US502457A

US502457A - Paper box

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Publication number: US502457A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1893-08-01
Anticipated expiration: 1910-08-01

Description

(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1.

J. TIGRAW.

PAPER BOX.

No. 502,457. Patented Aug. 1, 1893.

WITNESSES. INVENTOR A TTORNE YS.

(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J. T. GRAW.

PAPER BOX.

No. 502,457. Patented Aug. 1, 1893.

/ INVENTOH A TTOHNE Y S.

[No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 3.

J. T. ORAW.

PAPER BOX.

No. 502,457. Patented Aug. 1, 1893.

W/TNESSES.

A TTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH T. CRAYV, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 502,457, dated August 1, 1893.

Application filed September 9, 1892. Serial No. 445.430. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH T. CRAW, of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have inventeda new and useful Improvementin Paper Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descripti'on.

My invent-ion relates to an improvement in paper boxes, and has for its object to provide a blank in one piece capable of being expeiitiously and conveniently folded to assume the shape of a Noahs ark; and a further object of the invention is to provide a box shaped as above described in which articles may be packed without danger of the box coming open unless it is desirable to reach the contents thereof.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofthe several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

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

Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank folded out straight. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank pasted and folded for transportation. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the blank, illustrating the first fold in the formation of the ark. Fig. 4 is a central vertical section taken practically on the line 44 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5

vis a central vertical section through the partially folded box, illustrating the position of the parts before the final move or fold is made. Fig. 6 is a View similar to Fig. 5, illustrating the box when completely folded. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the ark. Fig. 8 is a plan viewof another form of the blank; and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the ark when folded from the blank shown in Fig. 8.

In the construction of the blank it is made somewhat L-shaped, the shorter member A being wider than the longer member B. The wider and shorter member A, is cut and scored in the following manner: One end section of this member, designated as 10, is narrower than the other sections, whereby a shoulder 11, is produced at each side; and the section 10, which is for use as a locking section is divided from the other sections of the member A by a transverse score line 12.- The next section of the memberA, is denominated the roof section, and is designated as 13. This section is bounded by the score line 12 and a parallel score line 14; and the roof section is further provided with a single score line 15, upon which the section is bent to form the pitch of the roof, and near the ends of the score line 15 the said line is crossed-byshort cuts 16. The

score lines

12,13 and 14 are parallel. immediately follows the roof section, and is a side section of the structure when erected, it being designated as 17; and the side section is separated from the lower section of the member A, or that portion at the end opposite that carrying the locking section 10, by a score line 18, and the lower section, or the one immediately following the side section and designated as 19, is adapted as a tie sec-' At the extreme outer end of the side section 17 an extension 20 is produced, adapted for use in connecting the ends of the blank. In the longer and narrower me mber B six sections are contained and they are combinedly arranged to form substantially a rectanglilar figure. These sections comprise

end members

21 and 22, adapted'to constitute the end portions of the structure,

inner stay sections

23 and 24 below the end sections, a bottom section 25 located between the stay sections, and a side section 26, adapted in the folded box to be located opposite the corresponding section 17, located in the memher A.

Two

cuts

27 and 28 separate the inner stay section from the tie section 19, and from the inner end section of the blank; a score line 29, separates the inner end section of the blank from the side section 17, and a like score line 30, constitutes the division between the inner end section and the side section of the member B of the blank, the side section 26 of this member being separated from the bottom section by a longitudinal score line 31, and a transverse score line 32 separates the outer end section from the side section of the member B, a registering score line 33 serving the purpose of defining the outer stay sectionfrom the bottom'section' 25, while a The next section ofthe member A out 34, separates the outer end and outer stay sections. would be its outer or free end, is provided with two,cuts located parallel, forming tabs 35, which are adapted in the complete structure to enter the slots 16 produced in the roof section 13; and from each of the tabs- 35 diagonal score lines 36, are projected in opposite directions.

Although it is preferred that the blank shall be made entirely of one piece of material as shown in Fig. 8, two pieces may be used, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2; and in the latter event the extra piece 37, is pointed at its ends, and this body portion is of substantially the same size as the bottom section 25 of the blank; the body of the extra piece is adapted to be glued or otherwise secured to the bottom section 25, its pointed ends extending beyond the ends of the bottom section to form the bow or stern of the ark.

In the construction of the ark, the side extension 20, is glued or otherwise secured to the inner face of the outer end section 21, and when the blank is to be transported itis folded as shown in Fig. 2, in which it will be observed that what is actually the body of the ark, after having been connected in the manner above set forth,is folded or doubled down upon itself.

