US873645A - Knockdown crate. - Google Patents

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A. WILLIMAN. KNOGKDOWN CRATE. APPLIOATION FILED FEB 21 1907 WITNESSES A H0 ME rs atop section 0 Each 'sidesection A and A -.and end section A and A consists of vertical A battens 11 to .which are secured any desired apackedin an small compass, and ,asreadily aIid quicklyset up .to receive: merchandise,

figuresn H 2' V Figure '1' is ;a perspective view of, the comis'fja longitudinal section through the crate;

;Thecrateconsists of six-separab e'sections,

crate more than that number may-be employed, as for exampl'e indicai sd in'lF1gV4, ,wherein the severalsections of the crate are of the said side andend sections of: the crate ST S I i i ANTON inim-masses xnocirnowncnn'fn.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON WILLIMAN,;8., citizenfof; the United States, and a'residcnt of Washington, in.the county ofBerkshi're and State of Massachusetts, have inventedv a new and useful Im rovement in Knock- The purpose of the. invention. is to fprovide a simple and economic construction of a mits of the members of'the crate being expeand wherein tho-{cover can! bee ually ;conveniently and expeditiously p aced and locked in. position or. unlocked iandremoved' from the body-of the crate. i

. The invention consists in the novel construction and combination .of thetseveral' parts as will bev hereinafter. fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

7 Reference is tobe hadtolthe accom any-; ing drawings forming a part'lof this specifi cation, in which similar characters of-reference indicate corresponding :parts in all the plete crate setup fortifansportation; Fig i l2i Fig. is .a horizontal section taken through onecorner ofthe crate practically on the line 3713 of Fig. 1, the view being drawnupon an enlarged scale; and Fig. 4is an edge view of l the members of the crate separatedandfolded for return delivery or for stora e;

namely: two side sections A andA, two end sections A? and ,A a bottom section Band a numberiof' horizontal slats 10, located one above the other, .being placed at desired in; tervals apart; Although qtwo battens only" are shown in Fig' 1, in the construction of a folded one upon the other. I These slats 10 eirtend beyond :their connectingbattens or standards 11, and such projecting ends of the r v Specification of Letters Patent. '4 I v Application filed I'abruaryfll. 1907- Serial No. 358-536. i a

' slats are designated "in -the-idrawing less there was some .means other]; than Zthe veniently'removedfromiposition so as to strips, 16 that oorre'spondgt'o the battens or shown'm Figs 1 and2.

s. as; 2 and in each-'proj eating" end-1210f zeachslati if), a vertical oove-13 sis prqducedmnd when the side an end sectionsiareaplacedtogether the projecting ends0f:.-on'e; Sld6:1.,-'S6Gtl0D;i;-21II madeto enter the:spacebetweenthe prdject ing endsofthe opposingyor abuttingsection, whereby the vertical; grooves 13 $111 the: ex tending ends 12 of the slats 10.:arebro11ghtin alinementso as toreceive a c'nnnectingfirod a 15 that-is passed-down, one-atreach,ycornerjof the crate through the alining' grooves 1 3, as is. particularly shown in Fig 2 1 ,50 gas t" the said side sections -together -but xthe-1 rods 15 would not accom lish; this liesultun- 351 grooves 13. .to hold them.place-.c vSuch meansconsists of hooks l 4--that,.-extendgfiom the o uter edges of the battensoiruprights -1.1

between the projecting endscl 2 ,ofl-t e accompanying'slats 10, as is shown in Figsalvandg z,

and thes'e hooks 14 which. are preferablyiof a spring character 1 encircle; the itie ornlocke ing ins 15 to a greatewon-lesser extentand atst e same time admit of-usaid'lockingortie p ns ei g not only, a ead ly nd awqllickly placed in position, vbut asspeedi'ly andycii assemble the parts of the crate. The bottom B consistslofg horizonta tie uprights 1-1 of: the sid'ey and; end {sectional-pf the crate fand slats L'Zgsecureditq said tie. strips, and in assemblingthe partsof he cr'ate'after the last' side is placed in positiQl ,i h b m is i r c d andtheed @fithe slats '17 are made I to extendovengand -rest upon-the upper edges of opposing-lo rslats 10 of opposing side members jA and iA asiis The cover C is of peculiar 'constructio It is adapted to be contracted when placed'inposition and it is expanded;to.,;locl g it, in position, and it is necessary,,that :cover should be of very simple construction so that its operation can be-resdilyunderstood by any erson ofordinary intelligence .thaten I have ,made the QQV6Ij;, 1I ,l tions 0 and c, the sections being sli and; from each other. The section prises two end slats 16%. .a1rd,1-'Zgthat suitably spaced and-"centrally coated respondingly spaced slats,18;aDdlQgtogether with any desired numberpof parallel singl sired number of cross slats 22. 1'0

.upp'er'slats 20, andthe double slats 16 and 17' and 18 and 1 9 are'held' suitably spaced apart byslats 21 that run in the same directron as do the slats 10 of the side members of the crate, asis best shown in Fig. 2.

