US2256985A - Package - Google Patents

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Patented Sept. 23, 1941 TEN-r OFFICE PACKAGE William H. Keogler, Jamaica,,N. Y., assignor to I Albert Ehlers, Inc.,' Brooklyn, Y., a corporation of New York Application January 11,1941 Serial No. 374,067, Claims. (01. 206-65) This invention relates to packaging and more particularly to the packaging of small articles which are easily entangled one with the other. A practical application of this invention is in the packaging of tea balls. Tea balls are normally packed, especially for commercial purposes, in cartons containing a large number of individual units, as many as one hundred in each package. As is well known, tea balls usually consist of a small sack filled with tea and tied with string, the string being of sufiicient length to allow the tea ball to be inserted into a cup and withdrawn. For convenience and to prevent the string from falling into the cup, the string is normally supplied with a tag or hand-hold of some kind. In commercial production it is customary for the manufacturer of the bags to place his trade-mark upon the tags.

As previously stated, one hundred or more tea balls may be packed in a single carton, and due to the fact that the tag and string are normally attached to the tea bag it has been a common complaint that the individual tea bags, the strings and the tags become entangled so that when one tea bag is withdrawn from the carton several other bags may be accidentally extracted and in many cases lost or destroyed due to the strings becoming loose from the bags.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a simple and economical method of packing the tea balls or other articles to avoid the difliculties heretofore mentioned.

A further purpose is to provide a package in which each individual unit will be separated from the others by its tag, as well as by side partitions, and in which danger of the entanglement of the individual bags, strings and tags will be eliminated to a great degree.

A further object of the invention is to provide a package which will be neat and attractive when displayed on or behind a counter, and in which the tags showing the trade mark of the packer will be visible as the carton is used.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawing- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a carton half filled, displaying my package and the method of packing the tea bags;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view showing a corner of said carton;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a view of an individual tea bag, string and tag.

I provide a conventional carton In made of a single blank and having flaps folded upon themselves to form side walls II and i2, a front l3, and a cover M. A blank l5 f the same size as the bottom of the carton is cut and bent upon itself to provide elongated dividing extensions [6 which may extend laterally or from front to rear. These dividing extensions or divisional members I6 act as partitions between the rows of tea bags I! and with the side walls- H and I2 constitute a series of longitudinal grooves or containing members l8. As shown in Fig. 5, the customary tea bag I1 is closed by a string I 9 and is provided with a tag 20.

In packing the container It), the individual bags are placed in the grooves I8 and the tags are used to form a partition between each bag and the next, with the bights of the strings preferably thrown in one direction. In packing, the bags will be started at one back corner of the container and the bights of the strings thrown toward the nearest side Wall so that when the container is completely packed the bights will all extend in one direction and each bag will be separated from its neighbor by the partitions l6 and by the tags 20. There will be, therefore. very little possibility of the strings or tags becoming entangled.

In using the tea bags it will be most convenient to remove them by the bight of the string and because of their position in the carton with relation to each other each bag and its tag may be removed without danger of entanglement.

While the blank I5 is shown as consisting of a single piece out along the edges.25 and 26 and bent upon itself at 27 to form an upright partition, it will be appreciated that any type of dividing member may be used which will separate the bags in one direction. The essential feature of my invention resides in a construction whereby the tags and the strings attaching the tags to the bags may not only be placed in a position Where danger of their entanglement is slight but in a position where they actually aid in separating one bag from the other. I

I claim:

1. A package comprising a receptacle of rectangular form provided with a base having longitudinal partitions, and a plurality of containers arranged in rows between said partitions, each of said containers having attached thereto one end of a suspending string and to the other end of said string a tag, said tags being interposed between said containers.

2. A package comprising a receptacle of rectangular form provided with a base having longitudinal partitions, and a plurality of containers arranged in rows between said partitions, each of said containers having attached thereto one ,end .of a suspending string and to the other end of said string a tag, said tags being interposed between said containers transversely of said longitudinal partitions.

3. The combination of a container for tea" bags comprising a rectangular box, and a blank 4. The combination of a container for tea bags comprising a rectangular box, and a blank in the bottom of said box having portions thereof cut and bent upon said blank to form longi tudinal dividing members, with tea bags having strings and tags on said strings, said tea bags being arranged between said longitudinal partitions with said tags positioned between said bags transversely of said dividing members, and each of said tea bags having the bight of said string positioned in the same direction.

5. The combination with packages having tags (attached thereto by flexible means, of a container, said container including a base, sections of said base being cut and bent upwardly to f0rm ie10n g-ated partitions and said packages being placed between said partitions and separated from one another by means of said tags.

WILLIAM H. KEOGLER.

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