US2168387A

US2168387A - Carrying carton

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Publication number: US2168387A
Application number: US90455A
Authority: US
Inventors: Daniel J Bellin
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1936-07-14
Filing date: 1936-07-14
Publication date: 1939-08-08
Anticipated expiration: 1956-08-08

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Aug. 8, 1939. D. J. BELLIN CARRYING CARTON 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 14, 1936 INVENTOR A//a JfLL//v BY ATTORNEYS wJTNEss eff Aug. 8, 1939. D. J. BELLIN CARRYING CARTON 2 Sheets-Shed: 2

Filed July 14, 1936 INVENTOR A//EL J. ELL/A/

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Patented Aug. 8, 1939 PATENT OFFICE CARRYING CARTON Daniel J.' Benin, New Ynrk, N. Y. Application July 14, 193'6, serial Np. 90,455 41 claim. `(cl. 229-52) The invention relates to cartons of the type adapted for use in retail apparel shops for packaging for delivery toa purchaser, suits, dresses, and other apparel or articles customarily purchasedjn such shops. The object of the invention is to provide a sturdy carton which can be conveniently carried by way of a handle and in which the handle will constitute an element which, cooperating with other parts of thecarton, will securely lock the package and' prevent any possibility of its opening or of the escape therefrom of any part ofits contents so that the necessity of cord or other similar securing means or the provision of a separate handle piece entirely falls away.

It has heretofore been .attempted to produceA somewhat similar cartons but the effort has not proven successful, mainly because the parts of the cartons were made in such a manner that they would constitute separate and separable box bottoms and box tops. 'I'he result of using thattype of container was that the necessity of using cords,

gummed tape, or the like to secure the parts together continued to exist. According to my invention it is in its preferred form made of a single sheet of corrugated paper board or other appropriate inexpensive material which assures a con-A dition inthe completed carton where nothing can come apart or can open until the user performs a specic operation which involves the handle of the case.4

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of the paper blank used for making the'carton; Fig.- `2 is a perspective view sllowing the completed carton in its open condition; Fig. 3 is a section on lines 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 2 but with the carton not quite fully open; Fig. 5 is a perspective of the carton in almost closed positionand Fig. 6 shows the carton in fully closed position. Fig. '7 is an enlargedv section on line 'I-'I of Fig. 6; and Fig. 8 is a section similar to Fig. 7 showing the condition of the parts just prior to the state shown in vFig. 7 or after the condition shown in Fig. 'I is manipulat-` ed in the direction of opening the carton.

In the drawings Fig. 1 represents a preferred shape of a blank constituted of corrugated paper board or similar fairly rigid paper stock. The blank is scored as indicated by the dotted lines I, 2, 3, 45, 6, 1, and 8, which divide the blank into two main panels a and b and nine smaller panels c. d, e, f, y, h, i, p, q- Preferably the panel b is slightly larger than panel a and the panels e and f adjacent to panel t( are made slightly wider than the panels d and g adjacent to panel a. When the blank is folded up into the position shown in Fig. 2 along the score lines I, 2, 3, and 6, the panel a with its edge walls d, h, lmd y, constitutes what might be regarded as the bottom lof the carton, while the opposite slightly larger panel b with its slightly larger edge walls e and f may be regarded as the top. The blankshown in Figfl is slitted at 9. I0, I I and I2, forming, in conjunction with the score line 2, the tabs 7' and k, and in conjunction with the score line 6, the t'abs mand n. The score lines -1 and 8 running respectively from slit II to slit I2 and from slit 9 to 'slit I0, form the'narrow panel sections p and q. In assembling the cartons into the shape shown in Fig. 2, thetabs y', k, m, and 'n are folded so as to stand at right-angles to thepanels e, f, d, and g, respectively. Thereupon the panelsd, e, f, and g are bent up on lines I and 3,/respectively, until they stand at right-angles with respect to the larger base panels a and b. Thereupon the panels h and i are bent up to stand at rightangles with respect to large panels a and b and at the right side of Fig. 2 the end panel p is bent over\the top edges of the tabs i and lc and is then secured in this position by staples, metal lov fasteners, or other appropriate and convenient carton the end panel q continues outwardly at its central portion to provide the handle blanks.

'I'hese handle blanks are scored at I3 and I4 (Fig. 1, dotted lines) but are cut through at I3' and I4' (full lines) to provide tabs u and v capable of being bent along the score lines I3 and I4 to form the openings w shown in Figs. 2 and 4-8. Score lines I5, I6, and I1 are provided as convenient means to enable the handle blanks r, s and the terminal panel t to be folded.

In assembling the handle blanks with respect to the panel h, the end panel q is bent on line 1 and the parts r, s, and t bent on lines I5, I6, I'I, all in such manner, as shown in Figs. 4, 7 and 8,

Ythat the handle blanks r and s, bent at an angle of on line I6, will extend through the slot I8 at the center of panel h, while the terminal panel t is bent over against the inner or under surface of the panel h. Fasteners :n secure the terminal panelt to the panel h and also the end panel q of the panel h to the panel h, all as indicated in Figs.' 7 and 8. The handle tabs u and v are then bent up at an angle of 180 and are united with the outerportions of the handle blanks r and s by some convenient means such as metal fasteners a: shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

The foregoing operations cause the handle to be formed and located in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 4. Fastening means such as a: hold the'end panel q of the handle panel h against the under surface of the handle panel and also hold the tabs m and n of the panels d and y in proper position similarly to the corresponding parts on the oposite end of the carton previously described with reference to panel and panel p and tabs 7' and lc. Diagonal score lines I9 and I 9' `are provided in that part of the -blank of Fig.

