US2782063A - Handle - Google Patents

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Feb. 19, 1957 w. s. ZIEGFELD HANDLE Filed 'May 28, 1956 INVENTOR WILLIAM S. ZIEGFELD ATTORNEY United States Patent HANDLE William S. Ziegfeld, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pa., assignor to Armstrong Cork Company, Lancaster, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application May 28, 1956, Serial No. 587,547

8 Claims. (Cl. 294-) This invention relates to a handle for lifting and moving cartons, such as a multiple ply corrugated fiberboard container for a roll of felt base or other surface covering material.

When floor coverings are packaged in wooden crates,

it is possible to grasp the side boards of the crate to move it from place to place. With a corrugated fiberboard container of a long length, it is diflicult to grasp the package conveniently and safely. With linoleum, felt base, and other floor coverings, the filled package may be quite heavy and, with some rolls, may be more than 12' long. There is a need for lifting handles which may be used, one at each end of the carton, so that two men may move the carton conveniently from place to place. The present invention aims to provide such a handle.

According to the present invention, a handle is constructed for use with a carton having a so-called double batten end structure, the handle being arranged to be received within the end structure in interlocking relationship with the battens to insure against accidental dislodgment of the handle during service, avoiding the danger of accidents resulting from dropping of the carton.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the attached drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a pair of the handles of the invention positioned for use on the ends of a fiberboard carton containing a roll of surface covering material; and

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of the handles.

Referring first to Figure 1, the carton includes a pair of wooden end members, one of which is shown at 2 in the drawing. A fiberboard wrapper 3 is folded around the roll of surface covering 4 received within the carton, and the wrapper is stapled to the end members as indicated at 5. The wrapper may be formed of a single blank of corrugated fiberboard suitably scored and bent into the form of a square, tubular container, with an overlapping flap stapled in place. The nature of the wrapper is not important so far as the present invention is concerned.

The end members are of the double batten type, including an upper outer cleat 6 of wood and a similar lower outer cleat 7. The outer cleats are spaced apart and are secured to spaced inner cleats 8 and 9,'also of wood. This provides a rectangularly shaped opening 10 in the center of the end member. The roll of material 4 is spaced from the outer cleats 6 and 7 by the inner cleats 8 and 9. With cleats made from thick stock, there will be a space at least deep between the inner surface of the outer cleats and the roll of material.

The handle is preferably fabricated from flat steel stock and black iron pipe, although it may be made of cast metal or may be otherwise fabricated.

The handle includes an internal bearing plate 11, and the lower extremity 12 of the plate is rounded to facilitate its insertion into the opening 10 in the end member, behind the lower outer cleat 7.

There is also an external bearing plate 13 which may be wider than the internal bearing plate, and it is arranged for disposition against the outer surface of the upper outer cleat 6.

A load-supporting plate 14 connects the bearing plates 11 and 13 and is disposed to receive the lower edge 15 of the upper outer cleat 6. The plates 11, 13, and 14 may be welded into a unitary structure. Preferably, the internal bearing plate 11 is positioned with respect to the load-supporting plate 14 in such manner that there is provided a safety ledge 16 which projects slightly above the plane of the load-supporting surface of the plate 14 and lies behind the upper outer cleat 6 in service, preventing the handle from accidentally being dislodged from the end structure during use.

A locating plate 17 projects laterally of the internal bearing plate 11 and is preferably welded to both the plate 11 and the load-supporting plate 14. The edge 18 of the locating plate 17 may be rounded. The lower surface 19 of the locating plate is disposed for engagement with the upper edge 29 of the lower outer cleat 7 to locate the handle with respect to the end structure. It also serves as a reinforcing plate when it is Welded to or formed integrally with the plates 11 and 14 and disposed in the position shown in the drawing. The locating plate 17 will be so dimensioned that, when the edge 19 is in engagement with the upper surface 20 of the lower outer cleat 7, the safety ledge 16 of the internal bearing plate 11 will clear the lower edge 15 of the upper outer cleat 6.

General practice in the fabrication of double batten end members is to nail the cleats or battens together as indicated at 21 in Figure 1. It is desirable, therefore, to be sure that the bearing plates engage the outer cleats in such fashion that there will be no danger of the cleats being pulled apart during handling of the cartons. This may be accomplished by providing beads 22 and 23 projecting from adjacent to the extremities of the internal and external bearing plates 11 and 13, respectively, as shown in the drawing. The beads 22 and 23 may be formed by running a narrow band of weld metal on the surfaces as shown in Figure 2. These beads insure that the bearing lines of the plates 11 and 13 will be well removed from the outer edges of the cleats; and, although the surfaces of the cleats engaged by the bearing plates be irregular or inclined at the edges, the thrust of the bearing plates will be localized above the edges. Also, the bearing lines will be remote from the lifting line of the handle to lessen the force applied to the outer lower cleat 7 which would tend to pull it loose from the inner cleats.

