US1999664A

US1999664A - Shipping or carrying box or carton

Info

Publication number: US1999664A
Application number: US432748A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lawrence W Reaume
Original assignee: RIVER RAISIN PAPER Co
Current assignee: RIVER RAISIN PAPER Co
Priority date: 1930-03-03
Filing date: 1930-03-03
Publication date: 1935-04-30
Anticipated expiration: 1952-04-30

Description

@HBH 3&1 H935. LW. REAUME H,999,664

SHIPPING OR CARRYING BOX OR CARTON Filed March 5, 195o 5 sheets-sheet 1 5a 4 4/ ;gj: |415 ,a7

INVENTOR April 30, 1935. L. w. REAUME 1,999,664

SHIPPING OR CARRYING BOX OR CARTON 53 INVENTOR n azz/rence lfkfeayme.

April 3o, 1935. I L, w, REAUME O 1,999,664

SHIPPING OR CARRYING. BOX OR CARTON Filed March 3, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

Lau/rence W/eavme.

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Patented Apr. 30, 1935 FICE SHIPPING on casarme Box on cAa'roN Lawrence W. Reaume, Monroe, Mich., assignor to River Raisin Paper Company, a corporation of Michigan Application March 3, 1930, Serial No. 432,748

10- Claims.

The present invention relates to boxes or cartons and particularly to that class thereof formed from paper, composition board or strawboard, the principal object being the provision of a box or carton of this type of a new and novel construction formed in a new and novel manner.

Another object is to provide a box of the type described including internal partition members integral with the sides of the box.

Another object is the provision of a box of the type described provided with integral carrying handles.

Another object is to provide a box of the type described in which a partition member is extended to form a carrying handle.

Another object is to provide a box of the type described having carrying handles and in which the weight of the articles enclosed within the box are supported from the handle independently of the sides of the box.

Another object is to provide a handled box of the type described having a partition member provided with a flange at the lower end thereof through which the weight of the articles within the box are transmitted through the partition member to the handles.

Another object is to provide a box of the type described formed in a novel manner whereby to permit the insertion of separator members between the articles to be carried by the box.

Another object is to provide a new and novel method of forming a blank to provide a box of the type described.

Another object is to provide a box of the type described having carrying handles formed integrally therewith and adapted to be pasted down during shipment whereby substantially no additional space will be required for such box because of such handles.

Other objects will be apparent in the following specication reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of the blank for the carton or box showing the same cut where necessary and creased on the various lines about which the various portions are to be bent.

Fig. 2 is a view of the blank shown in Fig. 1 in which the two main partition portions are shown bent up into their final relationship with respect to the side members and their corresponding bottom portions being bent perpendicular to the sides and to the partition portions.

Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the carton after the next step of operation in which the two side portions of the box have been bent into perpendicular relationship with respect to the intervening end portion of the box, the remaining end portion of the box remaining in the plane of its connected side portion, and one of the separator 5 members being shown in the operation of being inserted in place and the other separator member being shown in place.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4 after the next step of operation, in which the separator members are completely inserted, the near side of the box has been bent over into its proper relation perpendicular to the side portions, the bottom flaps have been bent up into contact with the bottom of the carton, and the top naps have been bent over from the ends of the box, the side aps being shown projecting vertically upwardly.

Fig. '1 is a bottom view of Fig. 6. 20

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 6 in which the upper ends of the side flaps have been bent over to provide tuck-ins, as indicated in dotted lines, and these side naps ,have then been bent down over the top of the box. 25

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the blanks folded for shipment, the method of bending the various parts into shape during the folding operation being shown by dotted lines.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the carton filled and with the carrying handles pasted down for shipment.

Fig. 1l is a view similar to Fig. 10 except that the carrying ilaps have been released by cutting the securing tape and bent up into position to 35 serve as a handle, part of the box being broken away; and Figs. 12-15 show alternative features.

It is commonly recognized that considerable expense is involved in the shipment of bottled goods because of the liability of breakage during 40 transit, thus making it necessary to exercise considerable caution in the form, type and construction of the containers in which the bottles are shipped.

