US2487761A

US2487761A - Shirt packaging device

Info

Publication number: US2487761A
Application number: US8394A
Authority: US
Inventors: William W Mcfall; Fred O Kestner
Original assignee: PACKAGE MASTERS Inc
Current assignee: PACKAGE MASTERS Inc
Priority date: 1948-02-14
Filing date: 1948-02-14
Publication date: 1949-11-08
Anticipated expiration: 1966-11-08

Description

Nov. 8, 1949 w. w. MC1-'ALL ET A1. 2,487,761

SHIRT PACKAGING DEVICE Filed Feb. 14, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet l c INVENTURIS WLZ/ [VC/40% "lx/'ed 0 E655 fie/1 MM /fmf @E NOV. 8, 1949 w w. McFALL Ef AL, 2,487,761

SHIRT PACKAGING DEVICE Filed Feb. 14, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Pnenred Nov. s, 1949 SHIRT PACKAGING DEVICE William W. McFall, River Forest, and Fred O. Kestner, Chicago, Ill., assignors to Package Masters, Inc., Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application February 14, 1948, Serial No. 8,394

claims. l

This invention pertains to a very simple, inexpensive, paper board device adapted for use in the folding and packaging of articles of apparel such as shirts.

It is an object of the invention to provide a shirt or like packaging device of the above type which is adapted to serve as a folding form for the shirt in the packaging of the same, which is so constructed and arranged as to avoid excessive or objectionable creasing of the shirt in folding, and which contributes substantially to increased speed and ease in the packaging operation.

Another object is to provide a device of the type described in the form of a paper board panel which, when operatively associated with a shirt or like garment in the intended manner, results in a package having the same overall width and length as existing types of shirt packaging or wrapping boards, thereby enabling use of the device with shirts which are to be boxed in standard types of paper board cartons, folding boxes, and the like.

A still further object is to provide a iiexible, paper board shirt packaging or folding device of the above description which is adapted to sustain the various folds of a shirt with which it is associated in a, positive fashion and throughout the width thereof.

The foregoing statements are indicative in a general way of the nature of the invention, but other and more specific objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art upon a full understanding of the construction and operation of the device.

A single embodiment of the invention is presented herein for purpose of exempliiication', but it will be appreciated that the invention is susceptible of incorporation in other modied forms coming equally within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a rear view of the device in accordance with the present invention showing the same in a fiat condition, prior to association of a shirt therewith and manipulation thereof in the intended manner;

Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are similar views illustrating successive folding operations in manipulating the device for the packaging of a conventional mans sport shirt;

Fig. 5 is a. somewhat enlarged rear view, illustrating the completion of the package by the application of securing strips; and

Fig. s is a front view Qi the finally pwkused article.

Referring to Fig. l of the drawings, the present device takes the form of an extremely simple, flexible paper board blank l0 of generally rectangular outline. This blank is provided with a multiple transverse crease or fold line II 1ocated somewhat below its mid point and extending entirely across the blank, thereby facilitating folding of the device while accommodating the several layer thickness of the shirt which is packaged thereby. Crease II subdivides the blank l0 into foldably connected lower and upper panels I 0 I Il respectively.

The upper edge of the blank is shaped by cutting the same to afford a central, shirt collar engaging tongue I2 and a pair ofshoulder portions I3. Said portions are spaced from either side of said tongue by downwardly and outwardly divergent, curved bays or recesses Il of substantial depth, which deilne the like, inwardly facing, curved extensions I5 on said shoulders. Extensions I5 have the effect of increasing the length of the straight horizontal upper margin I6 of said shoulders for a purpose to be described. Bays I4 accommodate the shirt collar when tongue I2 is shipped between the rear areas of the collar and neckband.

In employing the device, the garment to be wrapped, illustrated as a conventional mans sport shirt and designated by the reference numerai I1, is disposed face downward, in the fashion illustrated in Fig. 2. The tongue I2 is then inserted under the rear portion of the shirt collar, denoted I8, and it will be noted that the outwardly divergent recesses I4 receive and accommodate the outward i'lare of the collar without rumpling or creasing the same. In this disposition of the parts, the arms i9 of the shirt are successively folded rearwardly onto the body of the blank and' on one another, and the skirt portion 20 of the shirt is brought upwardly and inwardly at either sides, as also illustrated in Fig. 2.

