US2453920A - Flower and candy display package - Google Patents

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0V. 16, 1948. KYSELA FLOWER AND CANDY DISPLAY PACKAGE Filed Aug. 27, 1945 7 INVENTOR. 20004. KXSELA Patented Nov. 16, 1948 U NIT ED S TATES PATENT "F FlCE FLOWER AND CANDY DISPL'AYPACKAGE Rudolph Kysela, Los Angeles, Calif. Application August 27, 1945, Serial No. 612,737

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to an improvement in containers or special packages.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved container or package wherein the interior of the package is divided conveniently into two compartments designed to hold articles of differing natures. The present invention has been primarily designed to facilitate marketing in combined relationship a bouquet or corsage and candies and for this reason will be described specifically with reference to these articles although the invention may be advantageously utilized to market other pairs or groupsof articles together.

A primary object of the invention is to provide an improved container or package which is of inexpensive-but of neat and attractive appearance wherein a supply of candy and a corsage can be conveniently packaged together and delivered as a single package. Bymeans of the present invention boxes of candy may be supplied by candy manufacturers in sealed condition to florists to be kept in stock by florists. On filling an order for a bouquet or corsage the florist may then prepare the corsage and assemble it with the sealed box of candy and the entire structure tied or sealed and delivered as one combination package. Inasmuch as that chamber or compartment of the package that contains the candy remains permanently sealed while kept on hand by the florist there is no danger of contamination or substitution so that a candy manufacturer may safely supply :his candies to the florist with assurance that the purchaser or recipient of the package will receive candy of the candy manuiacturers manufacture and standard ofquality.

More specifically, an object of the invention is to provide a combined package having the abovementioned characteristics wherein the parts of the package are easily manufactured and assembled and the covers have transparent walls-so that the'corsage and candies are visible therethrough thus providing a package of neat and attractive appearance.

Another object of the invention is to provide a container consisting of a tray-like box or receptacle having an external flange or shoulder thereon and having two covers, one of which is relatively shallow as compared with the other and the other of which is designed to telescope over the first with both covers arranged to seat against the flange or shoulder whereby the telescoping movement of the taller cover will be limited to provide a non-crushable compartment adapted to receive a corsage or like article.

With the foregoing and other objects in view,

'2 which will be made manifest in'the following detaileddescription and specifically pointed out in the appended claim, reference-is had to the ac-'- companying drawings for an illlustrative embodimentof the invention, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a completed package embodying the present invention;

Fig.-2 is a transverse vertical section through the'same;

Fig. 3 is "a top plan view of the package shown in Fig. 1, parts being broken away and shown in horizontal section; and

-Fig. '4 is a sectional View taken substantially upon theline 44 upon Fig. 3.

Referring to the accompanying drawings wherein similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout, the base of the package embodying the present invention consists of a container or'receptacle generally indicated at I0. For this purpose I find it convenient to employ a cardboard box of conventional construction of thetray type, and more particularl that type of box referr'ed to in the trade as an extension box in that'the bottom 1| extends outwardly beyond the side walls of the box providing an external flange or shoulder '12 that extends around the four sides'of'the box. The external shoulder may be'otherwise formed 'orprovided on the receptacle or container ll] but-if an extension box is employed I am able to use boxes of conventional manufacture'andde'sign. This box is designed to contain'one' ormore layers of candies indicated at l3v Preferably transparent liner strips are glued or otherwise fastened to the inner faces of the container l0 and are adapted to be foldedtowards each-otherover'the top of the candies when the container'is filled. These liner strips are conventionally em ployed'by candy manufacturers in the packaging of their candies and have not been illustrated in the attached drawing because 'of their conventional construction and in th interest of claritybf the present invention.

