US2122588A

US2122588A - Package

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Publication number: US2122588A
Application number: US121736A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edward J Ruff
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1937-01-22
Filing date: 1937-01-22
Publication date: 1938-07-05
Anticipated expiration: 1955-07-05

Description

July 5, 1938. E, J, RUFF 2,122,588

PACKAGE Filed Jan. 22, 1937 H INVENTOR 5 I] EDWARD J. RUFF F diww W,

ATTORNEYS Patented July 5, 193a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 11 Claims.

The invention relates to a vendable package for use in selling a stack of mints, or other confections, or similar merchandise associated with cigarettes, and which will provide a container or i skeleton form of receptacle for receiving a package of cigarettes.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive form of merchandise package which may be used either alone or in combination with a standard form of cigarette package to provide a self-supporting article of commerce which combination article can be conveniently carried aboutin the pocket or bag of the purchaser.

Another object is to provide a structure of vendable merchandise containing package which both alone and when united with a cigarette or like package will provide a broad bottom support for maintaining either the basic vendable pack- :0 age or such package with the cigarette package in upstanding position.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a merchandise containing paper box which in its relation to the usual semi-flexible cigarette package will tend to reinforce the cigarette package against accidental collapsing action which might tend to injure the contained cigarettes.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will be in part obvious from an inspection of the accompanying drawing and in part will be more fully set forth in the following particular description of one form of the package embodying the invention, and the invention also consists in certain new and novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. l is a view of a preferred embodiment of the invention with parts of one side broken away to show contained merchandise and with the cigarette package receiving bracket in its closed, collapsed position;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 with the bracket in its distended position ready to receive the 45 package of cigarettes and with the top of the box open; w

Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of the structure shown in Fig 2 with a package of cigarettes mounted in position in the bracket and with a package of matches hung from a side or strap element of the bracket;

Fig. 4 is a view in end elevation of the showing in Fig. 3 looking at the same from the right hand side;

55 Fig. 5 is a plan view of the paper blank from lar box l0 provided with a hinged open top I i and a normally closed bottom l2, the latter providing 1 a broad fiat supporting base. The box l0 contains a column l3 of confections such as the mints used by smokers to purify their breath. Hingedly mounted on the box I0 is a paper bracket M which includes a bottom strip IS, an upstanding strip Hi from opposite upper sides of which extend a pair of arms l1 and coacting with the strip I6 to form a strap horizontally extending for encircling the exposed .sides of the cigarette package hereinafter described. The free ends of the arms I! and I8 are intruded in slits l9 and formed on opposite sides of the box and are provided with hook ends 2| which prevent accidental separation of the arms l1 and N from the box. The parts of the bracket are so proportioned that when in the distended position shown in Fig. 2 there may be fitted therein a package 22 of cigarettes, or other prepackaged merchandise, and the parts are so arranged that one side 23 of the cigarette package abuts and in turn is reinforced and protected by the adjacent side 24 of the box. The package 22 is provided with a bottom side 25 which rests on the bottom strap l5 to weight the same so that the bottom of the cigarette package is in effect a continuation of the base l2 of the box I0.

While it is obvious that the structure hereinbeforedescribed may be variously formed, it is herein suggested that it be formed from a paper blank such as shown in Fig. 5. This blank includes a rectangular paper body portion 28 scored along the parallel lines 21 to form-five rectangular sections 28-32 inclusive. The section 28 is provided with two spaced apart aligned slots 33- 34 and the section 32 is provided with a pair of

outstanding locking fingers

35 and 36 adapted to engage respectively in the

slots

33 and 34 to interlock the two

parts

28 and 32 forming the side 24 of the box as shown in Fig. 2. Each of the sections 29 and 3|. is provided with extensions from relatively opposite edges of the body portion 26 suitably scored to form the top H and bottom it. The upper edges of the

sections

30 and 32 are provided respectively with

short side flaps

31 and 38 for closing the joint between the closure H and the two opposite sides of the -box Ill. The sections 29 and 3| are also provided with the inclinedslots l9 and 20 and in each case an arch shaped secondary slot 20 intersects the in clined slots.

The midsection 29 is provided with a T-shaped extension, the stem portion of which forms the bottom strip l5 and the outer strip I6 hinged to the box section 30 along the score line 39. The stem forming extension is also bendable about the score line 40 as a hinge in folding the strip l5 upwardly from the position shown in Fig. 2 into the upright position shown in Fig. 1. The arms l! and I8 forming the head of the T-shaped extension are bent about the score lines 4| and 42 into the right angled form shown in Fig. 2.

The parts are so proportioned that when the bracket is folded into its collapsed position as shown in Fig. 1, the arms H and lb move inwardly and downwardly until the hooked ends are within the outline of the box as shown in Fig. 1.

It is suggested "in the showings in Figs. 3 and 4 that a package 43 of matches may be hung from one of the straps such as the arm ll so that the matches can be conveniently associated with the package of cigarettes and it is suggested that the arm I! be slotted as indicated at 44 to pass the stack of matches therethrough.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 6 the T-shaped extension corresponding .to bracket M of Fig. 5 is formed initially separate from the block which forms the box. case the section 30 terminates along the score line 39. The separate form of bracket 45 is of the same form shown for the bracket Hi of Fig. 5 except that the section dB is provided with two laterally extending ears 4? and 48 scored along the

lines

49 and 50 to fold upwardly and fit against the lower portions of the inner faces of the opposite sections 29 and 3! of the completed box with the section 46 overlapping the bottom 92. It is also within the scope of this disclosure to provide extensions from the

panels

28 and 29. to form bottom closure flaps corresponding to the

top flaps

37 and 38.

