US502634A - Confectionery-case - Google Patents

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- 0; B. ov RBAUG-H, GONFEOTIONERY CASE Patented Aug;1,"18-93-.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES B. OVERBAUGH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CONFECTIONERY-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 502,634, dated August 1, 1893.

Application filed May 31, 1892. Renewed J1me l9 1893. Serial No.478, 176. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. OVER- BAUGH, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missourhhave invented a certain'new and useful Improvement in Confectionery-Cases, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to make a case, composed of a number of boxes, each one of which is complete in itself, so far as holding the contents is concerned, and at the same time all of the boxes being designed to be used collectively when being handled or shipped, and also, when it is desired, in the retail of goods.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a perspective view of my improved case showing a label appliedwhich excludes the air from the contents of the case. Fig. II is a perspective View the label being omitted. Fig. III is a vertical, transverse section, taken on line IIIIII, Fig. II, and looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. IV is a perspective view looking at the bottom of one of the boxes; and Fig. V is a perspective View looking at the top of meet the boxes.

Referring to the drawings, lrepresents my improved case considered as a whole having.

plain sides, ends, top and bottom to present a smooth surface. It is composed of a number of boxes 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, and a lid or cover 7 for closing the top box. The lower box 2 is formed with a bottom 2 which is flush or on line with the lower edges of its sides, and ends, as shown clearly in Fig. III. The upper edge of this box 2 is provided with a rabbe 2, which'receives a marginal flange or lip 3 which extends beneath the bottom 3 of the box 3, and has its sides, and ends flush with the sides and ends of the box 2 and in like manner theboxes 3, 4, and 5 are provided respectively with rabbets similar to those 2 of the box 2, to receive flanges or lips on the boxes next above each' of them, each box having a bottom located above its flange or lip, as clearly shown in the drawings. The top box 6 has a rabbet 6 to receive the lid or cover 7. It will thus be seen that the boxes fit together and that when the lid or cover is applied a complete case having a smooth even surface is formed of a number of separate boxes, each holding its contents irrespective of the others, and when the case is filled a label, A, such as is shown in Fig. I, may be applied, which will cover the joints between the separate boxes, hermetically sealing the contents, and holding the different boxes together, avoiding the necessity of a wrapper. When the box has reached its destination and is to be used, the label iscut at the joint between the cover and the box 6, and the cover removed, thus exposing'the contents of the box 6, while the contents of all of the other boxes remain sealed. When the goods have been removed from the box 6, the label is cut on the line of the joint between the box 6 and the box 5, and the box 6 removed, thus exposing the contents of the box 5, and the lid or cover being replaced on the box 6, the box is placed under the other boxes,thus maintaining the same height or elevation to the case as before. When the box 5 is empty, the label is broken on the line of jolnt between the box 5 and the box 4:, and the box 5 is removed, thus exposing the contents of box at, while the other unused boxes beneath'remain sealed, and the box 5 can be placed under the box 6, the joint between thetwo fitting as before, and the case, as a whole, maintained at its uniform height. Should it be preferred to expose all of the boxes at once, it is, of course, evident that the label might be broken between all of the boxes, which could be placed side by side.

A case thus formed is cheap, can be conveniently put together, is strong, and is admirably adapted for containing expensive and delicate candies, and the like, enabling a manufacturer or dealer to put'five pounds, more or less in a case and deliver it as a single box, while the contents are divided up into small lots which do not rest upon or come in contact with each other, to the injury of the goods.

I am aware that it" is not broadly new to make cases of several sections, or to make boxes or cases of several compartments, and do not broadly claim such a structure.

I claim as my inventionsmooth even surface all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, in a confectionery case, of a number of boxes, each having a rabbet, 10 a bottom and a lip or flange extending beneath the bottom to fit the rabbet of the box beneath, a lid adapted to cover the top box, the whole presenting a smooth even surface, and a label adapted to cover and seal the joints between the different boxes, substanr5 tially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHAS. B. OVERBAUGI-I. In presence of- ALBERT M. EBERsoLE, ED. S. KNIGHT.

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