Furthermore, it is commonly recognized that after such bottle goods have once reached their destination in the retail store, the customer experiences considerable annoyance and risk in transporting such goods from the store to his home because of the relative weight of the articles and the difficulty of suitably supporting them. The principal object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved type of carton or box for shipping such goods in transit between the place of manufacture and the store,

which will result in economy to both the manufacturer and the consumer by reason ot greater safety in shipment and greater ease in handling. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a box or carton of the type described which will permit a customer to carry the bottles from the store to his home in an easy and convenient manner and without the usual dangers incident to such carrying. Although the present invention is described in connection with the shipment and carrying o! bottled goods and has been designed particularly with this end in view, it will be obvious that it is not to be restricted solely to the carrying of bottled goods, as it is equally adapted for the carrying of other goods either in bottles or in any other form oi container.

'I'he various features going to make up this box or carton are shown in the accompanying drawings. The particular box shown in the accompanying drawings is designed for the carrying oi' six bottles or other containers, it being understood that this particular container is shown merely for the purpose of illustration and that the same features of construction may be employed for a like container adapted to carry two or more bottles or other articles.

In Fig. 1 is shown the blank previous to bending, cut where necessary and creased along the lines about which the various portions are adapted to be bent. This blank is formed from a square or rectangular sheet, depending upon the particular size of the box, of any suitable material such as is commonly employed for making such boxes and which material may be of heavy paper, straw-board, composition-board or the like.

As indicated in Fig. 1, the blank is laid out to provide two

side portions

25 and 26, two end portions 21 and 28, the end portion 21 separating the

side portions

25 and 26, and the end portion 28 being integrally secured along one edge to the side portion 26. The side portion 25 has integrally secured thereto at its upper end a top iiap portion 29 terminating at its upper edge in a tuck-in portion 30. The side portion 26 is provided with a corresponding top flap 3| and tuck-in portion 32. Integrally secured to the lower edge of the side portion 25 is a bottom flap 33 to which is integrally connected the partition member 34, which in turn is provided with an integral handle portion 35. The side portion 26 is provided with

corresponding portions

36, 31 and 36. The end portion 21 is provided at its upper edge with the integrally connected top ap portion 39 and at its lower edge the bottom ilap portion 40. The end portion 28 is provided with corresponding top ilap portion 4| and corresponding bottom flap portion 42. The bottom ilap portions 46 and 42 are provided to reinforce the bottom of the carton.

'I'he side portion 25 and the end portion 21 are separated by the crease 43, the end portion 21 and side portion 26 by the crease 44, and the side portion 26 and the end portion 26 by the crease 45. The side portion 25 is separated from its corresponding top flap 29 by the crease 46 and the flap portion 29 from its corresponding tuck-in 30 by the crease 41. Corresponding creases 48 and 49 are provided between the side portion 26 and its top flap 3| and between the flap 3| and its corresponding tuck-in portion 32. The side portion 25 is separated from its corresponding bottom flap 33 by the crease 50, the bottom flap 33 from the partition member 34 by the crease 5| and the partition member 34 from its corresponding handle portion 35 by the crease 52. The side portion 26 is separated from its corresponding bottom ilap 36, the bottom flap 36 from the correspondingpartltion member 61, and the partition member 31 from its corresponding handle portion 36 by the creases 53, 64 and l5 respectively. Ihe end portion 21 is separated from its corresponding top ilap 36 by the crease 56 and from its corre'- ing top and bottom naps 4| and 42 by the corresponding creases 56 and 59.

The top iiaps 36 for the end portion 21 are severed from connection with the adjacent

top ilaps

26 and 3| along the

lines

65 and 66 respectively, and in turn are separated from each other by the slot 61 extending perpendieularly to the crease 56. 'I'he top ilap portions 4| for the end portion 26 are separated from each other by a corresponding slot 66 and the left hand top ilap portion 4|, as viewed in Fig. 1, from the adiacent top ilap portion 3| along the line 66. The bottom ilap portions 46 and 42 oi the side portions 21 and 26 are severed from the

adjacent bottom ilaps

36 and 36 and

corresponding partition portions

34 and 31 along the line '16. The bottom flaps 33 and 35 .of the

side portions

25 and 26 respectively are completely severed into three equal portions by means of the slot 1|, which extend a material distance into the corresponding partition'

members

34 and 31. Separating or spacing members 12 are severed completely from the blank as illustrated and each oi these separating members 12 is provided with a central slot 16 as indicated.

