US2542949A

US2542949A - Carton and easel for sheets

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Publication number: US2542949A
Application number: US33037A
Authority: US
Inventors: Schneider John Dickinson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1948-06-15
Filing date: 1948-06-15
Publication date: 1951-02-20
Anticipated expiration: 1968-02-20

Description

Feb. 20, 1951 J. D. SCHNEIDER CARTON AND EASEL FOR SHEETS Filed June 15, 1948 Patented Feb. 20, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CARTON AND EASEL FOR SHEETS John Dickinson Schneider, Deerfield, Ill. Application Jim. 15, 1948, Serial No. 33,037

6 Claims.

This invention relates to a carton and easel for sheets and more particularly to apparatus adapted to be assembled as a transporting carton or as a display easel for sheets having displays thereon.

One feature of this invention is that it provides an improved transporting carton and display easel for sheets having displays thereon; another feature of this invention that it provides a backing member having a pair of oppositely disposed side flaps hingedly mounted along opposite side edges thereof, said flaps being adapted to form a support to maintain said backing member upright at an angle to the vertical; another feature of this invention is that the side flaps are each provided with a lower bendable portion, preferably triangular in form, which may be bent to form a base portion, thereby supporting said backing member in an upright position at an angle from the vertical; an additional feature of this invention is that it provides a bottom flap hingedly mounted on said backing member and adapted to be secured to the bendable portion of each of said side flaps to provide a very stable easel; a further feature of this invention is that the display sheets are mounted on a hanger flap hingedly secured to the backing member and are completely enclosed within the carton formed by the apparatus for transportation, the hanger flaps and sheets being adapted to be swung through an angle of approximately 180 to present the display on said sheets from the opposite side of said backing member when the apparatus is assembled as an easel; still another feature of this invention is that two oppositely disposed flaps (the side flaps as illustrated) have a combined width at least equal to the width of the backing member, said flaps preferably being each of the order of onehalf the width of said backing member so that when said flaps are swung to overlie said backing member the flaps completely cover a side of said member; yet a further feature of this invention is that the hinged connection between the side flaps and the backing member is designed so that said flaps form a support for the backing member when the flaps are swung less than 90 from said backing member, thereby providing an easel wherein the side flaps are not visible from the front; and still an additional feature of this invention is that the display sheet and hanger flap may be fastened to the backing member to insure that the sheets retain a desirable display position.

- Other features and advantages of this invention will be apparent from the following specification and from the drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of apparatus constructed in accordance with the present invention, said apparatus being assembled as a carton;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the apparatus of Fig. 1 assembled as an easel;

Fig. 3 is a reduced perspective view of the apparatus of Fig. 1 in the process of being disassembled as a carton and assembled as an easel;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the upper portion of the apparatus assembled as an easel;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the apparatus in process of assembly as an easel looking from the back thereof;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of the back of the apparatus showing the connection between the bottom flap and the bendable portion of the side flaps;

Fig. '7 is a perspective view of the apparatus assembled as an easel looking from the back thereof;

Fig. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section along the line 8-8 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section along the line 9--9 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the apparatus comprises a backing member [0 which preferably is formed of corrugated fiber board. A pair of oppositely disposed side flaps llv and I2 are hingedly mounted along opposite side edges of the backing member to and extend along substantially the entire length of said edges as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and. 3. These flaps have a combined width at'least equal to the width of the backing member and preferably each side flap has a width of the order of onehalf the width of the backing member so that the edges of the flaps are substantially in abutment and said flaps completely cover a side of the backing member when the flaps are swung to overlie the backing member as shown in Fig. 1. The hinge mounting may be of the type which is conventional in forming boxes and cartons of corrugated fiber board, here being shown as comprising a double fold 13a and l3b, these folds being spaced to provide a space between backing boards and the side flaps when the side flaps are swung to overlie the board. The width of the spacing between the folds I30. and [3b will, of course, determine the depth of the carton, and in a carton intended to contain 10 or a dozen display sheets a spacing of about of an inch or an inch between the folds He and. I3!) will suffice. While 3 shown as being integral, obviously, if desired the backing members and the flaps may be made of separate pieces and hinged together with tape or similar fastening means.

Each flap has a lower portion Ha and [2a, respectively, which is bendable, this portion preferably being defined by score lines as shown at Nb and I22) in Fig. 1, the portions lid and I2a each preferably being in the form of a triangle having its relatively short base'extendi'ng from the lower'corner of the'respectiveside flap along" the outer edge of said flap opposite said hinge. mounting, said triangle having its apex at the lower corner of the respective side-fiap adjacent the point of connection of the side flap with the backing member ID.

'A bottom flap it is hingedly: mountedelong, the bottom edge of said backing member and extends along substantially the entire lengthof said bottom edge as shown best in Fig. 6. The bottom flap Mi is hinged similarly to the: side flaps II and -I 2 and isadaptedto cover the lower portion of the side of the backing member when the bottom fiap is swung to overlie said backing. member.