The, sectiomc of the'cover C consists of a series of slats 22 parallel with and adapted to slide between the slats'21;. and any de- In Fig. 1 the section-c is shown rovided with but two sets of double slats 1 a and 17*, 18' and 19, and the section a. with but two arallel slats 22. This number was selecte in order to render the view more clear, but in'Fig', 2 a ,5

larger numberof sin le slats 20 are added to the section a and t e slats 22 are added m1 Icrojssbars, namely, the u '2 slat 2% Of'thG section a aredrawn together,

to the section 0, since I desireit to be understood that the crate may be constructed in any desired size. ,.-The slats 22- ofthe sections pass through the spaces between the double slats 16 17,

.18 and 19, and in placing the cover in p01 sition 'onfthe body of the crate the two cen- I per cross bar IS-of? the section 0, and the a jacent'bar or thus shortening up the cover in one direction, enablingiit to be readily placed in position on the u er -.e d es of the side sections A and A'- w ch are ower than the correspondigijgt portions of the end sections A and A er the cover is in position on the body of thebox, the upper cross bar18 of the section c and the bar or slat 22 of the sectirn a that. had been drawn together or forced apart, thus carrying the ends of their crossmg slats 21 and 22 below the edges'of the '11 per slats 10 of the end sectionsflA and A o? the crate as is'shown in, Fig.2, and" the cover is held inits locking position by' means of springs 23 located between the central held so until the springs 23 are pressed downward into suitab e slats provided for them in thecustomary way in their sup oi'ts, and when the two said slats 18 and 22*? are drawn to ether the springs being pressed downwar one of the bars rightin over the I so arated they are said springs will beheld locked re atively to the o posing bar'nntil purposely separated there om. v

.When the sections of the box havebeen 'acked one upon the ot er,-as is shown in l ig. 4, occup 'ng' but a small'amount of room, and the s atsof one side section being made to enter the spaces between the slats of another side section,

own. as umbrella springs, being the bottom is then fitted in the same manner upon theupplerinost' side section, folded or packed'andlt enthec'overis adapted to the bottom, the sections being adjusted until the slats of the cover. fit in between the spaces of the -slatsof the bottom, as is clearly shown in Fig. 4, and the tie rods 15 are placed in the grooves of the various sections bein held in place by the spring keepers or hoo s 14 I an 7 in this manner the said rods are not liable-to become lost and are always'at hand for use.

I desire it to be understood that in. practice the slats 22 are arranged closer together than shown, and said slats 22 are also much closer to the slats 21,"so as to render the top stronger than it appears; I

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 7 "1. In a knockdown .erate, -independent side and end sections having interlocking knuckle connections, which connections are provided with vertically alining longitudinal grooves, retaining members carried by said" section located between their knuckles, tie

V rods received by the grooves of the knuckles and said retaining members, a removable top section in two parts" slidable one upon the other and ada ted -to befiinserted between the side an end sections and exanded to retain said members'in place, a

, ocking device carried by one top section for engagement with the other, and a removab e bottom supported by the body of the crate.

2. In a knockdown crate, interlocking and separable side and end sections, each section being -constructed of end standards, and

horizontal slats secured to'the standards, the ends of the slats extending beyond theouter longitudinal edge of the standard, the projecting ends of thejslats of adjoinin sections being one above the other and sai projecting ends" being rovided with alining grooves,-

tie rods passe through the grooves of the interlocking projecting ends of the slats, locking devices 'forthe-rods, a separable top constructed in 'sliding sections, and'adapt'ed to be inserted between the side and end sections and expanded to retain said members in place and a removable bottom supported by the said side and end sections.

3. In a knockdown crate, a body composed of separable side and end sections,

each consist1ng of standards and slats e'rossirigthe standardsand extending beyond the outer longitufiinal edges of the outer standard, said prejecting ends of the slats constitiiting knuckles, the knuckles of one section having interlocking connection with those 'of an abuttingsection, said knuckles being pro.- videdwith. alining longitudinal grooves,

retaining members located between said knuckles, tie rods passed through the.retain-v seams a ing members entering the said groeves, and e name to this specification in the presence of seetlonal slideble top for the body, and adapt i two subscribing witnesses.

ed to be inserted between the side and end 1 sections and ex ended to retain said mem- ANTON WBJLIMAN 5 bers in place an a removabie bottom there- Witnesses:

for. FRED W. STRAY,

In jtesfimony whereof I have signed my P. M. TAYLOR.

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