In the cutting of'the blank B, the sole.

wastage are the small rectangles cut from the cut-out corners 37. 38, 39. 40 and the

slots

33, 34, 35, 36, the total of which is of such minor amount as to be commercially negligible.

In F ig 6, we have shown a blank A in modification of the blank A of Fi 5: the 'blank co-opcrating with blank A corre- I 68 in the front flap 27 of the top cover 20 and similarly the slot cuttings 69, of the front flap 30 of the bottom cover 23, thus providing for the corner re-inforcing flap '71, scored at 72 and the corner re-inforcing flap 73 scored at 74, for the top cover 20; and similarly the corner re-inforcing flap 75 scored at 76 and the opposite corner reinforcing flap 77 scored at 7 8 for the bottom cover 23. Like parts of blank A corresponding to the blank A are marked by the same reference numbers. The corner reinforcing flaps provide for increased overlapping material for connecting the front flaps of the. top and bottom covers respectively with the side flaps.

In Figs. 9 and 10, we have indicated another form of securement of the bottom 'cover 23 to the front panel 47. namelv bv the use of a. metal pin initially positioned in the front flap 30 of the bottom cover 23, namely by inserting the bent end portion 86 and the intermediate bent portion 87 through a suitable opening 88 in the front flap 30, and upon setting up the front panel 47 in position relative to the bottom cover 23, lodging the pin 85 by pushing its upper portion 90 through an opening 91 in the front panel 47 and bending the same inwardly as indicated at 92 against the inner face of the front panel 47.

In Fig. 11, there-is indicated a further form of locking the bottom cover 23 to the front panel 47, namely by the use of one or

more strips

93, 94 of adhesive materiaL.

that the blank B is Such strips are applied initially about the front panel 30 of the bottom cover 23 as is indicated by the strip 94, the end 95 of the strip 94 being free. When the box is being set up, the adhesive on the free end 95 is wet, and pressed against the front panel 47, as indicated by-the adhered strip 93.

The boxembodying our construction may also be secured by the use of strings, as is indicated in Figs. 12, 13 and 14. In the form shown in Fig. 12, the string 97 is secured by a staple 98 to the inner face of the bottom cover 23 and passed upwardly of the front panel 47. The coacting string 99 may be similarly secured to the inner face of the top cover 20 by a similar staple 100, and then passed exteriorly of the front panel 47. The free ends of the

strings

97, 99 are tied toone another as is indicated at 101. If desired, the fixed end of the string 97 may be knotted as is indicated at 102 and the fixed end of the string 99 similarly knotted as is indicated in 103.

In the form shown in Figs. 13, and 14,

'the lower string 97 corresponds to the string 97 of Fig. 12 and the upper string 104 is secured, see Fig. 14, by anchoring its fixed end by means of the staple 10-5 on the outer face of the rear panel 22, then passed exteriorly over the top cover 20 and tied with the lower string as is indicated at 106. In

this form of securement of the bottom and top covers, the

strings

97, 104 serve also as suitable means for carrying the box.

In Figs. 15 and 16, we have shown a further modification of locking the bottom cover to the front panel, namely by the use of one or more

angular flaps

107, 108 out in the front flap 30 of the bottom cover 23 and passed through vertical slotted

openings

109, 110 in the front panel 47 Preferably, the

tongues

107, 108 are provided with downwardly extending angular extensions such as the extensions 111 shown in Fig. 15 or the triangular extensions 112 shown in Fig. 16. The slotted

openings

109 and 110 may be rectangular and of a length less than the vertical" height of each flap including its angular portion 111 or 112, the greater vertical length of each

flap

107, 108 being readily passed through the relatively shorter length of slot when such flap 107 is bent from the front fiap 30 of the bottom cover 23 toward the front panel 47 and moved "in ,an

wire stri-p having oppositely disposed pointed

end portions

116, 117 which portions are bent at asuitable angle relative to the body portion of the fastening member 115, and the securement of the bottom cover 23 may be had by pushing the fastening member 115 through the front flapand then through the adjacent portion of the front panel 47 until the body portion of the fastening member attains the position indicated 115, whereupon the respective pointed end portions are bent as indicated at 116, 117.

The body of boxes made pursuant to our invention may be formed of any suitable box material, such as cardboard, fibre board, corrugated board, plain chip board with or without box covering paper.