The parts shown in Fig. 1, with the exception of the usual paper orfabric tape employed i'or holding the box together after assembly, are all the parts that are necessary in making up the completed box. It is quite clear from an inspection of Fig. 1 that substantially no waste of material occurs in making up the box from sheets of paper or other material and for this reason the box is relatively economical to produce.

After the blank and the separators 12 have been formed as indicated in Fig. 1, the next step oi operation is to form the blank as shown in Fig. 2 in which the

bottom flap portions

33 and 36 respectively have been'bent about the lines 56 and 53 respectively perpendioularly to the

corresponding side members

25 and 26, and the

partition members

34 and 31 have been bent perpendicularly with respect to the bottom iiaps 33 and 36 respectively about the corresponding creases 5| and 54 into spaced and parallel relationship with respect to the

corresponding side portions

25 and 26 respectively.

The next step of operation, as indicated in Figs. 4 and 5, is to bend the side portion 25 about the crease 43 into perpendicular relationship with respect to the end portion 21 and to bend the side portion 26 about the crease 44 into perpendicular relationship with the end portion 21 so as to bring the

sides

25 and 26 into spaced and parallel rela.- tionship. The bottom flaps 33 being substantially half the width of the end portion 21 thus bring the

partition members

34 and 31 into contacting relationship on the corresponding vertical central plane of the box. When the blank is thus bent into this condition the slots 1| in the bottom flap 33 and corresponding partition portion 34 are brought into alignment with the corresponding slots 1| in the complementary bottom flap 36 and partition member 31. 'I'he separators 12 may now be inserted if desired, they being inserted into the bottom of the box with the slotted end upward, the opposite sides of the slot 13 embracing opposite sides of the now contacting

partition members

34 and 31 above the top of the slots 'Il which now extend upwardly from the bottom of the box, and the unslotted lower portion of the separators 12 being received within the corresponding slots l l, the partition members l2 being Y thus disposed in perpendicular relationship with respect to the partition members 34 and cooperating with the partition members, sides and ends of the box to divide the interior thereof into six compartments, each one of which is adapted to receive a bottle or other object.

The next step of operation, as illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7, is to bend the end portion 28 about the crease 35 so as to bridge the space between the corresponding edge of the side 26 and the free edge of the side 33, in which position it may be suitably maintained by applying a suitable tape such as 33 (illustrated in Figs. 9, 10 and 11), bending up the bottom flaps 40 and 32 about the corresponding creases 5l and 53 into contact with the bottom iiaps 33 and 36 in which position they may be secured by applying a suitable strip of tape Bl, as illustrated in Fig. '7, and bending the top naps 33 and 3l about their respective creases 55 and 53 so as to overlie the top of the box, the slots tl and 33 embracing opposite sides of the

handle portions

35 and 33 respectively, as will be apparent.

The next step of operation is to bend the tuckins 33 and 32 inwardly about their corresponding creases 33 and d3 and then bending the top iiaps 33 and 3l about their corresponding creases d6 and d3 so as to overlie the now bent over flaps 33 and 3l, and with the tuck-

ins

30 and 32 lnserted between the

partitions

35 and 33 and the adjacent edges of the aps 33 and 4l, as illustrated in Fig. 8.

The box is now completed and the handle por- "ions 3ft and 3l are projecting upwardly where they may be readily grasped by the hand for the purpose of carrying the box. In order to facilitate grasping the

handle portions

35 and 38 they are each provided with openings 82 through which the fingers may be passed. If it is desired to insert bottles or other objects into the box the flaps 23, 3l, 33 and EH may be bent back so as to expose the interior of -the box and permit the insertion of the objects, after which they may be bent back into place. For the purpose of making it easier to open the flaps 33 and 3l, fingerholds such as 33 are preferably provided in the same.

It will be apparent with this construction that in picking up the box through the handles. the weight of the contents, which necessarily rest upon the

flaps

33 and 33, is transmitted directly to the partition members 34 and 3l of which the handles form a part and lie in the same plane, so that the entire Weight of the contents is carried directly through the partition members 34 and 3l independently of the sides and ends of the box. This makes a construction which is exceedingly strong for a box of this type because when the box and its contents are being carried by the handle the sides of the box are entirely relieved from strain during such carriage. In fact it is possible to completely sever the blank along the creases 50 and 53 without materially affecting the box in this respect, for in such case the weight of the articles in the box still rests upon the

flaps

33 and 36 which serve to directly transmit the weight of the articles through the

partition members

34 and 31 to the handles as described.

