US670612A

US670612A - Folding box.

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Publication number: US670612A
Application number: US4080200A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank H Houghland
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1900-12-22
Filing date: 1900-12-22
Publication date: 1901-03-26
Anticipated expiration: 1918-03-26

Description

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK II. IIOUGHLAND, oF sr. LoUIs, MISSOURI.

FOLDING BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 670,612, dated March 26, 1901.

Application filed December 22, 1900. Serial No. 40,802-` (No model.)

To all whom it nfl/ty oon/cern:

Beit known that I, FRANK H. HOUGHLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Folding Boxes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention is an improvement in boxes which are capable of being shipped fiat and yet be allready to be placed in conditi-on to hold the article or articles to be contained by them; and my desire is to provide a box of this character which while being very readily collapsed will be locked in its box shape by the article it contains.

My object is attained by the box shownin the accompanying drawings, from which it will be seen that in addition to inventing a box filling this requisition I have also produced one in which the inside of the box is perfectly plain, with no locks or places for the goods to catch, and thereby pull the box apart or collapse it. v

My invention therefore consists in the peculiar constructions and arrangements of parts hereinafter described in detail and then definitely set forth by the claims at the end hereof.

In the accompanying drawings, which show several ways of carrying out my invention, Figure l is a perspective of the box in position for use with the parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the body of the box partly collapsed,w'ith the near side thrown outward instead of inward, with portions of the locking-strip broken away. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view, on asmaller scale, of the box collapsed. Fig. `1.1 is a cross-section on line w of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one end of the box partially folded, with the locking-strip thrown up and broken away. Fig. 6 is a plan View of the blank. Fig. 7 is a detail section showing a modified form of securing the locking-strip to the end of the box. Fig. 8 is a perspective of another modified form in which the lockingstrip is slipped into position instead of being cemented to the box. Fig. 9 is a section of the same; 'and Fig. l0 is a perspective view of a modification of the box thrownV partly open, with the locking-strip extending from side to side instead of from end to end, as in the other figures.

Referring now to the details of lsaid drawings .by numerals, 1 represents the box shown in position for use in Fig. l and the main blank in flat form in Fig. 6. first to the blank, the large part in the center (marked 2) represents the bottom, the'parts marked 3 andi the ends, and those marked 5 and 6 the sides. Between each side and each end at each corner of the box are two parts, (marked 7 and '73,) which are arranged Referring at 10, which is arranged with creases 10a therein, so as to fold into the bottom of the box, and thus form a supplemental bottom 10b and supplemental ends 10c and lock the box in position for use, as seen in Fig. l. It will be evident that as this locking-strip is attached to the .box at the top of its ends the more pressure that is placed on it the more tightlyit will be pressed against the main bottom 2. After this boxis in position for use and itis desired to collapse it the operator must place his fingers under the supplemental bottom l0b and spring it upwardly, when it can be made to assume the position shown in Fig. 2, and if pressure be exerted inwardly o'n the sides 5 and 6 these sides willbe caused to fold flat against the main bottom 2, and the ends 3 and 4 will fold outwardly and downwardly unitl they and the bottom 2 are dat and in a straight line, when the locking-strip l0 will also be fiat and cover the whole collapsed box from oneend to the other, the sides folding yinwardly under the locking-strip, as before described.

The foregoing is a description of my box in its simplest form; but to strengthen the box I fold the reinforcing-flaps 9 over on thesides TOO 5 and G, and may further strengthen these sides by inserting under said iiaps 9 stiffening-strips 1l. (Glearlyshown in Figs. l and 4.) It will be observed that when the lockingstrip is in position it completely covers the folding parts 7 and '7a and the bottom edges of these strips 11 and that the upper edges of the latter are covered by flaps 9.

It will be evident that many modifications and variations may be made and still retain the essence of my invention-f. e., the locking-strip, which is sprung within the box and constitutes a supplemental bottom. For instance, a simple variation may be made by leaving the pasting-flaps 8 8 off of the body of the box and forming their equivalents 8a on the locking-strip, as shown in Fig. 7.