A hand grip member is provided. In the embodiment iillustrated, this is in the form of a pair of pipes 24 and 25 Which project outwardly from the unit, preferably being welded to the lower region of the external bearing plate 13. A tubular cross member .26 is welded to the pipes 24 and 25 and provides an opening 27 through which a bar or a smaller tube may be inserted to increase the eifective length of the handle so that two men may grasp the handle. This is especially desirable where particularly heavy articles are to be moved.

In the operation of the device, the workman grasps the cross bar 26 and inserts the rounded edge 12 of the plate 11 into the opening 10. The handle is permitted to move downwardly, with the plate 11 disposed behind the batten 7, until the locating plate 17 comes into engagement with the upper edge 20 of batten 7. When the parts are in this position, the safety ledge 16 will be disposed below the lower edge 15 of the batten 6. The workman then lifts on the cross bar 26 which pivots the handle about the line of contact of the bead 22 with the inner surface of the batten 7 and brings the safety ledge 16 behind the batten 6. As further lifting of the cross bar 26 is eifected by the workman, the handle slides up wardly until the lower edge 15 of the batten 6 rests on the supporting surface of the plate 14. When the weight of the carton is taken on the handle, the head 23 of the external bearing plate will come into contact with the outer surface of the batten 6 well above the lower edge 15 of this batten, and lifting may be accomplished without danger of pulling the cleats apart. The article may be then moved to a desired location, and the handle extracted by merely releasing the grip on the cross bar 26 permitting the handle to fall until the locating plate 17 engages the upper edge 20 of the batten 7; whereupon, the workman moves the handle outwardly in an arcuate fashion to extract the safety ledge 16 from behind the batten 6 and then lifts the handle free of the end structure.

From the foregoing, it will be clear that a lifting handle has been provided which may be safely and conveniently used with even very heavily loaded cartons without any substantial danger of accidental dislodgernent of the handle or accidental pulling apart of the cleats.

I claim:

l. A handle for gripping the cleats of a double batten end of a carton, which end includes spaced upper and lower outer cleats secured together by a .pair of spaced inner cleats to provide an opening for the reception of the handle therebetween, said handle comprising an internal bearing member for disposition between said inner cleats and against the inner surface of said lower outer cleat, an external bearing member for disposition against the outer surface of said upper outer cleat, a load-supporting member connecting said bearing members as a unit and disposed to receive the lower edge of said upper outer cleat, a locating member projecting laterally of said internal bearing member for engagement with the upper edge of said lower outer cleat to locate said handle with respect to said end structure, and a hand grip member secured to said unit and disposed to bring said external bearing member into engagement with the outer surface of said upper outer cleat upon lifting of a carton with said handle and to apply the lifting force of said handle in the general plane of said locating member.

2. A handle for gripping the cleats of a double batten end of a carton, which end includes spaced upper and lower outer cleats secured together by a pair of spaced inner cleats to provide an opening for the reception of the handle therebetween, said handle comprising an internal bearing member for disposition between said inner cleats and against the inner surface of said lower outer cleat, an external bearing member for disposition against the outer surface of said upper outer cleat, a load-supporting member connecting said bearing members as a unit and disposed to receive the lower edge of said upper outer cleat, a locating member secured to said load-supporting member and said internal bearing member and projecting laterally from said internal bearing member for engagement with the upper edge of said lower outer cleat to locate said handle with respect to said end structure, and a hand grip member secured to said unit and disposed to bring said external bearing member into engagement with the outer surface of said upper outer cleat upon lifting of a carton with said handle and to apply the lifting force of said handle in the general plane of said locating member.

3. A handle for gripping the cleats of a double batten end of a carton, which end includes spaced upper and lower outer cleats secured together by a pair of spaced inner cleats to provide an opening for the reception of the handle therebetween, said handle comprising an internal bearing member for disposition between said inner cleats, a bearing surface projecting from said internal bearing member adjacent to its lower extremity for disposition against the inner surface of said lower outer cleat, an external bearing member for disposition against the outer surface of said upper outer cleat, a load-supporting member connecting said bearing members as a unit and disposed to receive the lower edge of said upper outer cleat, a locating member projecting laterally of said internal bearing member for engagement with the upper edge of said lower outer cleat to locate said handle with respect to said end structure, and a hand grip member secured to said unit and disposed to bring said external bearing member into engagement with the outer surface of said upper outer cleat upon lifting of a carton with said handle and to apply the lifting force of said handle in the general plane of said locating member.