When this box is employed for shipping articles between the manufacturer and the retailer, the

handle portions

35 and 38 are preferably bent outwardly and downwardly into contact with the top of the box as illustrated in Fig. 10, and maintained in such position by suitable tape such as 85. When the retailer sells a box of such articles to a customer all that is necessary is to clip'the tape 85, bend the

handle portions

35 and 38 up into contact with each other as illustrated in Fig. l1, in which condition the customer may easily and safely transport the articles to his home. It will be noted that in shipment or carrying of any type in the particular construction shown, the articles on one side of the box will be separated from the articles on the other side of the box by a double thickness' of material comprising the

partition members

34 and 31, and that each article on each side of the box will be separated from the adjacent article by a single thickness of material comprising the separators l2. Likewise, the articles will be protected at the top and bottom of the box by at least two thicknesses of material, and at the top when the handle portions are bent downwardly for Vshipping by three thicknesses of material. This construction therefore results in a carton or box 'which amply protects bottles or other goods from shock and jars incident to shipping, and may be made of a size whereby a convenient number of articles may be handled as a unit.

In the forms shown in Figs. 12-15, in order to obviate any sealing of either the bottom flaps or the top flaps, side members and 26' being interconnected with partition members 34', 3l', (carrying handle members 35', 38') by half-bottom members 33' and 36', tuck-in tabs 4U', 40" are shown as provided at the bottom of the end member 27'; and similar tabs 42' and 42" are shown at the bottom of the end member 28. 'I'he separateness of these tabs adapts them to be so inserted as to overlie the respective half-bottom members 33' and 36', and to so interlock with partition members 34' and 31' (entering slots 33', 3l', preferably V-shaped, between the respective pairs of tabs) as normally to hold all parts at the base of the box in their intended relationship upon the application of the strip 33', or equivalent stapling or the like.

In these forms, to obviate the provision of any closed-end slots in the main blank, for the reception of bottle-separating members, the mentioned tabs, instead of terminating as suggested by lines 88', 83, may be provided with extensions 83', 39" and 90', 33"; or, if preferred, removable inserts 3|' may be used. In case the main members 34', 3l are provided with openings 92', 93', in the same vertical plane with openings 83', 83" (used to manipulate top members 29', 3I'; which are shown as carrying tuckf in flaps 32' and as overlying end-carried ilaps 39', 4l') either of the described constructions will be seen to permit the use of a band element 94', in the manner suggested in Fig. 4,- whether to prevent tampering after bottles are inserted or to carry an identifying name, number, trade-mark, or the like, or to facilitate carrying the box even without disturbing the tapes It will be obvious that although seals and reinforcing strips are appropriate to single-box shipments or to shipments to remote destinations. they may frequently be omitted-as when,

say, a half-dozen of these boxes are enclosed within a suitable case to constitute a larger unit; and in case the cartons are to be used for specialized purposes (such, as for example, the carrying o! lunches, dictograph cylinders, or the like) not only the dimensions but the reenforcement of the cartons will naturally be adapted thereto.

In shipping either box thus described from the box manufacturer to the manufacturer of the articles to be shipped, the blank may be suitably bent so as to require a minimum amount ot work on the part of the article manufacturer to place it in proper condition to receive his articles and such that the box will consume a minimum amount oi space between the box manufacturer and the article manufacturer. The preferable method of doing this is illustrated in Fig. 9. in which the blank as illustrated in Fig. l is bent in the following manner. The partition members 34 and 3l are bent upwardly into contact with their

corresponding side members

25 and 26 about the corresponding creases 5I and I4. With the partition members in this position the blank is then bent about the creases I3 and 45 so as to bring the side portion 25 fiat against the end portion 21 and a portion of the side portion 26 and the end portion 28 flat against the endportion 26, the free edges oi.' the side 25 and the end 28 coming into abutting relationship, in which position they are secured together by means oi the tape 80 previously described. With the blank in this position the bending operations previously described may be carried out with suitable variations necessarily accompanying this change.

Formal changes may be made in the speciilc embodiment of the invention described without departing from the spirit and substance of the broad invention, the scope of vwhich is commensurate with the appended claims.

