US1831444A - Combination shipping box and feeder - Google Patents

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Nov. 1-0, 1931. .R. A. GORSUCH 1,831,444

COMBINATION SHIPPING BOX AND FEEDER Filed Nov. 4. 1930 so cover 11 provided wi Patented Nov. 1c; 1931 UNITED sj'ra'ras PATENT OFFICE ROBERT A. GOBSUOE, OF GAMBIER OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE CONGOR MFG. COMPANY,

' OI GAMBIER, OHIO, A CORPORATION OIVOHIO COMBINATION SHIPPING IBOX AND FEEDER I Application filed November 4, 1930. Serial No. 493,311.

This invention relates to a combination shipping box and feeder for baby chicks. in

a device of this type it is necessary to provide for ventilation during shipment and for 5 feeding the baby chicks after their arrival at destination. inasmuch as a large number of chicks are shipped in the same container, it is not feasible to place the food in such container. Openings must therefore be provided in the walls or the box of suflicient size to admit the heads of the chicks so that they may feed from food receptacles outside the shipping -box feeder.v 1n the provision of feeding openings means must be provided to. prevent during the process of shipment any possibility that the heads of the chicks may be inserted through such openings to the outside of the box, since loss of or mjury to the chicks might result.

It is the principal object of my invention to provide a combined shipping box and brooder which shall meet the above requirements, which may be provided at a minimum expense and which afi'ords a maximum of safety against inj my to the chicks.

' A further object is to provide the feeding openings of such character that they may be partly opened for securing extra ventilation. A further object is to avoid thenecessity for employing larger boxes for the same number of chicks in hot weather. Other and more limited objects will appear as the description proceeds. v 4 i I attain the foregoing and other objects in and through the constructions, illustrative examples of which are shown in the accompanymg drawings in which Fig.1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a preferredembodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a frag- .form; Fig. 3 is a similar elevation of a third form; Fig. 4 is asimilar elevation of et another modification; and Fig. 5 is a section on line 55-of Fig. 4, f

The embodiment of my invention shown in Fig. 1 comprises a shipping box preferably of corru ted paper board and includ- 'ing the usual dttom, u right walls 10 and a a depending flange me'ntary elevation of a slightly modified- 12. A plurality of small ventilation open ings 131's provided near the upper edge of the upright walls and similar openings may also be provided in the top of the cover 11. Knockout cuts 14: are provided in said upright walls, spaced a convenient dlstance from the bottom edge thereof and comprising inverted U-shape'd slits l5 and straight slits l6 opposite the open end of the U- shaped slits and spaced therefrom. 1t will be evident from the drawings that during,

the process of shipment the knockouts within the cuts 14: will close the feeding openings and that when it'is desiredto use the receptacle for a brooder, these knockouts can be removed by insertmg a penknii'e at the ends of the U-shaped slits and cutting straight downwardly to, join the straight slits 16. 'l'his construction also aflords the possibility of extra ventilation by breaking away the portion of the knockout above the ends of the U-shaped slit as indicated at 17.

. In the form shown in Fig. 2 the construction is identical with that shown in Fig. 1 except that the straightslits 16 have upwardly extending right angular portions adapted to provide greater ease in forming thefeeding openings and thereby to render possible the removal of thesame without the use of a pen, knife sim 'ly by-pushing one, finger against the lower edge of the knockout and the other against the upper edge on the opposite side, thereby twisting out the remaining knockout portion,

in the modification of Fig. additionto the U-shaped slit 15 and straight slit 16 spaced from the ends of. the U-shaped 3 I provide in I slit a shorter slit 18 on aline joining the ends of the arms of the U-shaped slit but being of a length less than the distance between the ends of such arms whereby removal of the upper. portion of the knockout for ventilating purposes is facilitated. The use of a portion of the feeding opening for ventilation during transitis a very decided advantage since itrenders unnecessary the larger 1 hot-weather shipping 'box. YThis may also in certain cases serve to eliminate either some orall the ventilation openings 13.

.lines. The word is also to be understood as v In; the modifications of Figs-4 and 5 I provide a box identical with those of the other modifications except that circular knockouts 20 are provided for feeding openings and a strip 21 is secure on the inside of the bbx and partially covers the opening 20. This strip may be in the form of a rectangle which is slipped into the box and held in place by frictlon or gravity, or it may be a plurality of shorter pieces pasted or glued to the inner wall and adapted for easy removal after shipment to convert the box into a brooder. It will be evident that when the strip or strips 21 cover the lower halves ofthe openings 20,

said openings will not afiord egress to the heads of the chicks.

