US2225483A

US2225483A - Hat box

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Publication number: US2225483A
Application number: US48595A
Authority: US
Inventors: Maud F Payne
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1935-11-06
Filing date: 1935-11-06
Publication date: 1940-12-17
Anticipated expiration: 1957-12-17

Description

M. F. PAYNE Dec. 17, 1940.

HAT BOX 2 Sheds-Sheet 1 Filed Nov. 6, 1935 W mvam'oa a MI]. I.

HER ATTORNEYS Dec. 17, 1940. M. F. PAYNE 2,225,483

HAT BOX Filed Nov. 6, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 H ER ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 17, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 6 Claims.

My invention relates to merchandising packages, and has among its objects and advantages the provision of an improved hat box embodying means for protecting the crown of the hat against crushing during transit.

Another object of this invention is to provide a hat box which may be assembled from a onepiece blank of cardboard or similar material. A further object of this invention is to provide a hat supporting member centrally located within the assembled box, said centrally located hatsupporting member being comprised of interlocking or interengaging members integral with the walls of said box and supporting by interlocking bottom members. A still further object of this invention is to provide a hat box having a hat supporting member which may be completely assembled into a strong, rigid unit from a collapsed tubular formation without the use of additional fastening means.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my invention with certain parts removed for the sake of clearness;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; 4

Fig. 4 is a sectional view along the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a plan view illustrating the blank from which the completedbox is formed;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a slightly different form of construction;

Fig. 7 is a sectional view along th line 1-1 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view along the line 8-8 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the blank from which the box is formed.

In one embodiment selected to illustrate my invention, I make use of a cardboard blank I0 provided with bottom flaps I2 and I4 bendable along lines I6 and I8, respectively. The material of the blank II] is severed along lines 20 to permit the flaps I2 and I4 to be bent along the lines I6 and I8 which lie within the contour of the blank proper.

Hat-supporting

flaps

22 and 24 are formed integrally with the blank Ill. These flaps are bendable along

lines

26 and 28 conforming to the lines I6 and I8. Four slots 30 are provided in the flap I2, while three slots 32 are provided in the flap 22. The flap I4 is severed along the curved lines 34 to provide two tabs 36, while the flap 24 is provided with two tabs 38 and a tab 4|] having a tapered end 42. The tabs 38 are notched at 44.

The flap 22 is notched at 46 to provide two wings 48 bendable along the lines 50. This flap includes a tab 52. Slots 54 are cut in the flap 24 to provide wings 56 bendable along lines 58. I indicate the tab 40 as being bendable along lines 60 and the tab 52 along the line 62.- I score the blank III along lines 64 to permit bending transversely, whereby four

walls

66, 68, Ill, and I2 are provided.

To be assembled, the blank I0 is bent along the lines 64 and the abutting edges 14 of the

walls

66 and 12 are secured together by a strip of adhesive tape 16 toform the blank I0 into a tube. The

flaps

22 and 24 are bent inwardly along the

lines

26 and 28 and upwardly along the lines I8 and 8D. The wings 48 are bent inwardly along the score lines 50, and the wings 56 are similarly bent and arranged in overlapping relation with the wings 48. At this time the tabs 38 are passed through the slots 32 in the wings 48. The tab 52 is bent to the position illustrated in Fig. 2, and the tab 40 bent over the tab 52 and its tapered end 42 passing through the central slot 32. The two tabs I2 and I4 are bent in overlapping relation to provide a bottom for the box with the tabs 36 passed through the slots 30 for connecting the flaps I2 and I4.

Fig. 1 illustrates the box in its finished form. It will be noted that I provide an upstanding member 82 formed from the

flaps

22 and 24 interlocked in the form of a truncated pyramid. This pyramid provides a support for the crown of a hat, while the box proper provides a package which encloses the hat. A suitable cover may be provided. My construction permits hats to be transported without crushing, and the member 82 provides an effective support for the crown of the hat at all times. I

The box illustrated in Fig. 1 is collapsible. By disconnecting the interlocked parts of the member 82 and the interlocked bottom flaps I2 and I4, the resulting tube may be folded fiat at either of two diagonal corners, and the flat tube may then be folded again along the line of the two unfolded diagonal corners. This feature permits boxes to be stacked in fiat relation and packaged for transportation purposes.

In Figs. 6 to 9, I illustrate a slightly different form of construction in which the blank 84 is provided with four flaps: a pair of

adjacent bottom flaps

86 and 88 and a pair of adjacent

hatsupporting flaps

90 and 92. The hat-supporting

flaps

90 and 92 are provided with similarly shaped

tabs

94 and 96, respectively. The tab 94 is slotted at 98 inwardly of its end, while the tab 96 and the flap 92 are provided with a common slot I00. The blank 84 is scored to bend along lines I02, while the

flaps

86, 88, 90, and 92 are bendable along a common line I04. I provide the flap 88 with a tab I66 bendable along the line I08.

