US1731414A

US1731414A - Box

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Publication number: US1731414A
Application number: US280087A
Authority: US
Inventors: Grossman Jacob
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1928-05-23
Filing date: 1928-05-23
Publication date: 1929-10-15
Anticipated expiration: 1946-10-15

Description

Oct. 15, 1929. J. GROSSMAN 1,731,414

BOX

Filed May 25, 1928 2 Sheets-Shut 1 Oct. 15, 1929. J. GROSSMAN 1,731,414

BOX

Filed May 25, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY Patented a. 15,1929

UNIT/ED STATES PATENT OFFICE JACOB GROW, 01' EAS PETH, NEW YORK BOX Application filed an as, 1928. Serial no. 2130,0217.

'be sold by merchants to customers carrying .narily their purchases with them.

The present device comprises a box having a body and a co-operatlng member which may be considered as a cover, the body and, cover preferably being made from a single sheet of cardboard, suitably scored or creased, and blanked. The blank is ada ted to be folded and assembled with suitab e locks; and the handle portion, which is of doublethickness, is formed from the material of which certain walls of the box are formed, so that the'complete box with the handle requires no greater material than would ordibe required for the making of a plain box. The handle portion may remain flat before the blank is folded, and it may be readily turned up into position and passed through a slot in the cover member, so that the body and cover are retained in-closed position b the handle.

In the rawings forming part of this application,

Figure 1 is a face view of a blank, suitably cut and scored or creased and from which the improved box is to be made,

Figure 2 is a sectional view through the center of the box when assembled and ready for carrying,

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the box when folded and assembled and ready to be closed for carrying,

Figure 4 is an end view of the box in closed position,

Figure 5 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 3, and

Figure 6 is an end view of the box looking at the right hand end of Figure 5.

While various changes may be made in wall of the box body.

the blank from which the box is formed, I have shown in Figure 1 the preferred form of blank to be used in assembling a box containing my invention. In this view the blank 1 has a section 2 which is to form the top wall ofthe cover member, this portion being defined by the four scoring or creasing

lines

3, 4, 5, 6. The portion 7 which is outside of one of the crease lines, .4, is to form one of the side walls of the cover; and the opposite portion 8 outside of the crease line 6 is to form another side wall of the cover. The portion 9 which is outside of the crease line 3 is to form one end wall of the cover; and the portion 10 outside pf the crease line 5 is to form the opposite end wall of the cover. At the four corners of the cover portion of the blank I have shown suitable tabs 11, 12 which are adapted to be inserted into the several diagonal slots 13, 14 for thepurpose of forminglocks between the side and end walls when the latter are folded in relation to the section 2 when the box is being set up from the blank.

The other half of the blank 1, which is to form the body of the box, comprises a section 15 which is outlined by the

crease lines

16, 17, 18, 19 and is to form the bottom The portion 20 outside of the crease line 17 is to form one of the side walls of the body; and the portion 21 outside of the crease line 19 is to form the opposite side of the body.

The member 10 forms a wall at one end of the box which is common to both the cover and the body. The portion of the blank which is outside of the crease line 18 is of a width corresponding preferably with twice the depth of the box and it is provided with a crease line 22 approximately halfway between the crease line 18 and the end of the blank, so that the portion 23 may be folded over against the portion 24 before this folded portion is turned up to constitute the end wall of the body. Tabs 25 are provided at each side of the portion 24 which are adapted to be inserted into the oblique slots 26 on the

members

20, 21 to provide locks for securing the end and side walls of the body member.

The novel handle which forms the subject of my invention is shownin the upper part of Figure 1. The crease line 22 extends across the blank, and therefore extends across the middle of the section which is to form the handle. The

sections

27, 28 are cut out as shown at 29 to form a double outline of the handle and creases are formed at the four lines 30 on which the

intermediate sections

27, 28 which are to form the handle, may be bent. In addition. struction, there are two angular cuts 31, made at four interior corners of the handle section, and in triangular relation therewith there are formed-four crease lines 32.

In assembling or forming the box no definite order of procedure is necessarily followed, but I will describe one method of forming the blank into a box. The cover section of the'blank 1 will be folded along the crease lines 4, 6 so that the two sections 7, 6 which are to form the side walls will be I bent upwardly at right angles to the top wall section 2; and the end section 9 will be bent up along the crease line 3 and the opposite end section 10 will be bent up along the crease line 5, so that all of the four

members

9, 7, 10, 6 stand at right angles. to the section 2.

