US2414203A

US2414203A - Hat carton

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Publication number: US2414203A
Application number: US577354A
Authority: US
Inventors: Everett C Johnson
Original assignee: Montgomery Ward and Co Inc
Current assignee: Montgomery Ward and Co Inc
Priority date: 1945-02-12
Filing date: 1945-02-12
Publication date: 1947-01-14
Anticipated expiration: 1964-01-14

Description

Jan. 14, 1947. E. c. JOHNSON 2,414,203

HAT CARTON Original Filed Sept. 16, 1943 INVENTOR. [VE/FEI'T c. uowvsom ATTaR/vEr 5 Patented Jan. 14, 1947 HAT CARTON Everett 0. Johnson, Berwyn, Ill., assignor to Montgomery Ward & 00., Incorporated, Chi cago, 111., a corporation of Illinois Substituted for application Serial No. 502,584, September 16, 1943. This application February 12,1945, Serial No. 577,354

2 Claims. 1.

This invention relates to cartons, and more particularly to cartons especially adapted for the shipment of light weight merchandise requiring positioning within the carton such as hats and the like.

Heretofore in cartons adapted to safely package hats, a filler structure adapted to maintain the hat in one position was required, which structure was of a complicated costly nature, and entirely separate from the carton.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a carton for the shipment of hats and the like, wherein the hat is maintained in a proper position within the carton by simplified means, at least a portion of which is formed from the carton structure itself.

A further object of the invention is to provide a carton in which one pair of the usual overlapping flaps is cut to form a centering boss or hub within the carton on the top or bottom side of the carton.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a carton bent up portions of a pair of the carton closure fiaps to form, in cooperation with a tubular transverse member to be placed in the carton, a rigid centering and holding construction for centering a hat shaped item Within the carton.

The above and other novel features of the invention will appear more fully from the following detailed description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing. It is expressly understood, however, that the drawing is employed for purposes of illustration only and are not designed as a definition of the limits of the invention, reference being had for this purpose to the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing in which like reference characters indicate like parts:

Figure l is a perspective view of a carton embodying the invention, the top fiaps being open and a portion thereof being broken away to show the inside detail.

Figure 2 is a section taken on the plane 2-2 of Figure 1, as viewed upwardly, the outer top flaps, however, being shown closed.

Referring to the drawing, a substantially standard rectangular corrugated cardboard carton, modified in accordance with the invention, is illustrated. The carton comprises sides 18 and I2, and ends l4 and I6, together with their appended top and bottom flaps, it being appreciated that such cartons with the appended flaps of the respective sides folded parallel therewith are shipped in large quantities folded fiat. By

2 folded flat is meant the diagonally opposite corners, for example, l8 and 20 are flattened while the corners 22 and 24 are bent to a full degrees.

The ends l4 and I6 are provided with their

usual bottom flaps

26 and 28, which together with the bottom flaps 30 and 32 of the sides I0 and I2.

cooperate to close the bottom of the carton when set up as shown in Figure 2.

In order to provide a centering boss or inwardly projecting shoulder adapted as in the illustration to fit within the crown of a hat 34, the ends of the

top fiaps

36 and 38 appended to the sides of the

top flaps

36 and 38 appended to the sides I6 and I8 are cut inwardly from their side edges, along the lines 35 and 31, toward the center, but short of the center and parallel to the end edge 39 of the flap. There is thus provided a center section 40, adapted to be bent inwardly as shown on the line 4|, and centrally

bent tongue portion

42 and 44 adapted to cooperate with the center section, and a similar set of tongues upon the opposite flaps 38 to form a substantially sixsided hollow stub centering post, adapted to be resiliently sprung within the crown of the hat 34.

To hold the hat upwardly against the top cover and in position over the centering post or boss formed from the portions 40 and

tongues

42 and 44, a tubular member 48 is provided, which may be of cardboard or the like, and which is of sufficient length to fit against the outside upper surface of the brim of the hat or other item to be held, closely adjacent to the crown thereof, and to support the brim of the hat against the top flaps 36 and '38 from the

bottom flaps

26 and 28.

To pack a hat in such a carton, the bottom flaps are closed and sealed in any suitable manner. The tubular member 48 is assembled around the hat, the hat and tube inverted and inserted into the carton. The central portion 40 and

tongues

42 and 44 of each

flap

36 and 38 are next bent into the crown of the hat, and the top side flaps 50 and 52 folded down and seated. Thus through the simple addition of a light tubular element, and a common strawboard carton, a rugged safe carton for shipment of light objects, such as hats, is provided.

Though the invention has been illustrated and described in a single embodiment of rectangular shape and is adapted for special application to hats or the like, it will be appreciated that the invention is not limited thereto, but may be em-V bodied in various modifications and arrange ments which may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as will befapparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, reference will be had to the appended claims for a definition of the limits of the invention.

This application is a substitute for my application Ser. No. 502,584, filed Sept. 16, 1943.

What is claimed is:

1. A carton for a hat or the like, comprising a bottom, side walls, and transversely arranged pairs of non-overlapping closing flaps, each pair being adapted to close the carton to a substantial degree, and one pair being Within the other pair when in closed position and means on said one pair of flaps formed wholly from the flaps and extending within the carton and projecting into the crown of a hat, :said means comprising an inwardly folded portion of each flap folded on a line parallel to the flap fold with the said portion severed from opposite sides along the portion fold to provide tongues, said tongues being bent toward the opposite flap on a fold extending perpendicular to the plane of the closing flaps, and means extending from the .bottom'for maintaining a hat with its crown centered around said projecting means.

2..A rectangular :carton comprising a bottom,

edge substantially parallel with the hinged edge,

each of' said flaps having a marginal portion parallel to said last named edge, adapted for centering an object within the carton, said marginal portion being severed from the flap from the transverse edges inwardly to a point short of the center to provide opposed tongue parts and a central portion, said tongue parts being foldable along lines parallel with the transverse edges, and

said central portion being foldable along the unsevered portionof the line of severance, whereby said :central portions of the marginal portions of each flap may be folded inwardly of the carton, and said tongues folded toward the center of the cover flaps, to form a six-sided inwardly extending boss, said tongues being adapted tobear along the severed edges against the top, to retain the central portion bentat substantially right angles to the remainder of its flap.

EVERETT c. JOHNSON,