US1895005A

US1895005A - Hairpin package

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Publication number: US1895005A
Application number: US602433A
Authority: US
Inventors: James A O'brien
Original assignee: De Long Hook & Eye Co
Current assignee: De Long Hook & Eye Co; DE LONG HOOK AND EYE Co
Priority date: 1932-04-01
Filing date: 1932-04-01
Publication date: 1933-01-24
Anticipated expiration: 1950-01-24

Description

Jan. 24, 1933. J. A. QBRIEN 1,895,005

' HAIRPIN PACKAGE Filed Agril l, 1932- r I as shown in Fig. 2;

Patented Jan. 24, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE JAMES A. OIBRIEN, OF BOSEMONT, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE DE LONG HOOK AND EYE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENN- SYLVANIA HAIRPIN Application filed April 1,

This invention relates to a method of packaging hairpins and the package produced thereby, and is particularly appllcable to hairpins made from a section of flattened wire stock bent approximately midway of Its length to provide two substantially parallel leg portions connected'by a loop.

In packages of this general character heretofore known and used the hairpins have been more or less loosely mounted so that they are easily disarranged before the packages reach the purchaser in the usual trade channels. It is therefore an object of the invention to so support the pins within the package that they are held in a predetermined position and may not be easily disarranged. It is a further object of the 1nvention to provide a package in which the pins are supported upon one edge of the material of which the package is formed and in such a manner that a portion of the package material is folded about the loops of the pins to retain them in position. It is a still further object of the invention to provide a simple and inexpensive method for packaging hairpins whereby they may be fu ly protected within the package and not easily dlS- arranged therein.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference may be made to the accompanying drawin wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the sheet of material from which the package is made;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the sheet with the pin supporting port-ion partly folded and the pins in place thereon;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken-through the partially formed package Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the pin supporting portion of the sheet, with the pins thereon, in completely folded condition.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the completed package; and

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken transversely of the completed package shown in Fig. 5.

In forming the package constituting my invention, I utilize a sheet 10 of foldable material which is sufficiently rigid to give the requisite protection to such a package as it PACKAGE 1932. Serial No. 602,433.

is handled in ordinary channels of commerce- This'sheet may be made from cardboard of light weight, and is preferably of elongat :l .shape with a length approximating three times the length of the pins to be packaged therein. In forming this sheet of material it is preferable to crease the same along two transverse lines 1112 and 13-14 in order that the sheet may be readily folded on these lines to form three substantially rectangular portions, the pin supporting portion 15, the intermediate portion 16, and the flap portion 17. A slit 18 is provided in the p1n supporting portion 15 and this slit extends transversely of the sheet in a direction generally parallel to the lines of fold and terminates short of the lateral edges of the sheet as shown in the various figures of the drawing.

In the formation of the package a plurality of pins 19 are mounted upon the pin supporting portion 15 so that the

legs

20 and 21 of the pins are on opposite-sides of the supporting portion with the loops 22 thereof in engagement with the free edge 23 of this portion. The ends 24 of the legs 20 on one side of the supporting portion are extended through the slit 18, and, as will be noted, the pins are arranged in such adjoining relation alongside each other on the supporting portion of the package that they are not readily displaceable, particularly after the package is completed.

While it is preferable to position the pins upon the supporting portion 15 before this portion is folded along the line 1112 into the posit on shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing it will be understood that'the sequence of these operations is not material to the invention, and that the pins may be positioned on the supporting portion 15 after this portion has been folded substantially into the position shown in Fig. 4.

After the pins have been mounted upon the supporting portion 15 as described, and this portion, with the pins thereon, has been folded into overlying relation with respect to edge 25 of this flap is inserted in the slit 18 as shown in Fig. 5. In thus folding the flap portion 17 about the free edge of the supporting portion 15, the inner faces of the flap portion 17 and the intermediate portion 16 contact closely with the pins ad acent the loops thereof as shown at 26 and 2 and thus serve to retain the pins in their proper posiiion upon the supporting portion of the sheet in the completed package. lln order that the flap portion 17 may he readily inserted within the slit 18, the corners may be removed as.

indicated at 28 and 29 to form a tab 30, or the entire side edges of the flap portion may be tapered for the same purpose.

By means of the structure herein described 1 provide a package in which the pins are supported in such a manner that they are not easily displaced from their proper position in the package, and by the use of a single sheet of material a ackage is made in which portions of the ac age wrapper serve to retain the pins int eir proper position. While the package has been designed particularly for use with hairpins, it will he understood that it is likewise adapted for use in packaging other similar articles.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a hairpin ackage, an elongated sheet of rigid material olded on two lines extending transversely thereof to provide three "overlying rectangular portions of substantially equal length, one of the end portions having a slit extending transversely thereof adjacent a line of fold, a plurality of hairpins mounted astride the edge of said end portion with the ends of the legs on one side of said portion extending through said slit and the loops in engagement with said edge, the free edge of the opposite end portion being inserted within said slit.

2. In a hairpin package, a sheet of rigid material having one end thereof reversely folded upon itself to provide a supporting portion with a length substantially equal to the length of the hairpins, said supporting. portion having a slit extending transversely thereof adjacent the line of fold, a plurality of hairpins mounted astride said end portion with the loops thereof in engagement with the edge of said portion and the ends of the legs on the outer faceof said portion extend ing through said slit, the opposite end of said sheet being reversely folded about the edge of the supporting portion into engagement with the pins and having its free edge inserted within said slit.

3. A hairpin package comprising an elongated sheet of rigid material folded upon itself to provide a pin supporting portion, said pin supporting portion having a transverse slit therein terminating short of the lateral edges, a plurality of pins mounted astride the. pin supporting portion with the loops in engagement with the free edge thereof and the en s of the legs on the outer face of the pin supporting portion extendin through said slit, the opposite end of said sheet being folded about the loops of the pins and having a tab thereon inserted in said slit.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

JAMES A. O'BRIEN.