US480999A

US480999A - Edward buyer

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Publication number: US480999A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-08-16
Anticipated expiration: 1909-08-16

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1E. BUYER. BOX ATTACHMENT.

No. 480,999. Patented Aug. 16, 1892.

INVENTORI" Wr%i;2 5M X Attorney.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD BUYER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOX ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,999, dated August 16, 1892.

Application filed October 3, 1891. Serial No. 407,612. (No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD BUYER,a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and practical attachment to be fastened to the interior of small boxes, whereby small fancy articlessuch as tassels-may be suspended in the box for advantageously exposing the articles for sale; and to this end my invention consists of a strip of metal formed with hooks or projecting points at its edge, and provided with fastening devices for securing it to the bottom of the box, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

A represents an ordinary pasteboard box such as are ordinarily used in dry-goods stores for containing small tassels and other fancy articles, and B represents the metal strip combined with the bottom of the box. The metal strip B is by'preference of tin, brass, or other thin flexible metal, having formed along its edge a series of hooks a, suitably spaced from one another to receive the cord in suspending loop 5 or other part of a tassel b or other fancy article. The strip B may be made of alength to suit the size of the box, or it may be made in long lengths and cut to suit any-sized box, as use demands. The strip is fastened to the box by suitable means, in this instance by clinching-points d, struck out of the body of the strip, which are bent back and adapted Fig. 2 is a detailed sectional view on to be passed through the box and bent down or clinched, asshown in Fig. 2. At the right of Fig. 1 I have shown the comb-like teeth of the strip in the flat state, so that they may be bent up to form hooks, as circumstances require, for in case of very small articles all of the hooks may be used, while in case of larger articles only every other hook need be used, or every third or fourth one, according to the size of the article and according as to whether it is desired to have the articles hang close together or not. When any of the teeth are not used, they are held flat against the bottom of the box, and when bent up to' form hooks these are held flat against the bottom of the box to take up little room and hold the goods to the best advantage.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a box, of a fiat plate or strip of thin metal fastened in the box and slotted at its edge to form a series of teeth, which are turned outward and upward, forming a series of hooks which stand out from the bottom of the box in front of the plane of the plate or strip, substantially as described.

2. As a new and improved article of manufacture, a suspending-strip for the interior of boxes, formed of a fiat plate or strip of metal having a series of small hooks at its edge projecting in front of the plane of the plate or strip and formed with integral clutchingpoints, substantially as described.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 10th day of September, A. D. 1891.

EDWARD BUYER. Witnesses:

H. A. WEST, H. DE Vos.