US1694973A

US1694973A - Packing case

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Publication number: US1694973A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1928-12-11
Anticipated expiration: 1945-12-11

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Dec. 11, 1928. 1,694,973-

c. w. GERLACH PACKING CASE Filed Aug. 11, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 w ll 39 M1 Z Q flan e5! erlac/a.

Patented Dec. 11, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. GERLACH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO CHICAGO MILL AND LUMBER CORPORATION, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A COR- PORATION OF DELAWARE.

PACKING CASE.

Application filed August 11, 1927. Serial No. 212,229.

This invention embraces special features to be used in the construction of packages intended for the shipment of such commodities as it is desirable to suspend, hang, or support in the carrying package. For instance, it will serve in the packing for shipment of such articles as radios, phono raphs, dressers, chifl'oi'iiers, buffets, secretaries, cabinets of all types, desks, benches, stands, machine ap-- pliances, and other objects with legs, projecting parts, or surfaces between which and ad jacent portions of the package, clearance to be allowed.

To suspend, hang, or support an article in a package, the article is held on a brace of some description which in turn, for firmness, is attached in some way to the package itself. The brace, of course, is adjusted to hold the article in the package so that a desired clearance is allowed between parts of the article itself and faces of the pacl-zage. For example, in the packing of a dresser cabinet, a brace holds the cabinet off its legs in the container, the brace being attached to two faces of the container. The cabinets rest on the brace which is so positioned that clearance is allowed between the legs and the bottom of the container. In packing parlance, the brace on which the object is supported, hung, or suspended, is called a rider, a cradle, or a support. For the present explanation it will be called a rider.

This invention comprises a special con struction of two faces of the package, op positc each other, which facilitates the at taching of the rider to the container itself. These two faces may be made of veneer, plywood, fibre, composition board, sawed lumber su stance, or other sheathing material.

A slot is stamped or otherwise cut through each face so that the rider can project through the container face and be attached to a sup porting clcat or brace on the outside. In some instances the rider will be of more than one piece, in which case more than one slot or a continuous slot across the face will be cut. The slots in the two container faces plus the outside brace on each face, both the slots and braces making possible the attachment of the rider on outside, are the essential features of this invention.

In a few instances this special construction will be used on one face only, other provision being made on the opposite face for supporting the rider. For example, in packing some buffets it is desirable to run the rider from front to back. The back of the container may be of slatted or crate construction in which case the special features of this in vention will be applicable to the front only.

Because of this invention, the rider may be very easily and securely installed. It will be attached to the outside supporting brace in full view which will insure a correct attaclr inept. Whereas an inside supporting brace might dan'iage the commodity, that possibility is eliminated by placing the brace outside. The over-all dimension of the container may also be reduced by not having to allow for the brace on the inside. In addi tion the outside support-s permit a more rigid container construction and facilitate unpack- 111g.

The slot will reinforce the rider attachment to the outside brace in case the container is turned over or handled roughly. The rider may be nailed or screwed to the outside brace or merely be supported unattached to it. Also it is optional as to whether or not the rider is to be nailed, screwed, or otherwise attached, to the commodity itself on the inside of the container. These items as well as other factors of packing and the specification of the other container faces to be used in conjunction with the parts herein provided, will be determined by the container designer accordin to the exigencies of packing in the particular instance.

An illustixu-ive embodin'ient of this invention shown in the accon'lpanying drawing,

i in which Figure 1 a 1I)Ol'S'pCfiV View of a packing case with one of the back slats removed.

Fig. 52 is an enlarged sectional detail taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

l. 3 is a fragmental plan section taken on the .no 33 of Fig. 2.

Fi 4. is the reverse of Fig. 1, looking from the front of the case.

Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the opposite side, to the upper may be secured to the slat by screws or nails, 'or tightly wedged by the slat against the upper portion of the case, to prevent shifting.

The case is provided with

paneled ends

1 and 2, a paneled front 3, and a paneled top 4; the back and bottom sidesbeing enclosedby spaced slats 7 extending longitiulinally of the case across the back, and the slats 8 extending transversely across the bottom. The panels are each built up of a thin sheet of material such as, veneer, ply-wood, composition board, or the like, secured to cleats which form a re *tangular marginal frame. The frame of the front panel and the id: 7 are nailed to the frames of the end panel." at the sides thereof, and the bottom slats 8 are nailed at one end to the lower slat 7, which extends along the lower edge of the case, and at the other end to the lower men ber of the frame of the back-panel. llhe frame of the top panel member 4: is nailed to the upper edge of .the slat *i' which extends along the top edge of the case, and, at the edge of the heel; panel frame. Preferably the members-z; at the front and back are set back slightly so that the bottom slats 8 and the surface of the top member 4- are flush with the edges of the end frame members, and nails are driven through the end frames into the top and bottom members.

