US2359679A

US2359679A - Film carton with mailing tag

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Publication number: US2359679A
Application number: US434097A
Authority: US
Inventors: Bruno C Roehrl
Original assignee: General Aniline and Film Corp
Current assignee: GAF Chemicals Corp
Priority date: 1942-03-10
Filing date: 1942-03-10
Publication date: 1944-10-03
Anticipated expiration: 1961-10-03

Description

Oct. 3, 1944. I B. c. ROEHRL FILM CARTON WITH MAILING TAG Filed March 10, 1942 FIG; 5

' BRUNO c. ROEHRL fill-1 M n 0 M T R V.

Patented Oct. 3, 1944 UNITED STATES PAQTENT OFFICE,

FILM CARTON wrrn MAILING TAG,

Bruno C. Roehrl, Binghainton, N,'Y., assignorto General Aniline & Film Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application March 10, 1942, Serial No. 434,097

4 Claims.

My invention relates to containers or cartons and while susceptible to many uses and manufacture in many sizes'and shapes, 1 will hereinafter describe it with relation to its uses for the packaging of films and the like.

In the film industry, it is the present practice of manufacturers to enclose their films for sale in individual attractively decorated containers or cartons. These cartons are, ordinarily of a single thickness of a light grade of cardboard and to the outer surface of the carton is applied advertising matter, trade marks, and data indicating. the sizeand type of the film. After the film has Accordingly, it is one or the objects of this invention to provide a carton'of such simplicity as to impose no material increase in the cost of its manufacture.

A further object of the invention is to provide a container or box of the above character which will be strong and durable and well-adapted to withstand mailing without injury to the contents. A further object is to provide a box or container of the above character which may beinexpensivel manufactured and assembled and re-used without material diflicultyr A further object is to provide a box of the abov character provided with interfltting and interlocking sealing and closing tabs, adapted to hold the parts in closed position during mailing.

Further and additional obj cts of my invention will become apparent. from the following description: a

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application anii illustrating one of various possible embodiments, like numerals are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the same. In this drawin Fig. 1 is aplan view of a blank from which a conventional container is fabricated together with the added feature of the present invention; 7 Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the box in one position as sold;

Fig. 3 is a similar view ofthe box partly. opened; and v s Fig. 4 is a similar view of the box partly refolded for return mailing.

Fig. 5 is "a similar view of the boxrefolded for return mailing and illustrating how the end tabs are inserted, a Referring now to the drawing in detail, and more particularly to Fig. 1 illustrating the complete blank from which the box or container is made, I, 2, 3, and 4 are the conventional fourside panels used in making a rectangular box.

- The longitudinal side of the first panel is pro- 'vided with a sealing flap la which, when the blank is folded into a rectangle, is secured to the inside of the adjacent longitudinal edge of the panel 4, thus making the box. Each one of these panels I, 2, 3, and 4 is provided with the usual sealing l ld closing interflttlng and interlocking end flaps and indicated at Ia, lb, 2a, 2b,

3b, 4a. and 4b and these are assembled in conventional way and sealed as and where necessary.

Adjacent the side panels I to 4 are a second series of

panels

5, 6, 1 and 8 which are folded back and forth upon themselves, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and the end panel 8 is provided with two end closures or

tabsv

8a and 8b which, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, are adapted to be inserted beneath the top end flap extending from the firstmentioned panels, in themannei" shown. These

end flaps

8a and 8b are so shaped as to permit a snug interlockingjfit-with the other ,end closure flaps whereby when the parts are assembled they can only be removed with dificulty, thereby being well-adaptable to withstanding the stresses and strains of mailing. It is, of course, to be understood that the invention is not limited to the particular embodiment shown in the accompanying drawing. Instead of a series of four

panels

5, 6, l, 8 adjacent to side panels-I to 4, it is possible, for instance, to have merely two panels, 5 and 6, constituting a loose return mailing flap on which may be written the addresses of sender and sendee. Fur.- thermore, end panels 6 and 1 or I and 8 may be torn from each other so that, although the box is sold in the form as shown in Fig. 2 or Fig. 5, panels I and 8 or panel 8 may be detached" and the remaining panels then constituting a loose tion, what I claim as new is:

from the top closure end shown in Fig. 2 and the

panels

5, 6, 1, and B are stretched out as shown in Fig. 3 and then wrapped around the box as shown inFig. 4, whereupon the

end tabs

8a and 8b are inserted beneath the top end closure of the main part of the box as shown in Fig. 5.

One of the additional panels, for example, end panel 8, is provided with mailing data spaces, the outer or exposed side of this panel to have the notation To up in the'corner beneath which the proper address may be inserted on the spaced lines. Similarly, the outer side of another panel is provided to receive mailing data and the word From" appears in the corner to carry the name of the addressor. Whereupon, when the box is received, the addressee will have the name and address of the party to whom the developed films or prints are to be delivered.

While the invention is herein described as being particularly applicable to film boxes of the conventional four-sided shape, it is clear that, without modification, five or six-sided boxes could be made without departing from the invendirected to asimple and practical container which may be inexpensively manufactured and assembled and provide a box well-adapted to withstand the hard wear to which it may be subjected without injury to the contents of the box.

Having now particularly described my inven- 1. A one piece blank of sheet material'comprisinga' section adapted to be folded in a conventional manner into the form ofa rectangular end closure and sealing flaps, the end closure flaps being attached to the first and third panels respectively, a second section extending longitudinally of the first named section and having a plurality of panels corresponding in number to those, of the first named section, the panels of the sections corresponding in width in sequence beginning with the initial panel of each section of the blank, the panels of the second section being foldable to envelop the side walls of said first named section when the latter is folded in the form of a box, the last panel of the second section having at least one laterally extending fiap shaped to snugly fit beneath the end closure flaps of the first named section when the latter is folded in box form.

2. A container formed from a blank of sheet material defined in claim 1. i

3. A one piece blank of sheet material comprising a section adapted to be folded in a conventional manner into the form of a rectangular box, said section having a plurality of panels of equal width forming the side walls of the box and necessary end closure and sealing flaps, the end closure flaps being attached to the first and third panels respectively, a second section 'extending longitudinally of the first named section and having a plurality of panels corresponding in number and width to those of the first named section, the panels of the second section being foldable either .back and forth over themselves to lie closely adjacent one side wall or to envelop the side walls of said first mentioned section when the latter is folded in the form of a box,

- the last panel of the second section having at least one laterally extending flap shaped to snu ly fit beneath the end closure flaps of the first named section when the latter is folded in box orm.v

4. A container formed from a blank of sheet material definedin claim 3.

BRUNO C. ROEHRL.