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W. SANDERS 8v W. SELLEY. FOLDING BOX No. 538,847. Patented May 7, 1895.

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W. SANDERS & W. SELLEVY.

FOLDING BOX.

' No. 538,847. PatentedMay' 7, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

WILLIAM SANDERS AND WALTER 'SELLEY, OF MANCHESTER, ASSIGNORS TO THE FOLDING BOX MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LIMITED, OF LONDON,

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' FOLDING BOX.

sIPEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 538,847, dated May 7, 1895.

Application filed July 16,1894. Serial No. 517,766. (Model) Patented in England October 27, 1892,1Io. 19,279; in France October 3, 1893, No. 233,187; in Belgium October 3, 1893, No. 106,610, and in Austria-Hungary February 23, 1894, No. 54.279 andNo. 79,363.

To all whom it may concern: Figs. 1 and 4. may be folded inward. against Beit known that we, WILLIAM SANDERS and the inner faces of the side walls, the flexible o WALTER SELLEY, subjects of the Queen of bottom permitting this movement but pre- Great Britain,-residing atManchester, in the venting any outward movement of the said 5 county of Lancaster, England, have invented ends when the box is unfolded. The sides new and useful Improvements in Folding and ends are further retained against bulg- Boxes, (for which we have obtained a patent ing outward by the cover f which overlaps the 55 in England',No.19,279,dated October 27, 1892; upper edges thereof, and the ends are kept in France, No. 233,187, dated October 3, 1893; from folding inward by a suitable frame 6, of

in Belgium,No. 106,610, datedOctober 3, 1893, wire or the like which is placed upon the botand in Austria-Hungary, No. 54,279 and N0. tom of the box.

79,363, dated February 23, 1894,) of which the When the box is to be folded the frame is 60 following is a specification. removed and the ends swung inward against This invention has for its object, first, to the sides to'permit the said sides to be folded I5 provide a box for holding millinery, drapery, down fiat as before described, in which posihats, wreaths, or other light goods or artition the box and frame may be placed within cles, which can be readily folded up] when the inverted cover as shown in Fig. 2 6 5 empty and thus save room in storage or transit In order to provide a combined handle and and be expanded for use as the case may be cover fastening means, we provide four aperrequired; secondly, to provide such box with tures h, h in each end of the box, and two means which will serve both as a fastening other apertures h h directly above these and for the lid and as a handle to carry or lift the slightly below the edge of the cover. Alooped 70 box. We attain these objects by the means cord 9 is passed through the two holes 71-, h, illustrated in the accompanying two sheets of from the outside, and thence the cord extends drawings, in whichout through the holes or apertures h h and Figure 1, Sheet I, is a perspective view of from there over the cover of the box to the our improved folding box shown extended. opposite end where it is passed in through 75 Figv 2 is a plan of the lid with the body of the the corresponding holes h and out through box folded inside thereof. Fig. 3, Sheet II, is the lower holes it, its ends being connected to 0 a vertical'section, and Fig. 4 a plan with the form an endlessloop. The loop is of suffilid removed. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the cient length so that when the portions g are body-blank before folding-that is, with both drawn tightly down upon the cover a slightly 80 the sides and end flaps being spread out flat; loose portion iwillbe provided at each end,and

and Fig. 6 is a view of the internal frame. these portions may be drawn up and hooked Similarletters refer tosiinilar parts throughover buttons it upon the ends of the cover, out the'several views. thus serving to securely hold the cover in In carrying out our invention we provide a place while the portions g form a convenient 8 flexible bottom a, to which the sides or ends handle. When the cover is to be removed the t are connected, this bottom consisting preferportions 'iare unhooked from the buttons and 40 ably of a suitable fabric. Two of the walls, permitted to drop down into the position in the present case the two end walls, are shown in dotted lines at c" and this loosens formed divided. or in two parts b b and are the cord sufficiently to permit it to be drawn 9c hinged to the other two walls or sides by a from the cover over the sides in the position 7 suitable hinge such as a fabric extending shownby dotted lines g Thestretcher frame across the line of junction (1. The divided or is composed of open work or is of skeleton two part walls or ends b I) being unconnected, form. t or connected only by a suitable hinge of fab- What we claim as our invention, and desire 9 5 ric similar to that described and shown at d torsecureby Letters Patent, is-- 1. In combination in a folding box, the bottom, the sides 0, c, the folding sides I), Z), each extending half way across the end of the box and being adapted to be folded against the sides 0, c, the bottom composed of flexible material capable of being folded and the frame 6 arranged on the bottom and fitting againstthe sides 0, c, b, b, the said frame being of open work or,of skeleton form, substantially as described.

2. In combination in a folding box, the b0ttom, the folding sides, the cover having the buttons thereon and the cord having its looped ends engaging the buttons extending down therefrom through two holes in the folding sides thence within the box and out through a second pair of holes in the said sides and thence over the top of the cover in two strands substantially as described.

3. In combination, the box comprising the sides 0, c, and the folding sides b, h, each of the latter extending half way across the end of the box, the cover fitting down over the sides, the buttons on the cover and the cord having its looped ends engaging the cover, one strand of the loop passing through an opening in one folding side and the other strand through the other folding side and said strands passing thence over the cover of the box, substantially as described.

4. A collapsible box made up of two opposing sides 0, c and the ends each of the latter having the two flapsb, b, the flexible bottom connectingthe sides and flaps and the stretcher frame arranged Within the box and bearing on the sides and end flaps, the said flaps be ing adapted to fold inward against the sides which latter are adapted to be superposed and the flexible bottom being arranged to be folded by the turning in of the end flaps to lie between the superposed sides, substantially as described.

WILLIAM SANDERS. WALTER SELLEY.

Witnesses:

ALFRED BOSSHARDT, STANLEY E. BRAMALL.

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