In operation, it will be understood that the package of mints or similar confection shown in Fig. 1 is sold either with or without thhe associated package of cigarettes. The paper bracket is swung fromthe collapsed position shown in Fig. 1 into distended position shown in Fig. 2 and the package of cigarettes is inserted into the open top bracket thus formed. When in this position the cigarettes and mints may be with drawn conventionally each from its associated containerand when the packages are emptied it may be thrown away, or refilled.

It is seen from the disclosure in Fig. 3 that the stack of confections acts as a more or less rugged column to weight the box ill in its upright position thus maintaining the package of cigarettes in similar position and in this way avoiding the usual toppling over of the package of cigarettes when not supported. The rectangular box Ill is somewhat rigid and self-reinforcing and thus tends to protect the adjacent edge of the package of cigarettes. The material of the paper bracket also contributes, at least to some extent, in preventing crushing action on the contained cigarettes.

While there have been shown, described and In this amazes pointed out in the annexed claims, certain novel features of the invention, it will be understood that various omissions, substitutions and changes in the form and details of the device illustrated and in its operation may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. An upstanding vendable unit comprising two packages each constituting a complete saleable package of its contained merchandise, one forming a completely closed package of confections providing a loaded pillar for supporting the unit in upstanding position, and the other a package of cigarettes not necessarily provided with its own supportingv base, and said packages arranged side by side in abutting relation, and a paper bracket hinged'to the confection-containing package and including strips interconnected and disposed to underlap completely the bottom and to lap partially the otherwise exposed upstanding sides of the cigarette package to hold the same in engagement with the confection package. I

2. A paper box of rectangular form adapted to contain a'stack of vendable articles and thus weighted to resist it from turning over accidentally and one side providing a flat abutting face to contact with another package, and a paper bracket hingedly connected to the box and having two positions, in one of said positions the bracket being collapsed with the elements of the bracket each lying flat for their entire length against fiat sides of the box and in the other position extending in distended position from the box and providing an open top skeleton receptacle for receiving the other package.

3. A vendable package comprising a paper box of rectangular form adapted to contain a column of confections and having a broad fiat supporting base adapted to be weighted by the stack of confections in the box and thus maintained in upright position, and a paper bracket hinged to the paper box and having two positions, one a collapsed position folded close to the box and the other a distended position projecting beyond the box to one side thereof, and said bracket proportioned for locating a cigarette package in position with a narrow side thereof abutting said side of the paper box and with its bottom forming a base in prolongation lengthwise of the base of the box and coacting therewith to provide a wide base for both the box and cigarette package.

4. A' self-supporting package comprising a paper box adapted to contain merchandise and provided with an integral section forming a fiat supporting base, a cigarette package abutting one side of the box and having its bottom side disposed substantially in the plane of the base of the box and a paper strap carried by the box underlapping said section to provide a double bottom to the box and engaging the cigarette sea package to hold the same in its engagement with the box.

5. The combination of a rectangular merchandise containing box and a bracket hinged to the box, said bracket including a bottom strip constituting an extension from the bottom of the box and foldable upwardly out of the plane of said bottom to engage an upstanding side of the box, and a pair of parallel side arms hinged to opposing sides of the box for swinging movement each in the plane of the arm and an upstanding strip connecting the outer ends of the bottom strip and the two side arms, said bottom and outstanding strip and the two side arms forming an open top skeleton container for receiving a package of cigarettes.

6. The combination of a paper box of rectangular form for containing a stack of merchandise and provided with a paper bracket integral therewith, said bracket including a plurality of connected flat elements, and having a collapsed compact position with the flat elements each folded flat in side-abutting relation against an adjacent side of the box and one of the elements overlapping the top of the box and having a distended position providing an open top skeleton container for another article of merchandise.

'7. A cardboard blank comprising a substantially rectangular body portion provided with score lines forming four parallel side forming sections, means for interlocking the two outside sections, each of the two next adjacent sections 'provided with inclined slots and each provided with an end forming tab, the midsection provided with a T-shaped extension with the stem portion of the T forming a prolongation of the midsection and the arms of the T provided at their free ends with hooks for engaging in the inclined slots.

8. A cardboard blank comprising a body portion adapted to be folded to form a rectangular box and provided with, hook receiving slots and a T-shaped extension from one edge of the body portion and with the stem portion of the T scored to form in order the bottom of the box, the bottom and far side of an extension from the box, and the head of the T forming two sides of the extension, the ends of the head provided with lateral extensions forming hooks for hingedly engaging in said slots.

9. A package comprising a rectangular paper box adapted to contain merchandise and provided with a flat supporting base, a bracket formed separate from the box andincluding a long T-shaped strip provided at the free end of the stem of the T with a section for engaging the bottom of the box and said section provided with lateral extensions from opposite edges thereof to form a pair of ears for engaging opposite sides of the box and the arms of the T having their free ends demountably pivoted to opposite sides of the box.

10. In a package for merchandise, the combination of a receptacle complete for packing merchandise and having a base suflicient to support the package in upstanding position and a bracket carried thereby and having two positions, in one position collapsed into engagement with and against at least two sides of the receptacle and in the other position distended rigidly from the receptacle and disposed to form a holding means for a separable article.

11. In a package for merchandise, the combination of a normally closed receptacle provided with a supporting bottom and having a closure hinged thereto forming a flat top and permitting access to the interior of the receptacle through said open top, and a bracket pivotally connected to the receptacle and including two arms having their ends intruded into slots in opposite sides of the receptacle and having two positions, one collapsed flatwise against the receptacle and the other distended therefrom and providing an open top container for another article of merchandise.

EDWARD J. RUFF.