US1784333A - Hatbox - Google Patents

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G. BRUER HAT BOX Filed Dec. 10, 1928 INVENTOR a M BY I ATTORNEYS.

Dec: 9, 19309 Patented Dec. 9, 1930 UNITED STATES GENEVIEVE BRUER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA HATBOX Application filed December 10, 1928. Serial No. 324,939.

ond object is to provide a box having a hat holding member which can, if desired, be removed and used to hold a hat in a travellingor storage case. A still further object is to provide a hat holder which can be made of cardboard and shipped flat in knocked down form,'thus reducing its cost to a minimum.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description, which should be read with the understanding that the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts may be varied, within the limits of the claims hereto appended, without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined therein.

A preferred embodiment of my invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a plan view of a complete hat box with my holder therein.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 27-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hat holding member removed from the box.

Fig. 4 is a detail of the means for fastening the ends of the hat holding member beneath the base or bottom.

In the drawings, the reference numeral 1 designates a box of any shape and type suitable for containing a hat. Within the box is a holder comprising two strips 2 of flexible material bent into approximate U-shape and placed at right angles to each other, adapted to enter the crown of the hat (not shown) and support the same with its brim elevated above the bottom of the box. I prefer to make the strips 2 of cardboard, which has enough resilience to cause them to assume the form tween the false and true bottoms.

shown in Figs. 2 and 3, with their sides bulging out to resiliently grip the inside of the crown of the hat. The strips may be joined together at the top, but such connection is not necessary.

zontally between said false bottom and the true bottom 5 of the box. The false bottom 4 may be omitted, in which case the ends 3 of the strips 2 would be passed through the true bottom 5 in a similar manner. This latter construction would be suitable in boxes intended only for the delivery of hats from stores, but where the device is used in more permanent boxes, such asarticles of luggage, the false bottom is preferred. I

The ends 3 of the strips 2 may be fastened, to prevent them fromslipping out of place, in any suitable manner. As one example of such fastening, I have shown in Fig. 4 said ends as laced together by a tongue and slot connection 6 similar to that commonly employed at the corners of cardboard boxes. Suchconnection may be omitted, however, especially when the false bottom 4 is used, the strips 2 being held in place sufficiently by having their ends 3 bent horizontally be- It will be appreciated that my device can be made very cheaply of cardboard, and can be shipped flat, consisting only ofthe two flat strips 2with or without the flat false bottom 4, which is also preferably made of cardboard. It can be assembled easily and quickly, and forms a device capable of securely holding a hat out of contact with the walls of the box. It is useful not only to the merchant in his shipping boxes, but, when the false bottom is employed, the entire holder may be removed by the purchaser of a hat from the shipping box and placed within a travelling or storage case.

It will also be apparent that the height of the hat holding member can be raised or lowered, merely by slipping the ends of the strips 2 in one direction or the other, through the slots in the bottom or false bottom. Thus if the box is to contain a number of hats stacked a one upon another, the ends of said strips are 7 pulled downwardly through their slots, thus retaining member including a flexible strip.

lowering said strips so that the lowermost hat rests upon or is only very slightly above the bottom of the box.

I claim e V I '1. The combination with a support, of a hat -retaini-n strip bent su stantially in U-shape, the free ends of said strip being inserted through slots in said bottom and bent inwardly towards one another, thereby creating a positive force acting through said strip to maintain an-outwardbulge in the opposite side walls of th e strip above the support. I

2. The combination with a base, of a hat a Q bent substantially in u-shape, the free ends of'saidflstrip beinginserted through ,slots in saidbase and bent inwardly towards and secured to one another, thereby creating a positive force acting through saidstrip to, maint'ai n an outward bulge in the opposite side walls ofthe strip above the base.

3. The combination with a receptacle hav- ,inga false bottom, of a hat retaining memrberv including a plurality of flexible strips fbent substantially in U-shape, one of said H strips disposed over and at an angle to another-of said strips, the free ends ofsaid strips being inserted through slots in said 7 bottom and :bent inwardly towards one another, thereb creating a positive force acting throughsai strips to maintain an outward bulge in the opposite side walls of the strips above the false bottom.

' 4. The combination with a base, of a hat retaining member including a plurality of flexible strips bent substantially in U-shape,

one ;of :said strips disposed over and at an angle to. another of said strips, the free ends of 7 'each' of said strips being inserted through slots insaid base and bentinwardlytowards (and secured to one another, thereby creating a positive force acting through said strips to maintain an outward bulge in the opposite [side walls of the strips above the base.

I In testimony whereof I have signed my name to thisspecification. I ,7 I :GENEVIEVE BRU-ER- member including a :flexible

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