US1837249A

US1837249A - Shipping container

Info

Publication number: US1837249A
Application number: US316383A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank E Barber
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1928-11-01
Filing date: 1928-11-01
Publication date: 1931-12-22
Anticipated expiration: 1948-12-22

Description

Dec. 22, 1931. F. E. BARBER SHIPPING CONTAINER Filed Nov. l, 1928 I5 Sheets-Sheet TTHNEYE' De 22, 1931. F. E. BARBER SHIPPING CONTAINER 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov. l, 1928 /N VEN TDR TTU/@NEVE Dec. 22, 1931. F. E. BARBER SHIPPING CONTAINER Filed Nov. l, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 TTHNEYS Patented Dec. 22, 1931 UNITED STATES FRANK E. BARBER, OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK SHIPPING CONTAINER Appucation mea November 1, 192s. seriai No. 316,383.

This invention relates to a new and improved shipping container.

In shipping certain classes of merchandise, as for example, burial caskets it is desirable to have a shipping container of such construction that the merchandise may be shipped therein without at any time coming in contact with the walls or top of the container. This is particularly true of an article such as a burial casket which is usually covered on the outside with cloth or other delicate material which would be injured if it were to come in contact with the shipping container during transit. In order to transport caskets in containers in which the caskets would at no time come in contact with the walls and top of the container it has heretofore been the usual practice to place a casket in a wooden box out of contact with the walls and top of the box and secure the casket in position by the use of screws or bolts extending upwardly through the bottom of the container and into the bottom of the casket. Such a method has proved to be unsatisfactory in use because of the fact that it is diiiicult to position the casket in the container and place the screws or bolts in position. Furthermore such a means of securing a casket in position in a container is not reliable inasmuch as if the container is turned over during transit the casket is liable to pull away from the screws or bolts and contact with the sides of the container. Such a means of securing a casket in position also necessitates the withdrawal of the screws or bolts when it is desired to remove the casket from the container.

The main object of my invention is to provide a shipping container for a burial casket or other article of merchandise which will be of such a design that when the article is in position in the container it will be positively held aga-inst any relative movement in relation to the container.

Another object is to provide a shipping container in which a burial casket or other article of merchandise may be placed with a minimum amount of effort and may be securely fastened in position quickly and securely without the use of screws or bolts or similar fastening means.

Another object is to provide a shipping container which may be repeatedly used in shipment.

Other objects and advantages relate to the size, shape and arrangement of parts all as will more fully appear from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a side elevation of the preferred form of my shipping container.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig ure 1.

- Figure 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Figure .1.

Figure 4C is a side elevation of an eccentric clamp used with my device showing the straps with which it is used in section.

Figure 5 is a top plan View of an eccentric clamp inposition on the straps with which it is used.

Figure 6 is a section on line 6 6 of Figure 3.

Figure 7 is a perspective View, partially broken away and partially in section, of a modified anchoring means.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the part of the anchoring means shown in Figure 7 which is attached to the bottom of a casket.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of the part of the anchoring means shown in Figure 7 which is positioned on the bottom of a shipping container. Y

Figure 10 is a side elevation of a modified form of my device. Y

Figure 11 is a section on line l1 11 of Figure 10.

Figure l2 is a section on line l2 12 of Figure 10.

My shipping container l is preferably made of metal provided with outwardly extending integral bosses as 2 in spaced relation for the purpose of stifening the sides and ends of the container.