To be assembled, the blank 84 is connected together by an adhesive tape Hi! to form a tube in the same way as the box previously described. After the walls of the box have been formed, the

flaps

90 and 92 are bent inwardly and the

tabs

94 and 96 interlocked together by passing the tab 94 through the slot I09 and positioning the uncut part H2 of the tab 96 within the slot 98 of the tab 94. After the

tabs

94 and 96 have been interlocked together, the fiap 86 is bent inwardly and the flap 88 bent over the flap 86, with the tab I96 inserted between the flap 86 and the hat supporting fiap 92 to interlock the bottom flaps 86 and 88 (see Fig. 8). In this construction, the

tabs

94 and 96 provide an upstanding member I I4 embodying four wings I I6, which serves as a unitary, centrally-disposed hat-supporting member.

The box illustrated in Figures 6 to 9 is col-- lapsible; By removing the tab 196 from between the hat-supporting flap 92 and the bottom fiap 86, each of the

bottom flaps

86 and 88 and the hat-supporting fiaps 99 and 92 may be withdrawn to a position parallel to the planes of the walls of the box with which each of the fiaps are integral. The resulting tube may then be folded flat along diagonally opposite score lines I92.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I have provided a hat box with an upstanding centrally disposed hat-supporting member which may be readily assembled from a unitary fiat tubular structure without the use of additional fastening means. Both modifications disclosed possess the advantage that the complete box may be shipped in a collapsed form from the carton manufacturer to the milliner, who may conveniently assemble the box immediately prior to use. 7

Due to the interlocking bottom flaps and the hat-supporting flaps, the bottom of the box is heavily reinforced by the several plies of material to form a rigid base which prevents deformation of the entire structure under normal conditions of use. Additional rigidity is also afforded by the hat-supporting flaps. In both modifications, the edges of the hat-supporting fiaps engage the adjacent walls of the box and thereby tend to maintain them at right angles to the walls with which the hat-supporting fi aps are integral. Still further rigidity is afiorded by the centrally disposed hat-supporting tabs. In both modifications these tabs are so interlocked that under normal conditions of use they cannot move relatively to each other. Since these tabs cannot move relativelyto each'other, the flaps and walls with which they are integral are also prevented frommoving relatively to each other.

It is apparent that this invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed, either in whole or in part, but only by the appended claims. i

What is claimed is:

1. In a hat box, a first hat-supporting fiap integral with a wall of said box, a first centrally disposedlupst'anding tab integral with said first flap, a second hat-supporting flap integral with another wall of said box, a second centrally disposed upstanding tab integral with said second flap, and means to interlock said first and second tabs against relative movement with respect to ,each other comprising an unslotted portion of said first tab received in a closed slot in said second tab and an unslotted portion of said second tab'received'in an open slot in said first tab.

2. In a hat box, a first hat-supporting flap integral with a wall of said box, a first centrally disposed upstanding tab integral with said first flap, a second hat-supporting fiap integral with another wall of said box, a second centrally disposed upstanding tab integral with said second hat-supporting fiap, means for interlocking said first and second tabs against lateral movement with respect to each other comprising an unslotted portion of said first tab received in a closed slot in said second tab and an unslotted portion of said second tab received in an open slot in said first tab, and bottom members supporting said hat-supporting flaps and interlocked with respect to each other whereby said box and said centrally disposed hat-supporting members are interlocked into a rigid unit.

3. In a hat box, a hat-supporting flap integral with a wall of said box, a centrally disposed upstanding winged tab integral with said fiap, a second hat-supporting flap integral with another wall of said box, and a second centrally disposed upstanding winged tab integral with said second flap, the wings of said first tab and the wings of said second tab being interlocked to prevent relative movement of said tabs with respect to each other and to form a rigid centrally disposed hatsupporting member.

4'. In a hat box, a hat-supporting fiap integral with a wall of said box, a centrally disposed upstanding winged tab integral with said flap, a second hat-supporting fiap integral with another wall of said box, a second centrally disposed upstanding winged tab integral with said second flap, the wings of said first tab and the wings of said second tab being interlocked to prevent relative movement of said tabs with respect to each other and to form a rigid centrally disposed hatsupporting member, and bottom fiaps supporting said hat-supporting flaps and interlocked with respect to each other to maintain the box as a rigidunit.

5. In a hat box, a first hat-supporting flap integral with a'wall of said box, a first centrally disposed upstanding tab integral with said first flap, a second hat-supporting fiap integral with another wall of said box adjacent said first wall, a second centrally disposed upstanding tab integral with said second fiap, and means to interlock said first and second tabs against relative movement with respect to each other comprising an unslotted portion of said first tab received in a closed slot in said second tab and an unslotted portion of said second tab received in an'open slot in said first tab.

6. In a hat box, a hat-supporting flap integral with a wall of said box, a centrally disposed up standing'tab integral with said flap, said'tab and fiap having a common slot extending partially into said tab and flap, a second hat-supporting flap integral with another wall of said box and adjacent said first flap, a second centrally dis posed upstanding tab integral with said second flap and having a slot in the end thereof, said second tab being inserted in the slot common to' said first flap and tab and engaging the unslotted portion of said first tab in the slot in the end of said second tab, and bottom flaps supporting said hat-supporting fiaps and interlocked to maintain the box as a rigid unit.

MAUD F. PAYNE.