The lower edge of the shirt skirt is next folded upon itself to decrease its length by about two or three inches and said skirt portion is then folded upwardly and over the bottom margin of `the lower panel IIJ' of the blank, to overlie the thus shirt arms in the fashion shown in Fig. 3. The entire lower panel and portions of the shirt superposed thereon are then folded upwardly around the hinge line II and onto the panel II" and remainder of the shirt.

This completes the manipulation of the device and the package is finished by applying a g5 Standard type of paper strip or band 2l to encircle the same adjacent opposite sides thereof. These bands are wrapped, transversely of Vthe direction of fold of the device and in parallel relation to one another, about the exposed shoulders I3 of the device, and are secured by pins or an adhesive. It will be noted by reference to Figs. 5 and that the relatively long marginal edge I6 of said shoulders affords a wide base for the wrapping of the band 2|, thus making it possible for the paper bands to be positioned and secured properly at high speed, without requiring particular care or skill on the part of the operator.

In order to display the mapped shirt most attractively, we contemplate that the shoulder portions I3 thereof, or, for that matter, the entire forwardly exposed area of the blank, may be printed in simulation of an appropriate fabric or suiting, as indicated by the reference numeral' 23 in Fig. 6, so as to be exposed as a background for the shirt. A number of designs and/ or colors may be made available which will blend or contrast, as desired, with the color or texture of the shirt which is wrapped. This is a particularly advantageous feature in the packaging of new merchandise, although it also lends itself to an attractive display of freshly laundered shirts.

The package is shown in its final form in Figs. 5 and 6. It should be noted that the present device extends out practically to the sides of the shirt, so that the latter is effectively supported throughout its transverse dimension. Sharp creasing of the pockets of the shirt is avoided, which has been an objectionable characteristic of previous shirt packaging forms or boards and the like, about which the shirt is folded along longitudinal fold lines paralleling its sides, as distinguished from the transverse folding of the present invention. The lower edge of panel I' furnishes a. positive guide for the precise folding of the shirt skirt, and crease Il provides a similarly accurate folding point on which the multiple thickness is turned over on itself.

Thev securing bands 2i act to hold down the collar points 22, as will be noted in Fig. 6, so that the same are not likely to become displaced and rumpled. The entire packaged assembly is exceedingly compact in form, its dimensions being the same as those of previous wrapping forms and the like so that it may be enclosed in standard cardboard boxes, such as are in common use by laundries and like establishments.

We claim:

1. A packaging device for shirts and like garments, comprising a member of flexible fibrous stock adapted to be folded about a transverse zone extending thereacross, said member being shaped along an upper edge thereof generally `paralleling said zone to provide-a medial collar engaging tongue having opposed side margins converging upwardly to said edge and a pair of elongated shoulder portions on either side of said tongue, the upper margins of which generally parallel said edge, said shoulder portions .being separated from said tongue by recesses of substantial width in said edge.

2. A packaging device for shirts and like gar- 10 ments, comprising a member of exible fibrous stock adapted to be folded about a transverse zone extending thereacross adjacent the mid point thereof, said member being shaped along an upper edge thereof generally paralleling said zone to provide a medial collar engaging tongue having opposed side margins converging upwardly to said edge and a pair of elongated shoulder portions on either side of said tongue, the margins of which generally parallel said edge, said shoulder portions being separated from said tongue by downwardly and outwardly curved divergeht recesses in said edge which are of substantial width and which open to said edge at relatively enlarged throat portions.

3. A packaging device for shirts and like garments, comprising a generally rectangular member of iiexible paper board stock provided with a transverse fold line extending thereacross adjacent the mid point thereof, said member being shaped along an edge thereof generally paralleling said fold line to provide a central collar engaging tongue and a pair of shoulder portions spaced on either side of said tongue, said last named portions including extensions facing in the direction of said tongue to increase the marginal length of said shoulder portions.

4. A packaging device as set forth in claim 1, in which said shoulder portions are treated to simulate a material other than said fibrous stock .10 and thereby afford a display background for a garment associated with the device.

5. A packaging device as set forth in claim 3, in`which said shoulder portions are treated to simulate a material other than said paper board 5 stock and thereby aiford a display lbackground for a garment associated with the device.

WILLIAM W. McFALL. FRED O. KESTNER.

trEFERENCEs CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS u Number Name Date 1,826,206 Farrelly Oct. 6, A1931 1,838,262 Kabins Dec. 29, 1931