A plurality, in this case shown as three, of straps 3 encircle the sides and bottom of the container and are provided at their upper ends with outwardly extending

hooks

4 and 5 into which are received the ends of eccentric clamps 6 and 7 which are pivotally mounted on the cover 8. Eccentric clamps 6 and 7 are of such a size and shape that when they are engaged with

hooks

4 and 5 cover 8 will be securely locked in position on top of the container 1. Straps 3 are secured to container 1 by means of

bolts

9 and 10, the inner ends of

bolts

9 and 10 being T-shaped as indicated in dotted lines on Figure 6 for a purpose hereinafter to be described. v

In the bottom of the container there are formed longitudinally and upwardly eX-. tending parallel tongues 11 and 12 in spaced relation to sides 13 and 14 of container 1. Tongues 11 and 12 are approximately V- shaped in cross section and are shorter than sides 13 and 14. Another pair of laterally and upwardly extending

parallel tongues

15 and 16 are positioned in spaced relation to the

end walls

17 and 18 of the container,

tongues

15 and 16 being shorter than the width of

ends

17 and 18 and being also approximately V -shaped in cross section.

The article of merchandise to be transported, which I have here shown as a burial casket 19, is provided on its under surface with V-slots as 20 and 21 of a size and shape to receive tongues 12 and 11 when the casket is in position in container 1. I also provide in the under surface of casket 19 another pair of opposed V-slots of a size and shape and so positioned as to receive therein

tongues

15 and 16 when casket 19 is in position in container 1, such last mentioned V-slots not being shown.

lith casket 19 in position in container 1, as indicated in Figure 3, with tongues 11 and 12 in V-slots 21 and 20, and with

tongues

15 and 16 in the V-slots which are provided to receive them, it will be obvious that the casket 19 will be held against longitudinal and also against lateral movement on the bottom of container 1.

For the purpose of securing casket 19 in position on

tongues

11, 12, 15 and 16 I provide a plurality of

straps

22 and 23, strap 22 being secured to bolt 9 and strap 23 being secured to bolt 10, it being understood that each of the bolts 9 which secures one end of strap 3 will be provided with a strap 22 and each of the bolts 10 which secures the opposite end of a strap 3 will be supplied with a strap 23. One end of strap 22, as perhaps may best be seen from Figure 6, is provided with a rectangular slot 24 so that in a horizontal position it may be slipped over the T- end 25 of bolt 9 so that when it is moved to the vertical position it will be secured on boli 9. Similarly an end of strap 23 is provided with a rectangular slot so that it may be secured to the T-end of bolt 10.

As perhaps may best be seen from Figures 4 and 5, strap 2-3 is provided with a plurality,

i in this case shown as two, of slots 26. Strap 22 is provided with an eccentric clamp I27 having a handle 28 pivotally mounted on a yoke 29 secured to strap 22 and having a yoke 30 pivotally mounted on the handle 28. Yoke 30 is provided at one end with a hook 31 of a size and shape to enter either of the slots 26. lVhen eccentric clamp 27 is in the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 4, the hook 31 may be inserted in a slot 26 in strap 23 and when handle 28 is then placed downwardly into the position shown in heavy lines in Figure 4, straps `22 and 23 will be pulled together on the upper surface of cover 32 of casket 19 to secure the latter against any vertical movement in container 1. The purpose of providing a plurality of slots 26 in strap 22 is to permit the shortening of the combined lengths of

straps

22 and 23 so that they will be adapted to secure in position in container 1 caskets of varying heights.

In Figures 10, 11 and 12 I have shown a slightly modified form of my device in which the shipping container 33 is constructed of wood carrying a plurality, in this case shown as three, of straps 34 having at their

upper ends hooks

35 and 36 by means of which

eccentric clamps

37 and 38 lock the cover 39 onto the top of the container 33.

In this embodiment the tongues 39, 40, 41 and 42 are formed of strips of wood approximately triangular in cross section and secured to the bottom 43 of the container by screws 44 or other convenient means. The size and location of tongues 39, 40, 41 and 42 is similar to the size and location of

tongues

11, 12, 15 and 16 heretofore described. I provide on the inside of container 33 a strap 45 carrying an eccentric clamp 46 having one end positioned in a slot, not shown, in a strap 47. One end of strap is secured to a bolt 48 in one end of a strap 44, and one end of strap 47 is secured to a bolt 49 extending through the other end of a strap 34. It will be understood that each of the straps 34 have similar straps 45 and 47 secured thereto. Straps 45 and 47 through eccentric clamp 46 function in the same way to secure a casket 50 in the container 33 as do

straps

22 and 23 and eccentric clamp 6 function to secure a casket 19 in container 1.