The various tabs 11, 12 will then eaclnbe inserted into their respective slots 13, 14 and form a look at each of the four corners of the cover section (as shown in Figure 3). This completes the formation of the cover section. It will be noted that there is a longitudinally extending slot 34 in the end wall section 9 of the cover member, the purpose of which will be set forth. The body portion may now be assembled by bending up the two

side portions

20, 21 along the crease lines 17, 19.

The end section is then folded on the crease line 22 so that the portion 23 is superim osed upon the portion 24 and this also fol s the portion of the blank which constitutes the handle, across its central line 22. The blank is then bent upon the crease line 18 so that the doubled end wall is bent up at right angles to the section 15. The tabs 25 are now inserted into their respective slots 26 so that end locks are provided at two of the corners of the body. v

To close the box the cover is hinged by bending it along the crease line 16, as shown in Figure 3, so that the side and end walls of the cover overlap the side walls and the end wall of the body. The folded handle members 27,- 28 which now comprise two thicknesses of cardboard, are bent upwardly along the crease lines 30, so that as the end wall 9 of the cover slides over the

end wall

23, 24 of the body the handle is turned outwardly through the slot 34 in the end wall of the cover; and when the cover has been completely closed the handle may be bent upin the preferred conitself to wardly as shown in Figures2 and 4. After the handle has been brought to this position the triangular extensions 35 ma be turned at right angles to the plane of the handle to prevent the handle withdrawing through the slot 34 in the-cover, thereby preventing the box from accidentally opening.

The handle forms a convenient means for carrying the box and at the same time it retains it in closed condition. The handle be ing composed of two thicknesses of cardboard it is sufficiently strong to support the box and its contents. The strainon the carrying handle comes directly onvthe end wall of the body which is of double thickness and also on the end wall of the cover, so that the box is amply able to resist tearing when carryits greatest load.

5 It will-be obvious that the box blanks 1,

as shown in Figure 1, may be shipped in knock-down or flat form to merchants, and they may be stored or kept in this condition so that :theyoccupy a minimum of space until they are to be formed into boxes. The

forming of the blank into a box is very simple and may be done as quickly as with an ordinary f'olding box. The handle is formed from the same material of which the end Wall of the body is formed, so that no stock is wasted in the formation of the handle.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A folding box formed of a blank and having a bottom wall and side and end walls, one of said latter walls comprising a section folded upon itself to provide a wall of double thickness and a handle member formed in said section of duplicate, reversely arranged parts, each of said handle parts being formed on one of the folded portions of said double wall, whereby when said wall is folded upon itself the handle member may be bent upwardly therefrom and form a handle composed of a double thickness of the blank material.

2. A folding box formed of a blank having a bottom Wall and side and end walls, one of said latter walls comprising a section having a crease or score line extending across the same, a handle member formed by cutting said section to form similar handle members on opposite sides of said crease or score line, said section beingadapted to be folded upon provide a wall of double thickness and said andle sections being adapted to be folded on a line coinciding with said first mentioned crease or .score line, whereby a handle of double thickness will be formed on said wall.

3. A folding box formed of a blank having a bottom wall and side and end walls and having a sectibn connected with the body section and adapted to form a cover for closing said bodysection, sald cover member having a slot therein, said body member having a section foldable on itself to provide a wall of double thickness, and a handle member formed of said latter section and comprising similar parts reversely arranged in relation to each other and foldable with said section whereby a handle of double thickness is formed in said wall of double thickness, said handle being adapted to be projected through the slot in said cover member.

4:. A folding box formed of a blank having a bottom wall and side and end walls, one of said latter walls comprising a section adapted to be folded upon itself to form a wall of double thickness, a handle member comprising similar, relatively reversely disposed sections formed from said double wall to provide a handle of double thickness, a cover member having a slot to receive said handle therethrough, and tabs projecting from said handle member and adapted to be bent at an angle thereto after said handle member has been assed through said slot in the cover, where y to prevent the withdrawal of the handle member from said cover member.

Signed at the city, county, and State of New York, the 23rd day of April, 1928.

JACOB GROSSMAN.