A further modification may be made, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, wherein the lockingstrip is made of the shape shown in perspective View, with the iiaps 8b simply slipped in the pocket between the ends and the folded parts. In this form the stiifeningstrips 1l are dispensed with and one side of the locking-strip is formed with an integral stiffeningstrip ll, On the other side of the box the side is extended and forms a cover l2. Vhen this forni of lockingstrip is used, no pasting or other similar method of fastening is neces sary, as actual practice has convinced me that if -the flaps Sb are inserted within the folds the desired purpose is effected. Therefore in the following claims where I use the term attached I mean the locking-strip to be attached at its opposite edges by cementing, as in Fig. l, or by being inserted in a pocket-for instance, as in the figures just described.

A further modification is shown in Fig. 10, which is especially adapted for boxes which are deeper than they are wide, and in this case the locking-strip 13 is secured to the Sides le, and instead of the parts 15 of the blank between the sides 14rand ends 16 folding at the ends, as in Figs. l to 9, they fold on the sides, as in Fig. 10.

All the reinforcing and stiffening pieces hereinbefore described may be omitted, if preferred; but for boxes intended to contain heavy goods, such as shoes, I deem the use of them as decidedly advantageous.

It is obvious that further modifications and omissions may be made, so long as the essential features of my'invention are retained.

The cover of my b'ox is made in exactly the same way as the first form of box described herein-that is, like the box shown in Figs. l and 4, with the stiffening-strips left out; but as the cover looks exactly like the box, except as to its proportions, it is unnecessary to illustrate it. Therefore in the following claims when I refer to the term box I intend the claims to cover the box or its cover if made as defined by said claims.

What I claim as new is l. A folding box comprising a bottom, sides and ends, and a single locking-strip having two of its edges attached to the box and arranged to be bent or creased intermediate of its opposite ends attached to the ends of the box and arranged to be bent or creased intermediate of its attached edges and crowded down intothe box and against its bottom and thus lock the box in position for use, substantially as described.

4. In a folding box comprising a bottom, sides and ends, the parts connecting the sides and ends folding inwardly on themselves, and a single locking-strip having its opposite ends attached to the ends and entering between said ends and said folded parts, the body of the locking-strip being arranged to be bent or creased intermediate of its attached edges and crowded down into and against the bottom and thereby lock the box in position for use, substantially as described.

5. A folding box comprising a bottom, sides and ends, the parts connecting the sides and ends folding inwardly on themselves and thus forming pockets in opposite ends of the box, and a locking-strip having its ends entering these pockets and its body adapted to fold into the box against the bottom thereof and thereby lock the box in position for use, substantially as described.

6. A folding box comprising a bottom, sides and ends, the parts connecting the sides and ends folding inwardly on themselves and thus forming pockets in opposite ends of the box, and a locking-strip having its ends entering these pockets and its body adapted to fold into the box against the bottom thereof and thereby lock the box in position for use, the said locking-strip being provided with an integral reinforcing-strip, substantially as described.

7. A folding box comprising abottom, sides and ends, one of the sides having a cover formed integral therewith, and a single locking-strip having its opposite ends attached to the ends of the box and arranged to be bent or creased intermediate of its attached edges and crowded down into the box and against its bottom and thus lock the box in position for use, substantially as described.

8. Afolding box comprising a bottom, sides and ends, the parts connecting the sides and ends folding inwardly on themselves and thus forming pockets in opposite ends of the box,

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one of the sides being formed with an integral in the presence of two Witnesses, this 20th cover, and a, locking-strip having its ends enday of December, 1900. l tering these pockets and its body ladapted to fold into the box against the bottom thereof FRANK H' HOUGHLAND 5 and thereby look the box in position for use, Witnesses:

substantially as described. LOUIS ROSENTHAL,

In testimony whereof I afx my signature, A. SELIGMAN.