US628760A

US628760A - Folding or collapsable box.

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Publication number: US628760A
Application number: US66216397A
Authority: US
Inventors: John C Chenoweth
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1897-12-16
Filing date: 1897-12-16
Publication date: 1899-07-11
Anticipated expiration: 1916-07-11

Description

No. 628,760. Patented July ll, I899. J. H. CHENOWETH. FOLDING 0R BOLLAPSIBLE BOX.

(Application fllod Dec. 16, 1897.)

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FOLDING OR COLLAPSIBLE BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,760, dated July 1 1, 1899.

Application filed December 16,1897. Serial No. 662,163. No model.)

To ctZZ whom if; near/y concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. CHENOWETH, a citizen of the Unit-ed States, residing at Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo, State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding or Collapsible Boxes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in folding or collapsible boxes, and the novelty of the same consists in the particular construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and particularly set forth in the claims; and the object of my improvement is to provide a perfect folding or collapsible box which may be used for an eggcrate or any other shipping purpose where a box is employed. As the name implies, I wish to provide a box which whenadjusted for use presents a structure as strong and substantial as any ordinary box can be made by means of nails and screws and when not in use may be folded up in a small space for storage or re turn transportation to the shipper. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of my folding or collapsible box. Fig. 2 represents the lids unfastened ready to adjust for folding or for use. Fig. 3 is a side view showing the transverse partition and the movement of the box when collapsing relative to the catch which looks the box in its folded condition. Fig. 1 represents the box as it is when collapsed.

The box is composed of the two side boards D and C, the lids A and A, and the ends B and F. The ends B and F are joined to the side boards D and O by means of the straphinges H and H, two pair of which, H, are in opposite inside corners, as shown in Fig. 2, and two pair, H, on opposite outside corners, as shown in Fig. 1. By this arrangement of the hinges the box is enabled to collapse. A and A, representing the lids to the box, either one of which may be called the top or, adversely, the bottom, are joined to the sides D and G by the strap-hinges H, as shown in Fig. 2. These lids are as wide as the box itself, but are as much shorter than the box as the end boards B and F are in thickness. The end boards B and F are as much longer than the side boards are in width as the lids are in thickness, including the cleats on said lids. By this manner of construction when the top or bottom lids, one or both, are closed they drop inside of the projection of the and boards 13 and F and form a perfect lock, which makes the box as strong as if nailed or screwed together. The projections of the end boards 13 and F in addition to forming the aforesaid lock add strength to the box where it is most likely to be affected in shippingat the ends. When the box is adjusted for use, as shown in perspective, Fig. 1, the lids A and A are fastened to the sides 0 and D, respectively, by means of the eye-straps S, attached to the lids A and A, and the staple E in the side boards 0 and D together with the spiral rings N. When these lids are fastened by this means, as shown in Fig. 1, the lock is sustained and the lids, sides, and ends are at right angles and cannot be displaced on account of the look. When I Wish to collapse the box, the lids A and A are folded back. over the sides D and C, respectively, following the dotted line T, as shown in Fig. 2. The lids are fastened to-the aforesaid sides by means of the eye-straps, staples, and spiral rings similar to the fastening of the lids when the box is adjusted for use.

K represents a hooked catch fastened to the end B and lies on the inside of the box, next to the side board D, at right angles with the end B, as shown in Fig. 3. When the box is collapsed, the side board 0 folds down over the end board B, and the catch K follows the dotted line W and passes through the opening 0 and automatically hooks over the springwire R and locks the box in its folded condi* tion, as it is seen in Fig. 4.

A central transverse portable partition is employed, which is fastened to the side 0 and D by two pair of straphinges, one pair on one side of the partition and one on the other, as shown in Fig. 3. In one pair of the hinges the straps extend the entire width of the partiti0n,which protects said partition from splitting. When the box is folded, the partition, by reason of the arrangement of the hinges, lies snugly in between the sides of the box, as shown in Fig. 4..

The lugs M and M are small lnalleableprojections frommthe end board F in two corners of the box. These are to be used in eg -crates only when there is no partition used. I hen the egg-crate is collapsed, the egg-fillers may be placed between the sides of the crate, and

these malleable projections will prevent the folded fillers from working out. YVhen the partition is used, the fillers may be packed between the lids and the sides.

In the descriptive part of my specification I have used drawings of and have made reference to a regular thirty-six-dozen egg-crate but I do not desire to be confined to egg-crates alone. My invention includes all kinds of folding boxes, chicken-coops, &c., where the construction and combination of the parts are within the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I' claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a folding or collapsible box the combination of the tWo side boards 0 and D the end boards B and F joined at their adjacent edges by the outside strap-hinges H and the inside strap-hinges H; the spring-rod R fastened at one end by the staple P passing through the loop L; and the opening 0 togethor with the lids A and A joined to the side boards 0 and D by the. strap-hinges H the eye-strap S the stapleE and the spiral ring N and the catch K, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a folding or collapsible box, the transverse portable partition V the hinges H and 1-1 the long straps J in combination with the box composed of the sides 0 and D the ends 13 and F joined at their adjacent edges by the hinges H and H; the lids A and A joined to the sides I) and C by the strap-hinges H and fastened to the sides (3 and D respectively by the eye-straps S the staples E and the spiral rings N; the catch K the opening 0 and the spring-rod R, substantially as shown and described. v I

3. A folding or collapsible box comprising the sides 0 and D and the ends B and F joined at their contiguous edges by the strap-hinges H and H, the staples E, the catch K, the opening 0, the spring-rod R, the lugs 31 and M; in combination with the hinged lidsA and A provided with the eye-straps S and spiral rings N, substantially as shown and described.

JOHN H. CHENOWETH. lVitnesses:

W. L. WILLEY,

DICK llflILLER.