US3623526A - Knockdown folding package - Google Patents

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US3623526A
US3623526A US888511A US3623526DA US3623526A US 3623526 A US3623526 A US 3623526A US 888511 A US888511 A US 888511A US 3623526D A US3623526D A US 3623526DA US 3623526 A US3623526 A US 3623526A
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Elwood Frank Robertson
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D3/00—Book covers
    • B42D3/04—Book covers loose
    • B42D3/045—Protective cases for books
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D27/00—Envelopes or like essentially-rectangular flexible containers for postal or other purposes having no structural provision for thickness of contents
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/04—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks
    • B65D75/14—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks folded-up around all sides of the contents from a portion on which the contents are placed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2313/00—Connecting or fastening means
    • B65D2313/02—Connecting or fastening means of hook-and-loop type
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10T428/24—Structurally defined web or sheet [e.g., overall dimension, etc.]
    • Y10T428/24008—Structurally defined web or sheet [e.g., overall dimension, etc.] including fastener for attaching to external surface
    • Y10T428/24017—Hook or barb

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  • a knockdown folding package is provided which is formed from a single blank of flexible lightweight material.
  • the package includes a central area and a plurality of flaps (for example, four flaps) extending outwardly from the central area.
  • the flaps may be folded one upon the other to provide a central compartment to hold articles.
  • Means for releasably retaining the flaps in a folded condition are provided associated with the flaps, such means preferably consisting ofVelcro" coupling members.
  • This invention relates to a novel knockdown package for carrying one or a plurality of individual articles. More particularly, it relates to a novel article of manufacture for the carrying of books, more particularly, school books.
  • An object of this invention is the provision of a lightweight, compact, relatively inexpensive means for carrying a plurality of articles.
  • An object of another aspect of this invention is the provision of a lightweight, compact, weatherproof, waterproof, means for carrying one or a plurality of school books.
  • a knockdown package comprising: a sheet of lightweight, flexible, relatively tough, relatively strong material including a central area, a plurality of flaps extending from the central area, the flaps being provided with releasably interengageable means whereby the flaps may be folded over, and temporarily secured to, one another.
  • flaps there are four or more flaps, with mutually opposed flaps being adapted to be folded over, and temporarily secured to, each other.
  • four such flaps are provided.
  • the sheet should be fonned of a tough, strong, weatherproof, waterproof, lightweight, flexible material.
  • a tough, strong, weatherproof, waterproof, lightweight, flexible material examples include the material known by the trademark of Climatite.
  • Other materials include rubberized fabric, waterproof canvas, vinyl plastics, polyolefin films, or even specially treated paper.
  • the releasably interengageable means could be closely spaced apart snap fasteners, or pressure sensitive adhesive which are capable of many adhesion-releasing couples.
  • I969 Velcro may be described as a pair of interengageable surfaces, each surface being provided with a plurality of hooking elements, certain of the hooking elements comprising hooks and certain of the hooking elements comprising loops, and characterized by the property that pressing opposed surfaces of the hooking elements together in face-to-face relation will result in a large number of hooks engaging a large number of loops to hold the surfaces together.
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of the embodiment of FIG. I in its partially enfolded condition
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 1 in use as a package for a plurality of articles.
  • the knockdown package 10 includes a central area 11, a first flap 12 extending laterally from one imaginary marginal edge thereof, a second flap 13 extending laterally from a second imaginary marginal edge thereof, a third flap 14 extending laterally from a third imaginary marginal edge thereof, and a fourth flap 15 extending from a fourth imaginary marginal edge thereof. All the peripheral edges of flaps l2, l3, l4 and 15 are provided with stitcheddown edges I6. Since the package is a sheet, it includes inside and outside faces. Thus, flap 12 is provided with an inside face 17 and an outside face 18; flap 13 is provided with an inside face 19 and an outside face 20; flap 14 is provided with inside face 21 and outside face 22; and flap I5 is provided with inside face 23 and outside face 24.
  • the flaps l2, l3, l4 and 15 are provided with cooperating securing couples for temporarily securing opposite flaps to one another, i.e. for temporarily coupling flaps l2 and 14 together and for temporarily coupling flaps I3 and 15 together.
  • the coupling means are Velcro, and, as shown, one-half of the Velcro couple 25 is secured to face 18 of flap 12, with the other half of the Velcro couple 26 being secured to face 21 of flap l4; one-half of the Velcro couple 27 is secured to face 19, with the other half of the Velcro couple being secured to face 24 of flap 15.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 it is seen that books 29 are stacked on the inside face of central area II. Flap 12 is then folded over the books 29 so that face 18 and Velcro 25 is atop. Flap 14 is then folded over to rest on top of face 18 and, after being drawn over the books 29 as tightly as possible, Velcro 26 is temporarily secured to Velcro 25.
  • flap 15 is then folded over on top of coupled flaps 12-14 so that Velcro 28 is exposed.
  • flap I3 is folded over flap l5 and, after being drawn over the books 29 as tightly as possible, Velcro 27 is temporarily secured to Velcro 28.
  • a flat envelope for carrying one or a plurality of individual articles comprising: a sheet of lightweight, flexible, relatively tough, relatively strong material, said sheet including a. a central, generally rectangular area free of apertures,
  • each flap being one piece with said central area and being of truncated triangular shape
  • each flap of said pair of mutually opposed flaps being provided with cooperating, releasably interengageable means, said releasably interengageable means comprising a pair of interengageable surfaces in the form of a primary component and a secondary component, said surfaces being provided with a plurality of hooking elements, certain of the hooking elements comprising hooks and certain of the elements comprising loops, and characterized by the property that pressing opposed surfaces of the hooking elements together in face-to-face relation will result in hooks engaging loops to hold the surfaces together, said means being located at the truncated triangular apex, and satisfying the requirement that d.
  • a primary component of the cooperating, releasably interengageable means is disposed on the outside face of one selected flap of a first pair of mutually opposed flaps
  • a secondary component of the cooperating, releasably interengageable means is disposed on the inside face of the other flap of the first pair of mutually opposed flaps so that one or a plurality of distinct articles may be placed on the central area and be completely retained within the confines of the envelope by the steps of l. folding one selected flap of a randomly selected pair of mutually opposed flaps over the article or articles and folding the other flap over the selected flap, thereby temporarily securing the other flap to the selected flap with the article or articles disposed between the flaps and the central area, and 2.