A hanger nap l",2preferab1y similar insize and shape to thebottom fiaps M',.is:=hinged1y-.: mounted "along the t'op edge ofthe backing member fi -and extends along substantially the entire: length of said top edge as sho'wn' best in-zF ig 3:- The hanger flap covers the upperp'ortion of the side :of jth'ebacking member when in a first PlOSi-' tion where said flap is swung to overlie said back ing. member; Obviously if desired: the hanger flap and bottoinfiapcould be formed'with acom bined width at least equal to the width of "the backingmem-ber and the'side flaps could eachibe shortened so-they are not in-abutment when said side flaps are swung. to overlie-the. backing member.

A plurality of display sheets Iii: are-mounted on the hangerflap I 5 'adjacentthe top edgeyofthe backing member it by means of pins or rrivets- I1 and IS. Whenthe appa-ratusvis assembled as a carton the: display; sheets l6: will liebetween the hanger flap -l 5 and the "bottom-flap l l'on the backside of said sheets and-the: backing member:

ill on the front or display" side of'said sheets-as will be apparentfrom'a consideration of Figures 1; 2'and--3; and said hangerflap *iii and sheets I5 are-adapted to be'swungfrom this' first position" through anangle of approximately-180degrees; toa second positionillustrated irrFigs; 2 andT'l: wherein tlie'display'on said sh'eets' is'presented from the side of the backing member I'Bl opposite: the" side of .said-memberfrom',which the side flaps ll and i2 extend, said sheetsbeing sup' ported by said hanger fiap" l5iand ibacking mein' ber Ii! when'in'said secondposition;

In Fig. l'the apparatusisillustrated assembled" asacarton'with the display sheets" leinside the' c'a'rt'onl If d'esiredthe cartorimay be'se'aled by means of a tape 2 0 bridging the abutting edges of": the side fiaps H and i2: As 'is conventional'in' assemblinga carton the ha'nger flap 115i andthe bottt'om fiap l4, which in the embodimentiillustlrated arenot of sufli'cientlength to abut each other, are folded inside the side flaps l'l and 12-, the'hinge mountingof "said hanger and bottom flaps providingthe end'softhe carton. v

In Fig. 2 the apparatus has' been disassembled asa carton and assembled as an easel, Figs. 3'--'7 showing the means bywhicli thisoperation is performed. After the tape" Zil has been cut dr r'emovedtheside fi'a'ps H and l'2 andb'ottom' fiap [4 are swung away from the backing member Ill to permit the hanger flap l5 and the sheets 16 to be swung away from said backing member as illustrated in Fig. 3, and as shown in Fig. 4 said hanger flap and sheets are swung through an angle of approximately 180 degrees to present the display on said sheets from the side of the backing member opposite the side from which the side flaps II and 12 extend, said sheets resting-againsttheback of:the men'iber Ii! land being supportedby the'hanger'fiap and said member ID.

The sheets 16, hanger flap l5 and backing member ID are provided with a'hole shown at 2| in 'Figs. and-.7; land a rivet 22 is passed through this hole and acts to secure the sheets and hanger fiap'tdtheback'ing member In as shown in Fig. 9. Since therivets ll, [8 and 22 are approximately in a straight" line adjacent the upper edge of the hanger flap, as each sheet is used it may be merely turned over to the inside or back of the apparatus andthe next succeeding-sheetwillebe in 1 display. positions After the hangerflaps and sheets havebeen inverted from: their closed positionstotheir dis; play position the bendable portion of each sidefiap-is bent inwardly, approximately. at. a, right angle;- If desired this operation may be facilitated -by. the use 1 of a straight edge, 7 as thelrulerl. 2 3 shown in'Figa5; Push pins -25 and 'ifi onotherf fastening devices, as rivets may then: be utilized, to: secure the'bottom fiap M0 the bendable p.01? tions- I la=and IZaofthe sideflaps, this anrapge: ment-providing a sturdy support to hold. the; backing. member I 0. in an upright.- pos ition, v and. prcper-balance-is assured-since .the-backingvmema ber issupported: atan angle-to thevertical, slop ingarearwardly; as best seen-infiFig. '7, so that said member. cannot: fall 7 forwardlyi eventhough its.

supporting; meansgare located=to.the rear. The

' slope towards the rear is, of course,1 causedlby bending the triangular portions. '13 andfrl i lilaway.

from the vertical supportingaportion..ofithe side".