I may, within the contemplation of my invention, provide these shipping boxes and feeders with rint ed outlines instead of cut outlines where y the user may form the openings bycutting around the printed outline.

cut'and theymay indicate either printed or cut outlines.

For thepurpose of this s ecification and disclosure, the term outline is to be understood as including printed, scored or cut outincludin either acompletely formed or defined out in'e or one which is sufficiently near- 1 complete as to su gest the fully completed fbrm in an unmista able manner.

-While I have illustrated certain preferred embodiments of my invention I wish it understood that I- am not limited to thedetails thereof but that numerous changes in construction may be made within the S00 e of the appended claims and without departing from t e s'piritof the invention.

.; Havingthus described my invention, what 1. A device of the character described comprising, a box having the usual bottom, up-. right walls and cover, a series of knock-out cuts formed in one or more of said upri ht I walls near the bottom thereof to form, w en 8. size to admit the head of a. 0

.inc uding at least the to the cut-outlined area is removed, openings of "saidlast-openings may be enlarged to a size sufiicient to admit the head of. chick by the i if ick, said the provision of an 0 ing a U-shaped slit and a substantially straight slit opposite the open end of said U and spaced from the ends of the legs thereof.

3. A device of the character described com: prising, a box having the usual bottom, ,up right walls and cover, one or more of said upright walls having formed therein a series of knock-out cuts, eachsaid out comprising an inverted U-shaped slit and a substantially straight slit opposite the open end of said U and spaced from the ends of the legs thereof.

4. A device of the character described comprising, a box having the usual bottom, upright walls and.cover,one or more of said upright walls having formed therein a series 0 knock-out cuts, each said out being positioned near the bottom of one 'of said upright walls, and a strip inside said box extending around said upright Wall's and removable therefrom, said strip being of such a height as to obstruct portions of said openings when it is in place.

prising, a box having the usual bottom, up-

right walls and cover, one or more of said upright walls having formed therein near but spaced from the bottom a series ;of knock.-

out cuts, each said out comprising a U-shaped slit and a. substantially straight slit opposite c the .open end of said U and spaced from the ends of the legs thereof.

6. A device of the character described comprising, a box having the usual bottom, upright walls and cover, one or more of said upright walls having formed therein near but spaced from the bottom a series of. knockout cuts, each said out comprising an inverted U-shaped slit and a substantially straight slit opposite the o 11 end of said U and spaced from the en of the legs thereof.

7. In a device of the charact er described, a boxhaving bottom, side walls and-cover, and means whereby said box may be conveniently used as a ventilated shipping box and subsequently-as a feeding box, said means including an outline defining an opening of a size to admit the head of a chick, said'means also being so formed and arranged as to facilitate ning within said outline of a size too sma a chick. i

8. In a device of the character described, a box havin bottom, side walls and cover, and means w ereby said box may be conveniently used as a ventilated shipping-box and subsequently as a feeding box, said means including an outline defining an'opening of a to admit the head of nseam.

size to admit the head of a chick, said means also being so formed and arranged as to facilitate the provision of an opening within said outline of a size too small to admit the head of a chick, said outline being composed in part of one or more slits.

9. A device of the character described comprising, a box having the usual bottom,

upright walls and cover, ventilation knockout cuts formed in said walls and forming.

when the cut-outlined area is removed, openings of a size too small to allow the passage of the head of a chick, a series of knock-out cuts formed in one or more of said upri ht walls near the bottom thereof and adapte to form, when the cut-outlined area is removed, openings of a size to admit the head of a chick, said shipping box being provided with means, including at least the top part of one or more of said last-mentioned cut-outlined portions, whereby a series of openings of a size too small to admit the head of a chick may be provided temporarily by a simple knocking out operation and whereby one or more of said last openings may be enlarged to a size suflicient to admit the head of achick by the simple operation of removing obstructing means from obstructing relation to the lower portion of said cut-outlined areas.

10. A device of the character described comprising, a box having the usual bottom upright walls and cover, one or more of said upright walls having formed therein a series of knock-out cuts, each said out being positioned near the bottom of one of said upright walls, and a strip inside said box extending around said upright walls and removable therefrom.

11. Ina device of the character described,

a box having the usual bottom and side walls and cover and provided in one or more of the side Walls with a series of slit outlinedareas, each such area being defined by a plurality of separated slits and being of a size when the outlined material is removed to admit the head of a chick.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto allix my signature.

ROBERT A. GORSUCH.

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