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US4620396A (en) * 1985-05-02 1986-11-04 Bjorntwedt Kris E Protective cover of flexible sheet material
USD289228S (en) 1984-09-28 1987-04-14 Carole Chinman Foldable wrapper for clothing
US4738477A (en) * 1986-09-22 1988-04-19 Grossmeyer Mark C Disposable apparatus for the collection of refuse
US4881684A (en) * 1988-06-30 1989-11-21 Carole Chinman Wrapper for articles with improved securing arrangement
US4919990A (en) * 1988-07-27 1990-04-24 Davis Gregory E Paper buster
US5004144A (en) * 1989-09-08 1991-04-02 Selga Betty J Reusable fabric gift wrap
US5056663A (en) * 1990-07-16 1991-10-15 Ostrowski Michael J Adjustable protective book cover and method
US5084321A (en) * 1989-10-23 1992-01-28 Sui Nien Hsien Disposable table cloth
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GB331129A (en) * 1929-08-13 1930-06-26 Olgeir Fridgeirsson Improved fish wrapping
US2353932A (en) * 1943-11-01 1944-07-18 Lewis A Schaffer Noncrushable kit construction
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US4345712A (en) * 1980-09-24 1982-08-24 Gim Heung S Plastic bag
US4562952A (en) * 1984-09-28 1986-01-07 Carole Chinman Wrapper for clothing
USD289228S (en) 1984-09-28 1987-04-14 Carole Chinman Foldable wrapper for clothing
US4620396A (en) * 1985-05-02 1986-11-04 Bjorntwedt Kris E Protective cover of flexible sheet material
US4738477A (en) * 1986-09-22 1988-04-19 Grossmeyer Mark C Disposable apparatus for the collection of refuse
US4881684A (en) * 1988-06-30 1989-11-21 Carole Chinman Wrapper for articles with improved securing arrangement
US4919990A (en) * 1988-07-27 1990-04-24 Davis Gregory E Paper buster
US5004144A (en) * 1989-09-08 1991-04-02 Selga Betty J Reusable fabric gift wrap
US5084321A (en) * 1989-10-23 1992-01-28 Sui Nien Hsien Disposable table cloth
US5056663A (en) * 1990-07-16 1991-10-15 Ostrowski Michael J Adjustable protective book cover and method
US5236121A (en) * 1991-06-28 1993-08-17 Wollman Sandford L Textile envelopes, cards and the like and methods of manufacture
US5477965A (en) * 1992-08-18 1995-12-26 Herbeck; Thomas Packaging element for stacked printed products
US6237761B1 (en) 1999-02-12 2001-05-29 Travel Caddy, Inc. Packing case for foldable articles
US7464975B1 (en) 2004-07-07 2008-12-16 Philip Cox Apparatus for holding and transporting multiple books
US20100067829A1 (en) * 2008-09-17 2010-03-18 Benzie Delores A Multipurpose bag and method for making same
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USD1039918S1 (en) 2022-06-20 2024-08-27 Scrubza, Llc Combined food wrap and placemat
USD1049711S1 (en) 2022-06-20 2024-11-05 Scrubza, Llc Combined food wrap and placemat
US11844406B1 (en) 2023-02-13 2023-12-19 Scrubza, Llc Reusable storage wrap and placemat
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