US2673642A

US2673642A - Display box

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Publication number: US2673642A
Application number: US276325A
Authority: US
Inventors: Smalley William Frank
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1952-03-13
Filing date: 1952-03-13
Publication date: 1954-03-30
Anticipated expiration: 1971-03-30

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March 30, 1954 w R LL Y 2,673,642

DISPLAY BOX Filed March 13, 1952 [wil INVENTOR.

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Application March 13, 1952, Serial No. 276,325

Claims. (Cl. 206-4513) This invention relates to a display box such as may be used in the jewelry industry for packaging articles of personal adornment.

Itis customary to individually package articles of jewelry in order that the same may be protected when shipped and also to provide a place for keeping to protect the article when not in use by the owner. In order that the article may be advantageously displayed by th retail merchant, it is desirable that the. jewelry article in its box present an. attractive appearance. Articles of jewelry are frequently in the form of a bracelet or some device of this character which it is desired may be viewed on all sides.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a display box in which; the article to be displayed is liftedout of the bottom of the box and above the side walls of the box when the cover is swung to open position so that the article stands more or less by itself away from the depth of the box that it may be more advantageously viewed by the prospective buyer.

Another object of this invention is to provide a display which will mechanically lift the article from the body portion of the box as the box is opened and without need for adjustment of any of the parts.

Another object of this invention is to provide a. box in which the article will be mechanically moved into the box to be completely housed when the cover is swung from open to: closed position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a construction which will be simple and yet effective in its operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a box in which the manipulating parts for the display may be made of cardboard or some inexpensive material.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box in closed position;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the box when in open position and showing an article mounting shaped for the reception of a bracelet;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on substantially lines 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the lifting plate structur alone;

Figure 5 is a plan view looking from the nder side of the tongue and its article carrier inassembled position; and

Figure 6 is a perspective view illustrating the assembly of the parts of Figures 4 and 5.

In proceeding with this invention I have provided a lifting plate which is located in the body of the box beneath a tongue which may be inserted through an opening in the plate, the plate being secured to the cover in such an arrangement that when the cover is swung to open position, the edge of the lifting plate which engages the tongue will swing the tongue about its hinge soas to lift the fre end of the tongue out of the body of the box and hold it in this position, while when the cover is swung to closed position, the edge of the lifting plate which supports the tongue is lowered thereby allowing the weight of the article to move the tongue back into the body of the box so that it may be housed therein.

With reference to the drawings, l0 designates the body section of the box and H the cover section. The body section i0 comprises a bottom wall 12 with opposite side walls [3 and M, a front wall l5, and a back wall H5. The cover section comprises a top wall H with side walls I8 and IS, a front wall 20, and a back wall 2!. The walls of the bottom and cover sections are arranged to be in abutting relation when the box is closed, there being a guiding lip 22 extending upwardly from the upstanding walls of the body section over which the downwardly extending walls of the cover section telescope so as to guide and hold the two sections with their side and end walls in abutting relation. A hinge 23 having one plate 24 attached to the back wall of the cover section and a plate 25 attached to the back wall of the body section with a pintle 26 through the eyes of the plates serves to hingedly relate the sections so that the cover may be swung from the closed position shown in Figure 1 to the open position shown in Figure 2.

A plate 21 is loosely located in the body section [0 and is provided with an extension 28 joined thereto along the fold line 29, which extension is joined along the hinge line 30 to a second plate 3|. This second plate 3! is cemented along the inner surface of the top H, leaving the portion 28, of substantially the depth of the combined'height of the side walls, free and joined to th plate 21 which may slide back and forth in the body section. This plate is provided with a slot 32 which extends from the fold line 29 toward its free edge as will be more clearly apparent in Figures 3, 4, and 6.

A tongue 33 is hinged along the fold line 34 to a base portion 35 which is in the form of a cardboard plate and is also creased along the

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36 and 31 so that it may be folded upon itself to be tucked through the slot 32 and then unfolded to be secured to the inner surface of the bottom wall [2, leaving the tongue 33 extending through the slot with its edge bearing upon the edge 38 of the slot. An article carrier 39 may be secured to the free end 40 of the tongue by a staple 4!, and in this instance the article carrier is in a shape to suitably mount a bracelet 42, shown in dotted lines, around its side 43.

When the box is in closed position as shown in Figure l, the plate 2? will lie along the plate portion 35 of the tongue with the tongue overlapping and lying alon the upper surface of the plate with the article carrier 39 lowered into the body section. As the cover is swung about its hinge to the open position in Figures 2 and 3, the plate 21 will be drawn upwardly so that its edge rises and at the same time moves somewhat toward the hinge thus lifting the tongue, swinging it about its hinge connection 34 to lift it out of the box and into the position shown in Figures 2 and 3, thus exposing the bracelet to view in a manner to attract more attention and enable the bracelet to be better seen than when lying on the fiat inner surface of the bottom wall of the box.

I claim:

1. A display box comprising a body section having a bottom with upstanding side and end walls, a cover section hinged to one end wall, an arm in said body section, means swingably mounting one end of said arm at said one end slot, and means connecting the end of said plate nearest the hinge to the cover section so that upon opening of the cover, the plate along its portion nearest said hinge connection will swing the arm upwardly.

2. A display box as in claim 1 wherein the arm is cardboard and the means swingably mounting the same is provided by scoring and folding a portion thereof.

3. A display box as in claim 1 wherein the arm has a base attached by a score so as to be folded on itself for assembly through said slot.

4. A display box as in claim 1 wherein the means to lift the plate is a link connected to the cover section.

5. A display box comprising a body section having a bottom with upstanding sid and end walls, a cover section hinged thereto, a plate in said body section, said plate having a slot therein, a link hingedly attachedto said plate along the portion nearest the hinge connection and hingedly attached to the cover section adjacent the hinge connection, an arm passing through said slot with its free end having an article carrier mounted thereon and means to swingably mount said arm in said body section at a fixed location near said cover hinge.

WILLIAM FRANK SMALLEY.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 714,138 Brown Nov. 25, 1902 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 283,331 Great Britain Jan. 12, 1923