In the formation of the ark it is erected in the following manner: That portion'constitoting the sides and ends is bent downward upon a support, one side resting upon the support as shownin Fig. 3. The member A of the blank will then be uppermost, and the tie section is bent downward and inward as shown in the said Fig. 3, over the bottom portion of the sides and ends. The stay sections are then bent upon the bottom section upon the score lines 33, as is likewise shown in 3; the bottom section is next carried upward against the lower portions of the sides and ends of the box, and the tie section consequently carried inward as the bottom section is carried upward. The tie section is then folded up along one of the sides of the box and the stay sections are folded in like manner, one against each end section of the box; the tie section is then carried downward to an engagement with the bottom section and thus locks the stay sections in their places. in Fig. 4 the tie section is shown as elevated and just about to be folded down upon the bottom to form a brace for the stay sections at the ends of the box. After this has been accomplished the body of the box is substan tially formed. The next step in folding is to bend the upper edges of the stay sections downward, as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6, upon the score lines 36, bringing a tab 35 into prominence. The inclined edges of the stay sections are adapted as supports for the roof section of the box, and when the stay sections have been thus manipulated, the roof section is folded down and creased upon its central score line 15, and it will then assume Each stay section adjacent to what' znarginsof theroofsection 13.

an angular form or the shape of a pitched roof, and is locked in place by the tabs 35 entering the cuts 16 in the roof section. The looking or lip section 10, which forms a portion of the roof section, is then pressed inward to an engagement with the front side of the box, and this section 10, may be of sulficient width to engage with the bottom of the box when the roof closes the same. The ark or box will then appear as shown in Fig. 7, in which it will be observed that no matter wit-h what material the box may be filled, the roof will not be lifted by the shifting of the material in the box, but access to the interior of the box may be easily obtained by raising the roof from the body of the box.

A box of the character above described is especially adapted for the reception of crackers and like articles made in the shape of animals, and candy, and the box is capable of being expeditiously and conveniently set up by any person of ordinary intelligence. A Noahs ark is likewise formed from the blank shown in Fig. 8, and there is but a slight difference between this blank and that shown in Fig. 1, the only difference being that no extra piece is used at the bottom of the box, the blank being made entirely from one piece.

The main difference in the formation of the blank consists in producing a triangular cut 38 in each stay section, emanating from the score lines 33 dividing those sections from the bottom section 25, and in producing cuts 31), preferably of a semi-circular shape, at the score lines 153 and 14 constituting the side 3y this means tabs 40,are producethwhich greatly facilitate the manipulation of the roof of the ark in the opening and closing of it.

The only difference in folding the box to shape, when the blank shown in Fig.8 is employed, consists in the fact that before the said sections are carried upward within the box body, the parts detached from those sections by the cuts 38, are maintained in alignment with the bottom section 25, and those portions outlined by the cuts 38 constitute the bow and stern sections 41 of the ark.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A blank for formingaNoahs ark formed from an L-shape sheetthe body formingmetnber B of which is creased and subdividedinto bottom, side, and triangular end-forming sections 2324., the said end forming sections provided at their opposite ends or points with roof locking projections 35 and the roof forming member A having a longitudinal folding line 15 for the ridge of the roof, transverse slits l6 intersecting said line 15 to receive the projections 35, substantially as set forth.

2. in a paper box adapted to be shaped substantially as a Noahs ark, a blank of essentially L-shapc, one member coinprisingabottom and a top locking section located at opposite ends of the member, and an intermediate side and a roof section, the sections of the member being divided by score lines, the other member of the blank comprising a centrally located bottom and a side section, end and stay sections located at the ends of the side and bottom sections, the stay sections being provided with cuts of angular shape adjacent to the ends of the bottom section, and score lines dividing the several sections of said member, whereby the bottom section when the stay sections'are folded up therefrom, will have projections from its ends, as and for the purpose set -forth.

3. In a paper box adapted to be shaped essentially as a Noahs ark, a blank of essentially L-shape, one member A, comprising a bottom and a top locking section located at opposite ends of the said member, and two intermediate sections, a roof and a side section, the several sections being separated from one another by score lines, and the roof section having a score line through its center and cuts across the said line, and the member B of the blank comprising a central bottom and a side section one arranged at one'side of the other and separated by score lines, end sections located one at each side of the side section and separated from the side section and from the member A by score lines, a stay section located at each end of the bottom section and separated from the end sections and from the member A by cuts, the said stay sections being provided with cuts arranged to form tabs, and score lines extending diagonally across the stay sections from said cuts, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

substantially 4. A paper box comprising sides and ends, a bottom and an angular cover, and tabs projected from the ends and carried upward through the cover, the ends being shaped to conform to the inner contour of the cover, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A paper box consisting of sides, ends and a bottom, the bottom having extensions projecting beyond the ends, and the sidesbeing beveled at their upper edge at each side of the center and provided with tabs emanating from their central portion, and a cover angular in cross section and provided with openings adapted to receive the tabs of the sides, substantially as shown and described.

6. A paper box constructed of one piece of material and comprising sides and ends, a bottom provided with extensions projecting beyond the end portions of the box, stay pieces in close conjunction with the inner faces of the sides and extending upward beyond them, the said stay pieces having their edges inclined in opposite directions and provided with tabs extending upward from the inclined surfaces, a lockin g strip located upon the bottom, between the stay strips, a cover having a hinged connection with one of the sides and provided with a locking flap, the cover being shaped in cross section to correspond to the shape of the stay strips at their upper edges, the cover being also provided with openings to receive the tabs, as and for the purpose set forth.

JOSEPH T. CRAVV.

Witnesses:

C. SEDGWICK, E. M. CLARK.