An "innercover I4 is provided which is preferably formed of heavy Cellophane or equivalent transparent material. This cover is of such size and shape that its side walls I5 will telescope over the side walls of the container or receptacle I0. Downward movement of the inner cover is arrested by the engagement of its bottom edges with the flange or extension l2. In the preferred form of construction the side walls of the cover are somewhat higher than the side walls of the container so that the upper layers of candies are visible between the top edges of the walls of the container in and the bottom of the cover even though a, shipping pad 5 formed of soft, compressible material ma be positioned on top of the candies beneath the inner cover and a card I! is interposed between the shipping pad and the top of the inner cover. The card I1 maybe suitably decorated and may bear the candy manufacturers name and trade-mark and as it usually is opaque it would tend to conceal the presence of the candies in the container. By having the inner cover deeper than the container the presence of the candies is readily determined by inspection of the completed package as illustrated inFig. 1.

The filled container H! with its applied shipping pad 16, card l1, and inner cover I4 are preferably sealed prior to delivery by the candy manufacturer to the florist and to this end corner strips or ribbons [8 may be extended across diagonally opposite corners of the cover and down the sides thereof. The ends of these strips or ribbons are extended through slots IS in the extension flange l2 and are extended beneath the bottom of the container. Ill. A paper cover strip 20 which is pasted or otherwise fastened to the bottom surface of the bottom I I serves to anchor the ends of the corner strips in place against the bottom. These corner strips serve to maintain the candy compartment of the container sealed until received by the recipient which would then have the corner strips out or broken away.

A second or outer cover 2| also forms a part of the package. This cover is-likewise formed of Cellophane or equivalent transparent material and is materially taller than the inner cover l4.

It is of such size and shape that it may be applied over the inner cover so as to telescope thereover and have its bottom edges also rest on the shoulder or extension flange l2. When this cover is applied it cooperates with the top of the inner cover M to form a compartment 22 within which a bouquet or corsage 23 may be positioned. Usually, it is advisable to position a cardboard or the equivalent indicated at 24 to the top of the inner cover to which the corsage is pinned or otherwise mounted thereon. A card 24 may or may not have its corners slipped or extended under the corner ties or ribbons I8. Preferably, at the time that the corsage and its card 24are assembled with the candy container these corners are all extended so that the corsage and the card cannot become disturbed or displaced within the upper compartment in the course of delivery. The engagement of the bottom edges of the outer cover with the extension flange l2 prevents collapse of the compartment 22, thus preventing the corsage from being crushed in the course of delivery. The outer cover is retained in applied position such as by ribbons or ties 25. These may have their ends extended through slots 26 in the extension flange and anchored against the bottom of the container ID by the cover seat 20 or if desired a single ribbon may be extended clear across the bottom of the container between the 4 bottom of the cover seat 20 and its ends tied as indicated at 21.

From the above-described construction it will be appreciated that a candy manufacturer may supply filled containers ID to a florist. These containers are supplied in closed position in that they are closed by the inner covers H which are sealed by the corner strips of ribbons l8 preventing substitution or contamination. The outer covers' 2| are also supplied:to the florist and at the time that the florist receives an order for a bouquet or corsage the same may be made up mounted on the cardboard 24 and positioned on top of the inner cover I 4. The outer cover is then applied and tied as indicated at 21 forming a single unitary and attractive package containing both the corsage and candles. The recipient of this package may untie the knot at 21 and remove the outer cover and thus gain access to the corsage. Thereafter, the ties 18 may be cut or broken and the inner cover removed to gain access to the interiorof-the container l0. As both the corsage and the candies are visible through the transparent walls of both covers the combination makes an extremely attractive combined package.

Various changes may be made in thedetalls of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claim. i a

I claim:

A combination candy and corsage package comprising, in combination, a tray-type container having an external flange at the base thereof, a first transparent cover resting upon the flange and having the top thereof in spaced relation to the top edge of the container, a second transparent cover telescopically receivable over the first cover and likewise resting upon the flange and having the top thereof in spaced relation to the top of the first cover and forming a compartment thereabove, candy in the container and a corsage in the compartment between said COVGIS.

RUDOLPH KY SELA.

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