A package supporting slat or rider 9 ex tends across the interior of the case, and may be inserted after the cabinet or othe" objects are in place. The

end frames

1 and 2 are each provided with a cross member 10 which is mortised into the side portions of the frame; and apertures 11 are cut through the panels immediately above the cross pieces.

This enables sliding the rider in from one end of the case. W hen the rider is in position its ends project through the case and rest on the cross members 10 to which they are preferably secured by driving nails down through the rider into the cross-member shown in Fig. 2.

In this manner, the diiliculty of driving the nails on the inside of the case for holding the rider is avoided; the fatening of the rider may be inspected from the outside of the case, and the nails may be removed in unpacking before the case is opened By leaving off the front and top member 3, the cabinets may be easily packed in the case by inserting them through the front. The rider 9 may then be shoved through the case and secured at the ends, and the front and. top panels put in position and nailed. The slat may be fastened to the cabinet by reaching in from the back which may be left off until the cabinet is secured.

The panels at the front and the top of the case are especially effective in furnishing diagonal stiffness in the two corresponding normal planes; the slats at the front provide longitudinal strength; and the slats at the bottom, in addition to providing a good footing, supply the transverse strength. The panel end members provide diagonal stifiness in the transverse planes. In this manner g eat strength in all directions, against both r. ng and crushing, is obtained with a small weight of material in a simple structure which can be produced economically.

lVhile but one specific embodiment of this ion has been herein shown and de- :l, i"; will be unde stood that numerous uls of the construction shown may be anered or omitted without departing from .pirit of this invention as defined by the fcdlowing claims.

I claim:

1. In con'ibination in a packing case, a supporting rider extending across the interior of the case and projecting through the case, said rider being rigidly secured to the case entirely on the exterior thereof, whereby an article in said case will be supported in fixed position relatively thereto.

2. In a packing case having a paneled end, a supporting rider extending across the interior of the case and projecting through said paneled end, and a frame member secured across the exterior of said end, said rider being secured to said frame member on the exterior of the case.

3. In combination, a packing case having a rectangular end frame, a thin panel secured on the inside of the frame, a cross piece mortised into the side members of the frame, and a supporting rider iaving one end projecting through said panel and secured to said cross piece on the exterior of the case.

4. In a paclzina case, two paneled end members consisting of a thin sheet having 21 marginal frame, the sheets being apertured, a goods supporting slat extending through the apertures, and a piece secured across the frame on the exterior of the apertured walls of said case for supporting the ends of said slat at a point exterior to said walls.

5. In combination, a packing case consisting of four paneled sides, and two adjacent sides enclosed by slats, a goods supporting slat extending through the case and projecting through the panels in opposite sides of the case, and cross pieces secured to the exterior of said panels for supporting the ends of said supporting slat. v

6. In combination, a packing case having a paneled surface with an aperture therein, a frame member secured across the exterior of said paneled surface adjacent said aperture, and a supporting rider having one end projecting through said aperture and secured to said frame member on the exterior of said case.

7. In combination, a pacxino' case having a paneled suriace with an aperture therein, a

frame member secured across the exterior of said paneled surface adjacent said aperture, a supporting rider having one end projecting through said aperture and resting on said frame member at a point exterior to said paneled surface, and means for securing said rider from displacement relative to said frame member.

8. In combination, a packing case having a panel Wall With a restricted aperture therein located substantially centrally of said panel and spaced from the edges thereof, a member secured on the outer side of the Wall adjacent the aperture, and a supporting rider extending across the interior of the case With one end projecting through said aperture, the end of said rider being secured directly to said member on the exterior of the case.

9. In combination, a packing case having a pair of oppositely disposed panel Walls, said Walls being provided With apertures substantially centrally located and spaced from the sides thereof, a frame member secured on the outer sides of each of said Walls adjacent said apertures, and a supporting rider for an article in the case, said rider projecting through said apertures and secured to said frame member on the exterior of the case.

10. In combination, a packing case having a paneled surface With an aperture therein, a frame member secured across the exterior of said paneled surface adjacent said aperture, and a supporting rider having one end projecting through said aperture and supported by said frame member on the exterior of said case.

S jgned at Chicago this 18th day of July, 192

CHARLES W. GERLACH.