In Figures 8 and 9 I have shown devices which may be used with caskets having a flat wooden bottom to secure such a casket in a container having a wooden bottom. As shown in Figure 7, a U-shaped tongue 51 having a plurality, in this case shown as eight, of vertically extending prongs 52 is positioned on the bottom 54 of a casket, a fragmentary piece of such bottom 54 with the tongue 51 in position being shown in Fig. 7. An approximately `rtl-shaped tongue 55 having` a substantially U-shaped central portion and depending flanges 56 and 57 carrying on their bottom edges a plurality of depending prongs is positioned on the upper surface of the bottom 59 of a container in a position to receive in the U-shaped portion of the tongue 51, as shown in Figure 7. Altho I have only shown one tongue 51 and one tongue 55 it Will be understood that When a casket is to be secured in a container by means of tongues 51 and 55 a plurality of such tongues Will be used so that the casket Will be held against both longitudinal and lateral movement in relation to the container.

When these last described tongues are used in the manner just described it will be Linderstood that straps similar to straps 22 and 23V Will be secured to the inner surface of the sides of the container so that the casket may be held securely in position on the

tongues

51 and 55. It will also be understood that altho I have shown

tongues

11, 12, 15 and 16 as substantially V-shaped in cross section and have shown tongues 39, 40, 41 and 42 as substantially triangular in cross section, the exact shape of such tongues may be varied as desired. F or example, they may be halfround in cross section, square in cross section or any other shape Which Will permit the positioning of the tongues on the upper surface of the bottom of the container in the recesses or slots in the under surface of the bottom of the casket or other merchandise being shipped.

It Will also be understood that altho I have shown a special arrangement for securing the casket in position on the tongues in the container by means of straps connected by eccentric clamps, other means may be employed to secure the casket in position so that during transportation the tongues in the container cannot move from the slots or recesses in the bottom of the casket.

It will also be understood that the exact Y size and position of the guides and the corresponding slots or recesses may be varied to a considerable degree, the only requirement being that they shall be of such a size and in such positions that they Will prevent relative longitudinal and lateral movement of the casket or other merchandise in relation to the container.

It Will also be understood that means other than the hooks and eccentric clamps herein described may be employed for securing the cover of the container in place, for altho I have shown and described a specific structure and form of part as embodiments of exempliiications of my invention I do not desire to restrict myself to the exact size, shape or relation of parts as various changes may be made Within the scope of the appended claims.

That I claim is:

1. In a shipping container having a bottom and side Walls, a vertically and longitudinally extending tongue on the bottom of the container and a vertically and laterally extending tongue on the bottom of the container, said tongues being in spaced relation to the Walls of the container and being adapted to seat in slots in the bottom of an article being ship ed.

2. n a shipping container having a bottom and side Walls, a vertically and longitudinally extending tongue on the bottom of the container and a vertically and laterally extending tongue on the bottom of the container, said tongues being in spaced relation to the Walls of the container and being adapted to seat in slots in the bottom of an article being shipped, and means adapted to secure an article being shipped in position on such tongues.

3. In a shipping container having a bottom and side walls, a vertically extending tongue on the bottom of the container, and a second vertically extending tongue on the bottom of the container in angular relation to the first mentioned tongue, said tongues being in spaced relation to the Walls of the container and being adapted to seat in slots in the bottom of an article being shipped.

4. In a shipping container having a bottoni and side Walls, a vertically extending tongue on the bottom of the container, a second vertically extending tongue on the bottom of the container in angular relation to the first mentioned tongue, said tongues being in spaced relation to the Walls of the container and being adapted to seatin slots in the bottom of an article being shipped, and means adapted to secure an article being shipped in position on such tongues.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of October, 1928.

FRANK E. BARBER.