US2170283A

US2170283A - Skid attachment for containers

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Publication number: US2170283A
Application number: US234132A
Authority: US
Inventors: Benjamin M Williams; Joseph C Thompson
Original assignee: Gaylord Container Corp
Current assignee: Gaylord Container Corp
Priority date: 1938-10-10
Filing date: 1938-10-10
Publication date: 1939-08-22
Anticipated expiration: 1956-08-22

Description

B. M. WILLIAMS ET AL SKID ATTACHMENT FOR ccn'mimms' Aug. 22, 1939.

Filed Oct. 10, 1938 77/5/12 4r roe/V5 rs.

WWW/WW /////////////WW I Patented Aug. 22, 1939 snrn ATTACHMENT FOR CONTAINERS Benjamin M. Williams and Joseph C. Thompson,

St. Louis, Mo., assignors to Gaylord Container Corporation, St. Louis,,Mo., a corporation of Maryland Application October 10,

4 Claims.

Our invention relates to containers, being particularly adapted for .use with fiber board containers of the typeshown in Fallert Patent No. 2,022,191 dated November 26, 1935.- The invention has for its principal object a skidattachment for such containers that will facilitate movement of the containers along a surface, that will minimize wear on the bottom of the container and that will raise the bottom of the container slightly above the floor, thereby minimizing deterioration due to water or other substances on the floor.

The invention consists principally in a skid attachment for such containers comprising a pair of runners extending along the bottom of the box and having upturned ends welded or otherwise secured to transverse strips whose end portions extend into recesses at the edges of the box, as those provided between the end walls of the container and side flaps that arebent thereover. The invention further consists in the skid attachment for containers and in the parts and combinations and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

5 In the accompanyingdrawing- Fig. 1 is -a top plan view'of a skid attachment for containers embodying my invention,

1 Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a container having one of said skid attachments, one corner of the container being broken away and,

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of said container.

Among recognized disadvantages of the fiber board and corrugated board containers now commonly used for bottled beer and the like are the rapid wear of the bottoms of the containers due to movement thereof along a flo'or, a conveyor or some other surface and deterioration due to water or other substances on the floor attacking the bottoms of the containers. The present in vention is concerned with avoiding both of these disadvantages, facilitating movement of the containers and generally increasing the strength and durability of the container.

The drawing illustrates a container of the kind shown in Fallert Patent No. 2,022,191. Said container includes .a bottom I, having end flanges 2, sides 3 having end flanges 4, and two cover members 5 all made in one piece, and separate end members 6 to which are secured, as by staples I, the

marginal flanges

2 and 4, respectively, .of the bottom I and sides 3. Each bottom flange 2 is secured directly against an end wall 6 and V the side flanges 4 are bent over the bottom flanges 1938, Serial No. 234,132

2 and are secured thereto and also to the end walls. By this arrangement a small space may be left between the side flanges 4 and the end walls 6 just above the bottom flanges 2.

The present invention is concerned with a skid or runner attachment for such a box. Said'attachment includes longitudinal runner members 8 of round wire or other suitable material extending the length of the bottom of the box and having upturned end portions 9 extending slightly above the upper edges of the bottom flanges 2. Preferably the connection l0 between the body portionsof the runners and the upturned end portion is a curved portion so as to avoid a sharp corner that might damage the container or anything against which said corner might be pushed.

Secured to the upper portions of theupturned ends 9 of the runner members 8, as by a weld II, are securing strips 12. These strips l2 are preferably disposed across the inner faces of said end portions 9 and rest against the upper edges of said bottom flanges 2, the ends of said strips I2 extending under the side flanges 4 into the spaces between them andthe end walls 6 of the container.

The above arrangement provides runners which greatly facilitate the movement of the container along a floor, a conveyor or other surface. The heavy round wire runners illustrated raise the bottom of the container slightly above the floor so as to prevent deterioration of the bottom of the container due to contact with water or the like. The attachment is firmly held and positioned by reason of the engagement of the securing strips with the bottom flanges and the pocketing of the ends of said securing strips and t e container is effectively braced against wearing. Stacking of containers is facilitated and the load of the contents is better distributed by the use of I the skid attachment. The skid attachment will obviously outwear a single cone tainer and may be used over and over again.

Obviously numerous changes may be made without departing from the invention and we do not wish to be limited to the precise construction shown.

What we claim is:

1. A skid attachment for containers having end walls and side flanges overlapping said end walls and secured thereto, said'skid attachment comprising runners having upturned end portions and transverse strips secured to said end portions and long enough that their ends extend into spaces between said end walls and flanges.

- said bottom and having upturned end portions and strips secured to said end portions with their ends extending into spaces between said end walls and said side wall flanges.

3. In combination with a container having end walls, side walls, a bottom and flanges on said side walls and bottom overlapping said end walls and secured thereto, a skid attachment comprising runners extending from end to end of said bottom and having upturned end portions and strips welded to said end portions with their ends extending into spaces between said end walls and said side wall flanges.

4. In combination with a container having end walls, side walls, a bottom and flanges on said side walls and bottom overlapping said end walls and-secured thereto, said side flanges overlapping said bottom flanges, a skid attachment comprising runners extending from end to end of the bottom of said container and having upturned end portions and strips secured to said end portions, said strips resting on the upper edges of the respective bottom flanges and the ends thereof extending into spaces between said end walls and said side wall flanges.

BENJAMIN M. wILuAMs. JOSEPH c. THOMPSON.