US2053212A

US2053212A - Receptacle

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Publication number: US2053212A
Application number: US42323A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank E Wakefield
Original assignee: Evans Case Co
Current assignee: Evans Case Co
Priority date: 1935-09-26
Filing date: 1935-09-26
Publication date: 1936-09-01
Anticipated expiration: 1953-09-01

Description

F. E. WAKEFIELD RECEPTACLE Filed Sept. 26, 1935 1'. "1117111. VII

Sept. 1, 1936.

Patented Sept. 1, 1936 PATENT OFFICE RECEPTACLE Frank E. Wakefield, North Attleboro, Mass., as-

signor to Evans Case Company, North Attleboro, Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Application September 26, 1935, Serial No. 42,323

7 Claims.

The receptacle of the present invention includes a cover which may. be hinged to the receptacle and may be adapted to be held in its closed position. The closure for the cover may be released and the cover opened for access to the interior of the receptacle.

Such receptacles are capable of use for any purpose but in order to clearly show one adaptation of the invention it may be. described in connection with the receptacle especially adapted for holding cigarettes. In such a receptacle there may be a more or less rectangular bottom associated with substantially vertical side walls to one of which the cover may be hinged and an other of which may be provided with a catch for holding the cover closed.

An important phase of the present invention relates'to the catch for the cover and the means for holding it in position and for releasing the catch. In many such devices now in use the catch is resiliently fastened to one side of the receptacle and means are provided for causing the catch to moverelative to the side of thereceptacle torelease the cover. The present invention contemplates a catch integral with or fastened to a wall of the receptacle, the wall itself being adapted to swing or move so as to move the catch out of engagement with the cover. The movement'of the side wall of the'member may be limited by stops and may be provided with means for holding the side member and the catch in a predetermined position.

In the-accompanying drawing is shown a specific form embodying the invention.

Figure l is a front elevation of a receptacle showing the cover closed.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. 1 but showing the cover opened.

Fig. B-is an enlarged fragmentary section of a portion of .Fig. 2 indicating means for biasing the cover toward opening position.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary horizontalsection of one corner of the receptacle portions being broken away.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a-vertical section on the line 66 of Fig. 4, and

Fig-5? is a fragmentaryv Yertical section of one corner of the receptacle.

The receptacle may consist of a bottom member ID from which rises the back member II and the side or end members l2. The members II and, I2 may be integral with the bottom member ID or may be suitably attached thereto in any well known manner. Associated with the end members l2 are shown covering end frame members I3 which may be provided with suitable ornamental coverings l4 although this is not essential to and forms no part of the present invention. Mounted on the hinge l5 carried. by the back member H is the cover Hi. The mechanisms so far-described may be of any suitable well known construction. In the hinge member I5 is illustrated in Fig. 3 a spring I1 which tends to hold the cover IS in open position although this is not essential to the invention. At the front of the bottom member II is provided a channel or groove IS in which rests and has a bearing the member [9 forming the front wall of I the receptacle. The member l9 may be mounted in. any suitable way to swing in the bearing channel l8 its movement being preferably limited as hereinafter indicated. The member l9 preferably will be supported inits swinging bearings by any suitable means in such a way that it is normally biased to the vertical position illustrated in Fig. 2 in which-position'it is adapted to engage and hold the cover for instance by interlocking with the catch member which in order to form a. neat closure may extend from end to end of the top member l6and which is shown as downwardly projecting therefrom. There may be bearings for the member I9 at each end. In Fig. '7 one. bearing member 2| is illustrated as resting-in the bearing 22 provided in the end frame 13. The front member l9 consists of a flat plate having ends 23 the face of which engages the front rims 24 of the end frame members 13 as illustrated more particularly in Fig. 4. Carried by the-end members l2 are tubes 25 in which are springs 26 against which rest pins 21 the front ends of which rest against the inner side or face of the front member IS. The springs 26-are so arranged that normally they force the pins2'l-outward so as to hold the front member 19 against the stops 24 and in the substantially vertical position illustrated in Fig. 2. Running throughout the length of the front member 19 is a rib or projecting member 28. Associated inany suitable way with the front member I9 so as to move with it is a catch 29. This is illustrated as rising" from theiupper edge of the front. member l9-to which it may be attached or withwhl'ch it may be integral. The exact position and length of the catch 29 is not material to the present invention. As illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 the catch 29 may be centrally arranged on the front plate I 9 and may extend for a short distance only. It is only necessary that the catches fully closed in which position the lower edge of the catch will be below the hook of the catch 29 which will be forced forward and in engagement with the catch 20 by ,the pins'21 as soon as the catch 20 passes below the beveled face 30 of the catch 29. In this position the cover I6 is held closed until released bymovement of the catch 29. This releasing movement of the catch 29 may be effected by swinging the front plate IS on its bearings against the pins 21 whose movement is allowed by contracting the springs 26. The swinging movement of the front plate I!) may be accomplished by pressure upon the ridge or rib 28. While not essential to all phases of the invention it will be noted that the rib 28 is shown as extending from end to end of the front member l9. It results, therefore, that it is not necessary to find any particular point on the length of the front member l9 to apply pressure to release the catch. Pressure on any part of the rib 28 at anywhere throughout its length will cause the front member H) to swing on'its pivots and release the catch 29. It will be noted that the front end of the tube is not far removed from the front member 19. It thus may act as a stop for'the inward movement of the front member l9 which is thus free to swing between projecting members 24 and the ends of the tubes 25 which act as stops for the movement of the front member I9 in opposite directions.

