US1792908A - Box holder - Google Patents

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W. L. HOOD Feb. 17, 1931.

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Patented Feb. 17, 1931 PATENT ()FFICE WILLIAM L. HOOD, F LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS BOX HOLDER Application filed August 29, 1928. Serial No. 302,835.

This invention relates to holders for shoe polish boxes and the like, and its object is to provide a novel and improved. device of that nature having, among others, the advantages hereinafter trated.

In the drawing of one embodiment of my invention selected for illustrationand de scription herein,

Fig. 1 is a plan;

Fig. 2, a side elevation; V

Fig. 3,,a partial vertical section on theline 33, Fig. 1;

Fig. 4:,a cross vertical section on the line lt-e, Fig. 2;

Fig. 5, a development of one form of the spring member for closing the cover; and Figs. 6 and 7 respectively,rplans of the strap and clip hereinafter described.

Referring first-to Figs. 1, 2, my novel box holder comprises a handle a, fashioned to provide parallel bars or rods 1, 2, of convenient length and suitable material, as metal.

The outer or free ends of the bars are curved toprovide boxholding and engaging arms 3, 41, which, Fig. 3, may be sprung to receive the body of the box 5, and then closed to grasp it securely.

To look the arms 3, 4:,around'the box 5,

a strap 6 which extends from onebar to the other is slidable thereon, and. hasits'fends curved about them thus locking them in position. f l The strap 6, Fig. 2, may be a separate piece, Fig.7, and secured to the spring 7, Fig. 2,

or it may be fashioned from arms 12, Fig.5, integral with the spring 7 and rolled about.

40 the rods 1, 2.

The cover 8 is preferably made-larger than any box likely to be secured in the holder,

so that it can provide "for a variation in the size of the box Within certain limits, and is '45 provided with a sheet of suitable material described and illus vent the drying and hardening of the contents of the box.

The finger piece 9, Fig. 2, may be secured to the spring 7 as by a clip 10, Fig. 6, as a ,arms 3, 4, locking the box in position, with the cover 8 resting thereon, the original box cover being discarded. The cover 8 will be pressed down upon the box 5 sufiiciently hard to effectuallyclose it by the spring 7, and obviously the cover may be raised at will by pressure of the thumb upon the finger piece 9, Fig. 3.

My novel holder is convenient, inexpensive, and provides a novel self-closing omnibus box cover that Will preserve the box contents and yet permit free access thereto.

My invention is not restricted to the precise embodiment thereof described and illustrated, but is more particularly pointed out .in the following claim. 30 Fig. 1, the members 1, 2, are provided with Claimzf r A box holder comprising a pair of relaoil tively movable box gripping arms, a lock therefor, a cover for. the box, a finger piece on the cover for raising and lowering'the cover, a resilient support and spring for the finger piece comprising a strap like member with arms on each side thereof, one pair of arms being coiled about the box gripping arms to form said lock, the strap like member being-coiled tov form said support and spring for the finger piece, and a second pair of arms secured to said finger piece.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my nameto this specification.

WILLIAM L, HOOD.

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