US937913A - Folding crate. - Google Patents

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FOLDING CRATE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 190B.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

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FOLDING CRATE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SANDY W. BANKS, JB., F ALANTHUS, VIRGINIA.

FOLDING CRATE.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SANDY W. BANKS, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Alanthus, in the county of Culpeper, State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Crates; and

, I do hereby declare the following to be a simplify the construction and improve the efficiency and utility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed device which may be folded into box-like or crate form and with all the parts lying flat-wise and in a longitudinal plane when in open position.

With these and other objects inview the invention consists in a plurality of members hingedly united with the hinges all upon the same sides of the various members, so that the members will be folded into box-like or crate form and lie flat-wise and in the same longitudinal plane when in open position, and fastening devices whereby the parts are detachably united when in folded position.

The invention further consists in a box or crate formed with top and bottom members, end members, and side members hingedly united and foldable into box-like or crate form, and with cleat members connected to the end members and foldable over the top member, with the hinges all arranged upon the same sides of the various members, whereby when the members are in open position they all lie fiatwise and in the same longitudinal plane.

The invention further consists in certain novel features of construction as hereafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claim, and in the drawings illustrating the preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved device when in closed position, Fig. 2 is a front view of the improved de vice in closed position. Fig. 3 is an end view of the improved device in closed position. Fig. 4 is a front View with the top elevated. Fig. 5 is a plan View of the improved device with the parts opened out fiat or in position for shipping.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 11, 1908.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909. Serial No. 437,920.

The improved device may be constructed of any desired size or of any suitable material, according to the uses for which it 18 to i be employed, and may be in crate-like or open construction or with solid members, as preferred, and for the purpose of illustration is shown with the various members solid, so that when in folded position it presents the form of a closed box.

The improved device comprises a bottom member 10, a top member 11, side members 1213, and end members 1415, the various members hingedly united, with the hinges all arranged upon the same sides, so that when in open position the various members lie fiat-wise or with their opposite faces in the same longitudinal plane, and without projecting portions. The side member 12 is hingedly connected at 1617 to one edge of the bottom member 10, the side member 13 is hingedly connected at 18-19 to the opposite edge of the bottom member 10, the top 11 hingedly united at 2021 tothe adjacent edge of the side member 13, the end member 14' hingedly united at 22-28 to one end of the bottom member 10, and the end member 15 hingedly united at 2425 to the opposite end of the bottom member 10 so that the end members 141-15 and the side members 12-13 may be disposed at right angles to the bottom 10 and thus form the sides and ends of a box while the top member 11 may be folded over the upper edges of the members 1213 and 14E15 and thus form a closure to the box-like structure. Hinged at 2627 to the free edge of the member 15 is a cleat 28 foldable over the top member at one end when the device is in closed position, and hinged at 29-30 to the free edge of the end member 14: is a similar cleat 31 foldable over the top member 11 at the opposite end when the device is in closed position, as shown in Fig. 1. By this means a very complete and simply arranged receptacle is produced which may be quickly folded into box-like or crate form when required for use and is readily opened out into fiatwise form as shown in Fig. 5, when the boxes are to be returned to the shipper, the several ture of the invention and decreases materially the space occupied during the return shipment and thus materially decreases the expense of such shipment, as Will be obvious.

Fastening devices of suitable form, preferably hooks and staples, as shown at 3233, Will be employed to unite the various members When in folded position.

The device is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured, and of any suitable material and of any suitable size, as Will be obvious, and employed for various commodities, but is especially adapted for use by farmers and gardeners in shipping produce to market, so that the shipping closures may be returned to the shipper at reduced expense.

What is claimed, is

In a folding crate a bottom member, a front member, a back member, said bottom front and back members being hingedly united at their adjacent edges, a top member hingedly united to the back member, end members hingedly united to the bottom member at its ends, cleats hingedly united to the end members and foldable over the top member When the device is arranged in' box like form, and fastening devices between the cleats and the top member.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of tWo Witnesses. 7

SANDY W. BANKS, JR.

lVit-nesses J oI-IN BANKS, FRANK WALKER;

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