The creases located as hereinabove described may be of the pinch type, rotary type or of the up and down type, as may be desired.

The front and side flaps of the top and bottom covers of the box may be flattened or collapsed by turning the side flaps inwardly, i. e., within the contour of the body of the cover and the front flap outwardly of the contour of the body of the cover.

Our invention is applicable to millinery boxes of the various connnercial sizes, usually ranging in the cubical types from eight inches by eight inches by eight inches to twenty inches by twenty inches by twenty inches; the invention is also advantageous for sizes of the non-cubical types and of all sizes.

It will be observed that the strips of gummed muslin, linen, adhesive or gum paper such as

strips

53, 54, see Figs. 1 to 4, 9, 11, 13 and 18 serve to-re-inforce the )Olllt between the interconnected flaps, and also to re-inforce the material of the flap at and on the opposite sides of the creases of the connecting flap portions. Thus in the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 4. the adhesive strip 53 serves to connect the end of the flap 30 with the end of the side flap 2.)

r and also to re-inforce the material of the flap 29 at and on the opposite sides of the crease 44 of the connecting flap portion of the side flap 29.

In Fig. 19, we have illustrated another a form of secnrement of the bottom cover 23 to the body of the box, namely by the use of a wire fastener 120 similar to the wire fastener 85, Fig. 10, and bent at 121 and passed through an opening 122 in the front panel 47 and an opening 123 provided .on theline of scoring between the front'flap 30 and the bottom cover 23, which opening 123 is located in the path of downward movement, see Fig. 3, of the front panel 47 into the bottom cover 23, whereby upon final positioning of the body of the box within the bottom cover 23, the projecting ortion 124; of the wire fastener 120 passes t rough the opening 123, and the wire fastener 120 is similarly locked as in Fig. 10 by bending the same forwardly and upwardly to be brought into contact with the outer face of the front panel 23 as indicated at 125.

t The bottom cover may be secured to the body of the box, also by means of a pair of buttons of fiber or like stiff material, eyeleted to the front flap of the bottom cover and the front panel of the box, with an interconnecting string, as commonly employed for closing mail envelopes and other packages, with or without similar pairs of such buttons and respective interconnecting strings. It will be noted that the blank comprising the top and bottom covers and rear panel is creased solely" at the marginal lines of the body portion of the top and bottom covers respectively with their flaps and of the rear 'panel with its opposite flaps for attachment with the other blank, and that the other blank is creased solely at the marginal lines of the side and front panels. Accordingly, the body portions of the top and bottom covers and of the rear, front and side panels are not creased or folded when in fully or partially collapsed form as well as when set-up, that is to say, upon joining to one another the two blanks constituting the box. neither the top nor the bottom cover when collapsed is folded upon itself nor in any other manner whatsoever, and likewise each of the rear, front and side panels when collapsed is not folded upon itself nor folded in any other manner whatsoever. Such arrangement of the parts of our collapsible box insures full strength and stiffness of the body portions of the top and bottom covers and of the panels constituting the body of the box, whereby the material of the box is preserved against all tendency toward colla sing or semi-collapsing condition of the 10x when set up and fully protecting the contained hat or like article.

lVherea's we have described our invention by reference to specific forms thereof. it will be understood that many changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

lVc claim A collapsible box made from two blanks, the first blank forming the two opposite side panels and the front panel of the box with score lines located between said side panels and said front panel: the second blank forming the top and bottom covers and the rear panel of the box, score lines between said top and bottom covers and said rear panel, connecting flaps at the opposite sides of said rear panel, score lines between said rear anel and connecting flaps, means for attac ing the opposite side panels of the first mentioned blank to said connecting flaps whereby the side walls of the box will fold laterally and in uncreased condition when the box is collapsed; the top and bottom covers of the box being provided with opposite side flaps and front flaps defined by score lines, corner slits between said opposite side flaps and front flaps, a diagonal score line radiating from the base of each of said corner slits whereb when the slitted extremities of the end aps are secured to the adjacent front flaps the corners of said top and bottom covers may be collapsed along said diagonal score lines, said flaps being arranged to engage the outer walls of the body of the box when in set up position.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification this 2nd day of July, 1924:.

JOSEPH KRAMER. ALBERT H. ISRAEL.