US2177993A

US2177993A - Receptacle and carrier therefor

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Publication number: US2177993A
Application number: US195301A
Authority: US
Inventors: Harold L Olsen
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1938-03-11
Filing date: 1938-03-11
Publication date: 1939-10-31
Anticipated expiration: 1956-10-31

Description

Oct. 31, 1939. H. L. oLsEN 2,177,993

REcEPTAcLE AND CARRIER THBREFQR lFiled March 11, 193s MLQX- Y A l Har /d L. 0256/2 /f' '27S 2. m fly/64 ATToR Y Patented Oct. 31, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE This invention relates to receptacles or boxes provided with carriers or handles, and more particularly to an arrangement for attachment of handles to boxes and cartons fabricated -from f lbrons material such as cardboard and the like.

An object of the invention is to provide a method of constructing a cardboard box blank which maybe folded to form a box, in conjunction with which a wirevhandle may be quickly and easily attached. v v

Another object is to provide a ycardboard box of the kind` wherein a handle may be fastened thereto aiter such a box has been lled withmerchandise and closed, without necessitating the opening of such a box in order to aix a handle'.

A further object or" the invention is to produce a box blank which may be folded into a box to which may be aiiixed a handle, but whichr blank will be intact and whole in the event a handle is not aixed to the ybox made from said blank. I

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a handle which may be attached to acomplete box without necessitating the use of force or deformation of said handle.

These and other objects are attained in the ,following detailed description and shown in the accompanying drawingin which: l

Fig. l is a side view of a box and handle made in accordance with theinventionj Fig. 2 is a plan view of a atblank as formed for making a collapsible box embodying the invention.

Fig. 3 is a sectional, fraginental View showing 35 a handle associated with a cardboard box.

Fig. 4 is a View similar to Flgiue showing a handle being inserted through the handle openings of the box. -f

Fig. 5 is an enlarged View taken on line 5-5 kof Fig. 3. v

Fig. 6 is a modied form of a handle-receiving slit. ,Y

Fig. 7 isa second modiied form of handlereceiving slit. f y

Fig. 8 is a side view, on a reduced scale, showing a handle made in accordance with the invention.

A box li) is folded from nat blank II, of snitable material, in which a top l2, front I3 and bottom i4 comprises what is hereinafter referred to as the outer or cover section: and rear wall I5 and inner top wall I6 compriserwhat is herein-y after referred toas the inner or. base section. Suitable end walls I'I, I8,v I9 and 2@ are` rengaged by locking

tongue members

2 I, 22, 23 and 24 in a 55. manner old in the art, whereby the inner and outer sections are completed, being hingedly connected together along the common bottom. section I4.r

The inner-section and outer-sections when associated to form a complete box, may be locked in closed or engaging position or relationship by 'I means of the flap lock strip 25, which is made integral with top i2. This lock flap comprises latchmg tabs 26 and 2.1 which. cooperate with and iit within slit 23 and slot 29 respectively,provided in rear wall I5, substantially as shown in Calahan Patent No. 575,775. l

In the top wall i2 a pair of push-out blanks are provided, each blank comprising'a scored circle SI having a scored line 32 extending outward from. the edge thereof. These scored sections or blanks are so positioned Ithat when the box sections are closed together as shown in Fig. f

l, each scored blank falls directly over a comple*- mentary slot Bil provided in inner top` wall I6.

it should be noted that the distance Abetween the inner adjacent edges of scored circles 3i, is equai to the distance B between the inner adjacent edges of the pair of complementary slots 39.

A wire handle 4@ having the lfollowing specifications is formed to cooperate with these handle-receiving means. l f

Handle 4E) comprises a hand hold portion` 4I, sides or legs 42 and Seach of which terminates in iii-turned or convergent foot members or lugs 44 andy 45 respectively. The distance between the closest Vportions of legs l2 and I3 is equal to the distance A and B between the adjacent edges of the*` scored circles 3! and slots 30 respectively. The handle is so iormed that the distance C from the inner-most end of one foot to the inner corner 'formed where the opposite Vleg meets the hand portion 4I of handle d@ is equal to the lower horizontal distance D between the inner adjacent cr closest edges or portions of legs 42 and43.

Yadjacent complementary slot 39,1thence into the interior of the box I0. Since the distance D between legs 42 and (33 equals' distance A between the inner-most edges of a pair of push-out circles 3|, it is obvious that in order to introduce (without distorting)r the second inturned foot 44 ond push-out circle so that by forcing leg 42 downward foot 44 will easily displace said pushout circle and pass through associated slot 30 into the box interior. By pulling up on handle section 4I the handle will seat, as shown in Fig. 3, with the entire length of inturned

foot portions

44 and 45 being supported by a double thickness (I2 and I6) of box material.