4. A handle for gripping the cleats of a double batten end of a carton, which end includes spaced upper and lower outer cleats secured together by a pair of spaced inner cleats to provide an opening for the reception of the handle therebetween, said handle comprising an internal bearing member for disposition between said inner cleats and against the inner surface of said lower outer cleat, an external bearing member, a bearing surface projecting from said external bearing member adjacent to its upper extremity for disposition against the outer surface of said upper outer cleat, a load-supporting member connecting said bearing members as a unit and disposed to receive the lower edge of said upper outer cleat, a locating member projecting laterally of said internal bearing member for engagement with the upper edge of said lower outer cleat to locate said handle with respect to said end structure, and a hand grip member secured to said unit and disposed to bring said external bearing member into engagement with the outer surface of said upper outer cleat upon lifting of a carton with said handle and to apply the lifting force of said handle in the general plane of said locating member.

I 5. A handle for gripping the cleats of a double batten end of a carton, which end includes spaced upper and lower outer cleats secured together by a pair of spaced inner cleats to provide an opening for the reception of the handle therebetween, said handle comprising an internal bearing member for disposition between said inner cleats, a bearing surface projecting from said internal bearing member adjacent to its lower extremity for disposition against the inner surface of said lower outer cleat, an external hearing member, a bearing surface projecting from said external bearing member adjacent to its upper extremity for disposition against the outer surface of said upper outer cleat, a load-supporting member connecting said bearing members as a unit and disposed to receive the lower edge of said upper outer cleat, a locating member projecting laterally of said internal bearing member for engagement with the upper edge of said lower outer cleat to locate said handle with respect to said end structure, and a hand grip member secured to said unit and disposed tobring said external bearing member into engagement with the outer surface of said upper outer cleat upon lifting of a carton with said handle and to apply the lifting force of said handle in the general plane of said locating member.

6. A handle for gripping the cleats of a double batten end of a carton, which end includes spaced upper and lower outer cleats secured together by a pair of spaced inner cleats to provide an opening for the reception of the handle therebetween, said handle comprising an internal bearing member for disposition between said inner cleats and against the inner surface of said lower outer cleat, an external bearing member for disposition against the outer surface of said upper outer cleat, a load-supporting member connecting said bearing members as a unit and disposed to receive the lower edge of said upper outer cleat, a locating member projecting laterally of said internal bearing member for engagement with the upper edge of said lower outer cleat to locate said handle with respect to said end structure, and a hand grip member secured to said external bearing member below the upper extremity thereof and disposed to bring said external bearing member into engagement with the outer surface of said upper outer cleat upon lifting of a carton with said handle and to apply the lifting force of said handle in the general plane of said locating member.

5 7. A handle for gripping'the cleats of a double batten end of a carton, which end includes spaced upper and lower outer cleats secured together by a pair of spaced inner cleats to provide an opening for the reception of the handle therebetween, said handle comprising an internal bearing plate for disposition between said inner cleats and against the inner surface of said lower outer cleat, an external bearing plate for disposition against the outer surface of said upper outer cleat, a load-supporting plate connecting said bearing plates as a unit and disposed to receive the lower edge of said upper outer cleat, a locating plate projecting laterally of said internal bearing plate for engage ment with the upper edge of said lower outer cleat to locate said handle with respect to said end structure, a tubular grip member extending with its axis substantial ly parallel to the face of said external bearing plate for the reception of a lifting member therethrough, and means projecting laterally from said unit connecting said grip member to said unit.

8- A handle for gripping the cleats of a double batten end a carton, which end includes spaced upper and lower outer cleats secured together by a pair of spaced inner cleats to provide an opening for the reception of the handle therebetween, said handle comprising an internal bearing plate for disposition between said inner cleats and against the inner surface of said lower outer cleat, an external bearing plate for disposition against the outer surface of said upper outer cleat, a load-supporting plate connecting said bearing plates as a unit and disposed to receive the lower edge of said upper outer cleat, a safety ledge projecting from said internal bearing plate above said load-supporting plate, a locating plate projecting laterally of said internal bearing plate for engagement with the upper edge of said lower outer cleat to locate said handle with respect to said end structure, a tubular grip member extending with its axis substantially parallel to the face of said external bearing plate for the reception of a lifting member therethrough, and means projecting laterally from said unit connecting said grip member to said unit.

References Cited in the file of this patent FOREIGN PATENTS 334,290 Germany Apr. 7, 1920

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