US381135A - Paper receptacle - Google Patents

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O. H.y HICKS. Y PAPER REGEPTAGLB.,

kPatented Apr; 17;

' UNITED STATES [PATENT Cervical-f l' p OLIVER H. HicKsoF. c HIoAGo, ILLINOIS.

PAPERV RE'CEPTACLE';

sPEcrr-ICATON forming parrot Letters Patent No. 381,1 salama April 17, 1888,

Application sled rebmryais'es. sefiailuaeaasai. (No modem" To all whom it may concern:

` Be it known that I, OLIVER H. Bionda citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, n the countyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Ixnprovement in Paper'leceptacles, of which following is a specification. i

The object of my invention is to provide a receptacle formed of a single sheet of paper or analogous material folded upon itself in aY manner whereby it may, withoutl augmenting the number of creases necessarily produced to form the receptacle, be readily adapted to assume the shape which will admit of its occucost of packing and shipping the receptacles, v

and the provision of a receptacle which shall be readily convertible from' the Ycondition to which it is reduced for shipment to its normal condition. v p

In the drawings,Fig'ure -1 is a sheet of paper, creased, as illustrated by dotted lines, in a manner to form, when folded, the receptacle shown in Fig. 5. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 illustrate 4three convenient wayswhich my improvement renders possible of folding the creased sheet for shipment. Fig. 5 shows in perspective the receptacle, whichmay be providedv with two bails, in the'positions shown by full lines, or, if desired, with one bail and separate securingfwires for thc corners, as shown by dotted lines; vand Fig. 6 shows in perspective the separate securingwires, as used with a single bail. y f

A is a single sheet of paper (though thin Wood, straw-board, cloth, or thelike may serve the purpose) creased to form ,the side portions g, side portions q', base p, and corner portions, 0 o', creased obliquely and centrally, as shown fro permit the fomedsheet to 'be readily transformed from the collapsed condition to' which it is reduced for packing into a box or" receptacle,- it is necessary that the` corner por-V tions, lo o', be folded inward at the oblique creases w, whereby the ends qfand q are raised tovertical positions.

The folds o of .thjecorners are then permanently secured to thesides g', and while this securing may beaccomplished by any suitable means, as by gluingor stitch-y,

ing, prefer to fasten bails n upon the receptacle, to answer the double purpose of a 0f securing the folds o and sides g'pto'gether.

The bails n are preferably, by reason of the springyquality thereby afforded, thou'ghnot`l necessarily, composed of wire, andare .by

preference two in number, having their ends passed through the sides gf andfolds o and bent tothe angles shown in Fig. 5. Where the sides q and folds o are secured` together` .by othermeans than the ends of the bails, the

two bailsshown by full lines in Fig. 5 maybe supplanted'by a single bail, n, in the position I v illustrated by dotted lines. Wires m afford, with th'e single-bail modification,y desirable means for securing the sides q and folds io together, and are for the purpose passed at opposite ends through the sides g andfolds o on opposite sides 'of the box asindicatedbydot- 1 l ted'lines. Y p

I prefer to yplace the bails in position upon the folded lsheets previous torpacking them the-consumer without occasioning the trouble of adjusting the bails. 'f f, y'

The sheets may be readily folded for packfor shipment, as the folded sheets may thus beA readily converted into ynished receptacles by ing into the form shown in Fig. 2, wherein the sides g are folded toward each other upon the base p, and the foldso and sides q'vfastened together as before described; and, if desired,

the sides q may be V.turned up, as shown in l Fig, 4, to permit nesting for shipment, or caused to overlap each other, as'shown in Fig.

3. In any case thearticle may be packedy in f its collapsed condition into a much smaller compass than if theshcets were formed into operative receptacles, as showninFigQ. I

prefer to employ bails made of wire, on ac count of ,the additional stability which they' give to the receptacle and the ease with which they yare applied, and von account of their springy quality, whereby 'they materially asfy v sist in causing the collapsed articlegto assume its normal conditionV of a'y receptacle, render; f'

60 y convenient means for carrying ,the same Qand f ing the conversion substantially automatic. When the bails are placed in operative position upon the folded sheet before shipment, the sheets may be packed in the condition shown in Fig. 2, wherein the positions of the bails are illustrated by dotted lines, or, if preferred, in either of the other collapsed forms.

To change the folded sheet from any of the l conditions to which it is reduced for shipment,

as above described,into the complete operative receptacle illustrated in Fig. 5, itis only necessary to turn the sides qoutward at right angles to the base, which operation will necessarily, owing to the connection between each corner fold o and the adjacent side q', cause the sides q to assume similar positions.

While it is necessary, as before stated, that folds of the corners be secured to the adjacent sides of the receptacle, it will be readily understood that while I have only mentioned attaching the folds o and sides g together I do not limit myself to this precise construction, as, if desired, the sheet may be folded in a manner to make it preferable to secure the folds and sides q together.

' When desired, a cover may be provided for the receptacle, of any convenient shape, and either integral with the folded sheet or separate therefrom.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A receptacle formed of a single sheet of material folded upon itself and creased and having the corner1 portions unsevered from the sheet and folded inward, and having one fold only of each corner portion fastened at two opposite sides, whereby the receptacle may be reduced to a collapsed condition without augmenting the number of creases necessarily produced to form the receptacle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A receptacle formed of asingle sheet of material folded upon itself and creased and having the corner portions unsevered from the sheet and folded inward, and bails n, each passing at each end through one only of the folds and the adjacent sid e, whereby the receptacle may be reduced to a collapsed condition without augmenting the number of creases necessarily produced to form the receptacle, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

3. A collapsible receptacle comprising a single sheet of material folded to produce the sides q and q', and corners provided with oblique creases :informing corner folds, o and o',

and folded inward, and spri1ig-bailsn,securing one fold only of each corner fold, o or o', to the adjacent sides, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

OLIVER H. HICKS.

In presence of- J. W. DYRENFORTH,

CHAs. E. GoRToN.

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