1 which lies between the score lines 4 and 5 beyond score lines I and 3, respectively. 'I'hese diagonal score lines I 9 and I9 will ha`ve the eiect to cause the triangle y, as the carton is folded into the position from Fig. 2 to Fig. 5, to lay itself.

down upon panel c, then to cause the tringle z to lay itself upon the triangle y and naliy to cause the triangle z' to lay itself upon the -triangle 2. This arrangement forms a convenient hinging and locking section.

The slits 9, I0, II, and I2 previously described are sufficiently wide so as not to cause binding when the end tabs i, k, m, and n are folded at right-angles to their respective panels e, f, h, and

g, and said panels are then in turn folded at rightangles to the large panels b and a and the end panels i and h are then bent at right-angles to the panels b -and a. r

The carton as thus far described is now in a -form somewhat resembling a suit case but still open. The purchased apparel is placed within the bottom sectionupon panel a, whereupon the top section represented by panel b is bent over, the triangles y, z, and z take their-position as described, Vand the parts generally are in the position shown in Fig. 5. The top or outside section b, f, i, e is, as stated', slightly larger than the 4corresponding portions of the opposing ycarton section. As the edge 8 of the outside carton section approaches the edge 1 of the opposite section, the handle panels are flexed and the central portion of the section i is pulled outwardly to enable the handle to be threaded through the aperture 20 of the panel i. When this is done, the parts will be in the position shown in Fig. 6. The threading ofthe handle through the aperture 20 or the unthreading of the handle from said aperture 2l when the case is to be opened, is illustrated in Fig. 8. The widthl of the aperture 20 andle from the slot III.

is, of coursesuillcient to permit passage therethrough of the four thicknesses of paper which constitute the outside portion of the handle i. e. I3, s, r, I l. When the parts are in the`position .shown in Fig. 6 it-is impossible for the carton to open itself. and the only way of opening it is for the owner to apply physical force lto the panel i, to manipulate the handle and to unthread the Nothing can fall out of e carton while it is closed.

The carton is a very convenient receptacle. In its preferred form it is made entirely as to all of its parts, except th metal staples, of one single sheet of card board. 'I'he tabs u and v of lthe handle, bent up as they are, provide a carrying grip which is rolmded and free from disturbing rough edges. 'I'he carton as described is intended primarily as one which serves a single use,to wit, for conveniently carrying home articles purchased at a store. But the carton is of such inherent .strength and durability that it will undoubtedly be used for other purposes after the purpchaser has unpacked what he has bought. 'Ihe carton is relatively inexpensive and lends itself to the application of decorative or trade mark surface ornamentation. It requires no strings of any kind and it can be carried gracefully, deposited amasar on the iloor of a vehicle and picked up again, just like an ordinary suit case. There being no strings or cords, the package cannot become undone and cannot open at inconvenient occasions or at awkward moments.

Of course, many changes and modications with respect to structural detail can be made. 'Ihe handle does not necessarily have to be made of` the same paper board blank as that which constitutes the other parts of the container but may be made separately and stapled in place. The hinged corners y, z, and z may be given other configurations and may in fact be eliminated altogether and in a variety of other ways a structurally similar` eilect may be produced without departing from the essence of the present invention which consists in the provision of a two-part carton adapted to telescope one within the other and to be positively hinged together along one of the sides of each of the two telescoping sections, the inner section being provided with a projecting handle portion and the outer section with a correspondingly located slot or aperture, the portion of the carton which carries'the handle and the corresponding portion of the carton Which-has the slot being flexible so as to be readily interengageable by having the handle threaded through the slot to close the carton and the handle removed from the slot to open the carton.

`In other words, the carton is to be practically a one-piece structure which, once fabricated, is not separable with respectto its parts.l

I claim:

A carrying carton formed from a single blank and comprising a rectangular body section having apair of top panels provided with registering slots, reenforcing strips hinged to the outer edges of said top panels and folded inwardly against the undersurfaces of the latter so as to reenforce the top panels along one longitudinal edge of said slots, end panels formed from two continuous por'- tions of the blank, each of such portions extending uninterruptedly from the inner edge of one top panel to the inner edge of the other top panel and having tabs connected at its ends, said tabs being disconnected from the top panels and reenforcing strips and each tab being secured in flat condition Y,between a top panel and a reenforcing strip and having a length substantially equal to the combined widths of its associated top panel and reenforcing strip, a rectangular handle section integral with the outer edge of one of said reenforcing strips and being foldable to extend outwardly through the slots in said top panels, said handle section including an outer panel having a width substantially equal to the distance between the slot of one of said top panels and the inner edge of such panel and being disposed in iiat relation against the undersurface of such panel so as to reenforce the same along the other longitudinal edge of its slot, and fastening means securing the associated reenforcing strip, top panel and outer handle panel within the region defined by the outer ends of the slot of such top panel whereby two permanently secured thicknesses of the material of which the carton isy constituted form the longitudinal edge of such slot and the weight of said carton when carried by the handle is `distributed along the reenforced longi- Y DANIEL J. BELLIN.