What I claim is:

l. In combination, a carton, an internal partition therein integrally connected to opposite sides of said box through bottom members, said bottom members and said partition being slotted, and separator members inserted into said carton through said slots positioned perpendicularly to the plane of said partition.

2. In combination, a carton, an internal partition therein comprising a pair oi members lying in back-to-back relationship, an outwardly extending fiange integrally secured to each of said members, said flanges being slotted perpendicularly to said members and said members being slotted in line with the slots in said flanges and perpendicularly to said flanges, and slotted separator members received in said carton through said slots embracing both of said partition members. and being embraced in turn by said partition members.

3. A carton comprising a pair of internal partition members, each having a plurality of slots therein, a pair of bottom members integral with the partition members, each having a plurality of openings therein co-acting with the slots in the partition members, a pair of side members integral with the bottom members, a pair of end members each having inwardly extending top and bottom flaps, and a pair oi' top members coacting with the top ilaps to form a cover for the carton.

4. A carton comprising a pair of internal partition members, each having a plurality of slots therein, a pair of bottom members integral with the partition members, each having a plurality of openings therein co-acting with the slots in the partition members, a pair o! side members integral with the bottom members, a pair o! end members, each having inwardly extending top and bottom naps, a pair o! members co-acting with the top ilaps to form a cover tor the carton, and a plurality ot inserts disposed in the carton, through the openings in the bottom member. v

5. In combination, a carton comprising an internal partition integrally connected on opposite sides oi' the box to bottom members. said bottom members and said partition being slotted, a plurality of separator members inserted into said carton through saidslots, a pair of end members having inwardly extending slotted ilaps, a portion' of each flap positioned on opposite sides o! the partition member.

6. In combination, a carton comprising a pair ot internal partition members projecting through the top of said carton to form a carrying handle, each partition member being provided with a plurality of slotted portions, a pair of bottom members having a plurality of slotted portions therein co-acting with the slotted portions ot f the partition members, a pair of side members integral with the bottom members, a plurality of separator members each having a centrally disposed slot therein positioned in the carton through the slot oi the bottom members, a pair oi end members each having a slotted top nap centrally disposed over the partition members, a pair oi inwardly extending bottom naps for rigidly supporting the carton, and a pair of top portions integral with the side members, having downwardly extending portions contacting with the partition members to form a cover for the carton.

7. A carton comprising end walls and side walls, said side walls having tabs at one end bent toward each other to form a bottom, and then upwardly into the carton in close relation to form a partition between the end walls, said end walls having similar tabs overlapping the bottom formed by the side wall tabs and a loose, upwardly open U shape separator at each side of the` partition and adapted to be disposed between the end walls, whereby the upwardly extending legs constitute partition walls and the bottom of the separator a support for a bottle, and by disposing a bottle in the separator, the latter readily may be moved to proper position by manipulating the bottle.

8. A carton comprising a pair of end and a pair of side walls, said side walls being bent over at their bottom edges to substantially the center of the carton and then upwardly in back-to-back relation to form a partition between the end walls, the end walls at their bottom edges having inwardly bent bottom portions overlapping the bent-over bottom portions of the side walls, and each bent over bottom portion of the end walls terminating in a pair oi upwardly projecting portions disposed respectively at opposite sides of the partition, such upwardly projecting portions on both end Walls being spaced along the partition and in commotion with the latter dividing the carton into six bottle-receiving spaces, centrally located back-to-back handle portions integral with the side walls and projecting above the carton in substantial alignment with the partiy 9. A carton comprising end and side walls, an

internal partition extending between one pair of opposed walls and comprising members disposed in back-to-back relation and having outwardly and oppositely directed anges at the bottom edge thereof for supporting bottles or the like, said partition members having vertically aligned slots in their lower portions and which terminate below the upper -edges of the members, and loose separator members extending transversely of the partition members and through the aligned slots to provide individual bottle spaces at each side of the partition.

10. A container comprising joined side and end walls, the side walls each having integral halfsize bottom flaps, each having an extension forming an upstanding partition member in face to face contact with each other and projecting above the top of the container, the projecting portions having registering hand hole conformations, each end wall having slotted iiaps con- 1 nected to the lower ends thereof and resting on said bottom iiaps, and the sides of the slots em- 10 bracing the upstanding partition members.

LAWRENCE W. REAUME.