I: prefer to provide rivet 2-2 and? pushlpins 2'53 and 26 imamenvelopeinsidethe-carton :when its is shipped-and if :desired this envelope may 0011+,

tain directions for assemblingthe:apparatus.as-

an: easel-:-

Since it is not necessary to --cu-t -or. tear theianparatus in assembling; it-either. as a-car-ton .011 as rivet: 2 2; swinging the. hanger. flan: I 5 .and sheets:

i 6 through approximatelylw fideg rees where-theyre'st against the other side:- of=sthe backing member.

iii, straighteningoutthe bendable-portions Ila. and l 2a:andswingingathe.bottomgflapgl 4. and the. side flaps M- and. t2 to:overlie the backing meme. b1". Gbviously the. apparatus may? be used; asinany times as desired=for displays orvlectures The formation of the-:bendable portions, Hu. and lia as illustra te'd resnlts'in: an easel: in. which the backing member I' U issupported inaamupright position a: few degrees: from the: vertical; and

since-the. hingediccnnection?ofth'e side flaps re--- space between the folds- I 3a; and: F311,;

open oreasel-forfnin'g position oi Figzfl'. Consenquen thesidefiap cannot-be seen'zby: ainro'b serv'er in front' of P tha display? Wliil'e I have shown andd scribedicertain: elm

bodi'inents of my-inven'tion it is to=undrstood that it is capable of many modifications; Changes; therefoie, mm the". construction andiarposite side edges of said backing member, said.

flaps being contained within projections of the top and bottom'edges of said backing member, and said flaps each having a lower edge portion which is readily bendable to form a base portion, said flaps forming a portion of a carton when swung to overlie said backing member, and said flaps being adapted when swung away from said backing member to form a support to maintain said backing member upright at an angle to the vertical.

2. Apparatus of the character claimed in claim 1, wherein the bendable portion of each side flap is in the form of a triangle having its base extending from the lower corner of said side flap along the outer edge of said flap opposite said hinge mounting, and having its apex at the lower corner of said side flap adjacent said backing member.

3. Apparatusof the character described, comprising: a backing member adapted to support a plurality of display sheets; a pair of oppositely disposed side flaps hingedly mounted along opposite side edges or" said backing member, said flaps each having a lower triangular edge portion which. is readily bendable to form a base portion, said flaps forming a portion of a carton when swung to overlie said backing member, and said flaps being adapted when swung away from said backing member to form a support to maintain said backing member upright at an angle to the vertical; a bottom flap hingedly mounted along the bottom edge of said backing member; and readily removable means for securing said bottom flap to said bendable portions to form said base portion.

4. Apparatus of the character described, comprising: a backing member; a pair of oppositely disposed side flaps hingedly mounted along opposite side edges of said backing member, said flaps each having a score line defining a lower triangular portion which is bendable to form a base portion, said flaps forming a portion of a carton when swung to overlie said backing memher, and said flaps being adapted when swung away from said backing member to form a sup port to maintain said backing member upright at an angle to the vertical; a bottom flap hingedly mounted along the bottom edge of said backing member; readily removable means for securing said bottom flap to said bendable portions to form said base portion; and a hanger flap hingedly mounted along the top edge of said backing member, said hanger flap being adapted to have a plurality of display sheets mounted thereon.

5. Apparatus of the character described, comprising: a backing member; a pair of oppositely disposed side flaps having a length equal to the length of the backing member and being hingedly mounted along opposite side edges of said backing member and extending along substantially the entire length of said edges, said flaps each having a lower portion which is bendable to form a base portion, and said flaps being adapted to form a support to maintain said backing member upri ht at an angle to the vertical when said flaps are swung approximately 90 degrees from said backing member; a bottom flap hingedly mounted along the bottom edge of said backing member and extending along substantially the entire length of said bottom edge, said bottom flap being adapted to cover the lower portion of said side of said backing member when swung to overlie said member and being adapted to be swung through an angle of less than 90 degrees from said backing member and be secured to the bendable portion of said side flaps; and a hanger flap hingedly mounted along the top edge of said backing member, said hanger flap being adapted to have at least one display sheet mounted thereon, two oppositely disposed flaps having a combined width at least equal to the width oi said backing member and being adapted completely to cover a side of said backing member when said flaps are swung to overlie said backing member.

6. Apparatus of the character described, coprising: a backing member; a pair of oppositely disposed side flaps hingedly mounted along opposite side edges of said backing member and extending along substantially the entire length of said edges, said flaps each having a lower triangular portion which is bendable to form a base portion, said flaps forming a portion of a carton when swung to overlie said backing member, and said flaps being adapted when swung away from said backing member to form a support to main" tain said backing member upright at an angle to the vertical; a hanger flap hingedly mounted along the top edge of said backing member and extending along substantially the entire length of said top edge, said hanger flap covering the upper portion of a side of said backing member when in a first position; and a plurality of display sheets mounted on said hanger flap adjacent the top edge of said backing member, said hanger flap and sheets being adapted to be swung through an angle of approximately 180 degrees to a second position to present the display on said sheets from the side of said backing member opposite the side from which said side flaps extend, said sheets being supported by said hanger flap and backing member when in said second position.

JOHN DICKINSON SCHNEIDER.

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

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