The overall length of each scored line 32 is at least equal to the length of a

foot member

44 and 45, whereby the overall length of each scored push-out circle and associated scored line is greater than the length of such foot member. In this manner the stock from which a box is fabricated will not be torn or opened up beyond the length of such a scored line 32 when a handle and associated foot is inserted, since a suflicient length of material is scored to properly accommodate the displacement caused by such foot member.

As clearly shown in Fig. 5, the diameter of hole |3| resulting when the scored push-out circle 3| was removed, is slightly larger than the diameter of handle leg wire 42. This is done in order that leg 42 will be positively held in proper juxtaposition within the circumference of hole I3I, yet at the same time be capable of free vertical movement without becoming disengaged from its associated opening I3l. Such a semi-loose t also prevents the handle from binding within its opening.

'I'he handle may be removed by reversing the process of insertion.

A decided advantage of this type box and associated handle lies in the ease with which such a handle may be secured to a box and the security with which it holds the box. A further advantage is in the flexibility afforded bylsuch a box which may also be used without handle, in which event the scored lines are not punched out whereby the outersection of the box remains intact and whole.

As shown in Figs. 6 and '7 are two modified forms of handle-receiving scored slits. The one (Fig. 6) an H slit section, comprises short parallel scored lines 50 and 5| connected by a longer scored slit 52 through which a foot member may be passed. An alternate form (Fig. 7) shows a T section, which is the same as the H section except that the outermost short scored lines are omitted.

It should be understood that the handle herein described may be also used on the so called twopiece boxes in which event two sets of locking flaps would be used to properly fasten the two box sections in proper alignment. An alternate method of fastening a two-piece box would be to fasten the lower side of such a box by means of gummed tape and then use a handle to fasten the upper edges together.

What is claimed is:

' 1. The combination with a cardboard box comprising an outer section and an inner section hingedly connected along a common edge, said inner section adapted to be received within the outer section, fastening means provided through the top wall of the inner and outer sections for supporting a handle from said top walls, of a bent wire handle comprising a hand portion, and side legs which terminate in inturned foot members, said handle having such characteristics whereby the horizontal distance adjacent the foot members between two legs comprising a pair equals the horizontal distance between the adjacent edges of the fastening means comprising a pair, which is also equal to the distance between the innermost tip of a foot member and the juncture of the leg supporting the second inturned foot member and the handle portion, said handle being adapted to be inserted through the handle-receiving means whereby the inturned feet will be supported by a double thickness of the cardboard stock.

2. A box of brous material including a main box portion and a cover receivable thereon, and handle-receiving means in the form of a pair of scored, push-out circles having scored lines extending diametrically therefrom and from each other provided in the cover portion, a pair of elongated slot members provided through the box portion being so aligned as to fall directly beneath the scored holding means of the cover portion, and an inverted U-shaped handle having its leg members passed through said handlereceiving means from the exterior of the box and having convergent extremities adapted to engage the box wall intermediate the handle-holding means comprising a pair.

3. A box handle comprising an arcuate hand grip portion bounded by converging side legs each of which terminates in converging foot members, said handle members having such proportions whereby the horizontal distance between the side legs adjacent the foot members is substantially equal to the linear distance from the innermost end of a convergent foot member to the intersection defined by the juncture of the hand grip portion with the other side leg which terminates in the second convergent foot member.

4. A handle of the class described for detachable mounting on a receptacle having a pair of spaced apertures in a wall thereof, said handle comprising a unitary metallic rod bent upon itself to form a central hand hold portion, a pair of converging leg portions extending from opposite ends of the hand hold portion and substantially aligned spaced lugs, extending toward one another from the ends of the legs, the junction of each leg and the hand hold portion being spaced from the free end of the lug of the opposite leg a distance approximating the spacing between the apertures of the receptacle to which said handle may be attached.

5. The combination with a receptacle comprising a wall having a pair of spaced apertures therein, of a handle comprising a unitary metallic rod bent upon itself to form-a central hand u hold portion, a pair of converging leg portions extending from opposite ends of the hand hold portion and substantially aligned spaced lugs, extending toward one another from the ends of the legs, the junction of each leg and the hand hold portion being spaced from the free end of the lug of the opposite leg a distance approximating the spacing between the spaced apertures in the receptacle wall, whereby said handle and receptacle may be attached and detached by successively moving each of the lugs of the handle through an aperture and incident to which one of the legs of the handle is moved to such position relative to the receptacle, that the junction of such leg and the hand hold portion of the handle is disposed at one of said apertures..

HAROLD L. OLSEN.