The details of construction illustrated and described are not essential to the invention which may be embodied in many forms.

I claim as my invention: I H

1. A receptacle comprising a four sided base member, three vertical side members rigidly fastened to the base member enclosing three sides of the base, a top member, a spring hinge connecting one side of the top member to one of the side members constructed and arranged to normally bias the top to open position, a catch depending from the opposite side of thetop member, rigid stops at the ends of the two side members' at the fourth side of the base, channels on the said two side members, plungers in the channels, springs in the channels pressing the plungers toward the stops, a fourth side member swinging between" the plungers and the stops, a catch on the fourth side member engaging the catch on the top member when pressed toward the stops, and a longitudinal ridge extending through the entire length of the fourth side member so arranged that pressure on any part of the ridge will release-the catch and allow the top to move to'open position.

,2. A receptacle comprising a base member, side members rigidly-fastened to the basemember enclosing all but one'side of the base and leaving the other side open, a top member hinged on 2.

- -will release the catch and allow the top to move to open position.

3. A receptacle comprising a base member, side members rigidly fastened to the base member enclosing all but one side of the base, a top member hinged to one of the side members normally bi-' ased to open position, a catch on the top member, rigid stops at the ends of the side members at the ',:open side of the base, an additional side member hinged at its bottom to swing between the stops, and a catch onthe last mentioned side member biased to engage the catch on the top member, so constructed and arranged that pressure anywhere along the length of the last mentioned side member will release thecatch and allow the top to move to open position. w

4. A receptacle comprising a top member and side members, a spring hinge for the top member constructed and arranged to normally'bias the top to open position, a catch on the top member, rigid stops at the ends of two side members, chan nels on the two side members, plungers in the channels, springs in the channels pressing the plungers toward the stops, a side member swinging between the plungers and the stops, a catch on the swinging side member engaging the catch on the top member when pressed toward the stops, and a longitudinal ridge extending through the entire length of the swinging side member so arrangedthat pressure on any part of the ridge will release the catch and allow the top to move to open position.

5. In a receptacle having a top, a substantially rigid side member hinged at its bottom to swing toa limited extent in an inward direction, means on the side member to engage the top, means for biasing the side member in one direction to engage and hold closed the top so constructed and arranged that pressure on the side member will release the top.

6. In a receptacle having a top, a substantially rigid side member hinged at its bottom to swing in an inward direction, means on the side member to engage the top, means for resiliently biasing the side member in one direction to cause the engaging means to hold the top closed, and a pressure ridge extending longitudinally along the side member so constructed and arranged that pressure at any point on it will release the top.

7. In a receptacle having a top, a bottom, three rigid side walls and a fourth open side, a substantially rigid side member closing the open side and hinged to swing to a limited extent, means on the side member to engage the top, and means for biasing the' side member in one direction to engage and hold closed the top so constructed and. arrangedthat pressure on the side member will release the top.

l FRANK E. WAKEFIELD.