US1912297A - Box - Google Patents

Description

BOX

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May 30, 1933. D MYERS 1,912,297

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F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,

ASSIGNOR T0 G'. A. BISLER, INCORPORATED, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA BOX Application led December 18, 1930. Serial No.'503,140.

This invention, in general, relates to boxes, and more particularly to pasteboard boxes, having for its principal object the provision of a ,pasteboard box particularly designed and adapted fork displaying and dispensing cigars.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved pasteboard box as a substitute for the conventional wooden cigar box.

A further object is the-provision of a highly efficient, simplified hinge construction par ticularly adapted for pasteboard boxes.

Other objects and advantages residing in the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts will appear more fully in the details hereinafter set` forth. K

Up to the present time most of the cigars manufactured are packed in wooden boxes whichv are generally provided with a hinged lid, fabric or paper hinges being frequently employed, These conventional A cigar boxes after opening are usually placed .in glass cases for display, special means being used hinged lids in avertical or partly inclined position with a view to calling attention f to the attractive label pasted on the lid advertising the particularbrand of cigars within the box.

By my' present invention the hinged lid may be` conveniently supported by means of the utmost simplicity and efficiency, forming a part of the box as a whole.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cigar box f embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an end elevational view of the box shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view, taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4, is a slightly modified form of the invention shown in Figsfl, 2, and 3;

Fig. 5 is afragmentary, enlarged, end elevational viewfof the box shown in Figs. 4, with the lid in closed position;

.'Fig. 6 is an end elevational view of another modification of the invention;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary, transverse sectional view taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is an end elevational view with parts broken away, of still another modified form of the invention; and

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary, transverse secional view, of thernodied form shown in ig. 8. f

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown in the accompanying drawings forms thereof which are at present preferred by me, since the same have been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to-be understood that the various instrumentalities lof which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that myinvention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.- y

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 8, A desig-l nates my improved pasteboard cigar box which comprises a lower portion or container 11 and a hinged lid 12. The lid 12 has longitudinal and lateral flanges 13, 14 respectively, the flanges 14; being formed with slots 15 in which the shank of a headed pin or eyelet 16 rides. The smaller ends 17 of the headed pins or eyelets 16 are each secured near one end of an arm or fiat strip 18 formed of celluloid, metal, or fabricated material, the other end of which is pivoted on an-ey'elet or the like 19, fastened in the upper edge of the side wall of the container 11. In the present instance the sidewall of the container is disclosed as a composite structure comprising the main body portion 21 against the inner face of which is secured a band or tray the upper edge'o'f which projects above the upper edge of the body portion 21, thus producing what is known as a ledge box or container. The flanges 13, 1-1 of the lid, when the lid is in closed position, confront the project-ing portions of the tray 2() and seat at their lower ends upon the upper edge of the body portion. When the lid is in closed position, the connection 18 lies between the projecting portion of the tray and the flange 14 of the lid. It will be noted that in this position it cannot interfere with'or strike against any of the contents of the container to damage the same. During closing or opening of the lid the headed pin 16 will ride in the slot 15 and by its engagement against one end of this slot will serve to limit opening of the container lid. After the lid l2 is raised, as shown in Fig. l, the said lid 12 will be maintained in the erect or somewhat sloping position shown by the frictional engagement of the pins 16 with the edges of the material abording the slots l5, thereby displaying the label 23 used to advertise or indicate the particular brand of cigars in the instant container. In addition, when my pasteboard box is removed from a show case in order to permit a customer to select one or more cigars, the lid 12 alone will be grasped by one hand of the dispensor without requiring the container 1l to be supported by the other hand. This procedure is, of course, impossible to perform with a conventional wooden cigar box, the lid of which when open will fall into a flat position or parallel withthebottom of the attached container, thereby preventing in large measure the label on. the inside of the container from being. seen while the container itself while being liftedl must be sustained generally with the other hand. The lid of the conventional wooden cigar box will of course assume its flat position unless the hand is continually employed to support same. The above disadvantages for the conventional cigar boxes are completely obviated by my pasteboard cigar box, as pointed out above, which may be manufactured and sold more economically than wooden boxes` and which. further lends itself to the most variegated and artistic effects not possible to wooden boxes. f

In Figs. 4, 5, I have illustrated a slight variation'of the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, which consists in providing the slots 15 with an offset 24 wherein the pins 16 are adapted to seat, as shown in Fig. 4. The slots 15 with the offsetportions 24 are of the bayonet type and may be preferred by some. The other details of this form of my invention are the same as those shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3, this being indicated by a corresponding similarity in thereference numerals shown.

In Figs. 6, 7 the inset ledge 25, fastered on the inside of the container 26, has secured thereto a pin oreyelet 27 in which is rockingly mounteda strip 28 of celluloidor other suitable material, to which is pivotedly secured a. second strip 29 of similar material, hinged toa lid 30 by a pin or eyelet 31 fas'- tened in the said: lid 30. The second strip 29 is formed. with a small lip or bent-over edge 32 which serves as a stopto maintain both strips 28, 29 in locked operative position for maintaining the lid 30 in the desired erect or sloping position. with a view tothe advantages pointedl out` for the forms shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive. While the principal form of the invention, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, offers certain advantages in that it provides for a more sure retention of the lid in the desired erect or sloping position, the form shown in Figs. 6 and 7 presents an alternative, if desired.

In Figs. 8 and 9 still another modification is shown wherein the lidy 33 is provided with a longitudinal slit 34 which receives the thin, flat strip or arm 35 which is hingedly connected as at 36 in any suitable manner to the inset ledge or shoulder 37 of the container 38. The arm 35 has a notch 39 which forms a hook 40 to engage the lower margin of the materia-l adjacent the slit 33, thereby locklng. or maintainingthe lidk 331 in tghe position shown in Fig. 8.

The general purpose and advantages of the boxes forming the present invention have been in large part indicated above, it being noted that upto the present time pasteboard boxes as cigar containers were considered impractical, one of the chief objectionsv being in view of the mechanical disadvantages attendant upon the conventional lid employed and the means used for supporting same.

I am aware of they Isaacsonk et al. Patent No. 1,056,996, for a lid supporter for boxes, but the device disclosed therein not only requires manipulation of the4 supporting arm 6 but it has alsothedisadvantage that the said supporting arm protrudes downwardly into the box among the cigars therein, thereby frequently breaking ory spoiling some of the cigars vand frequently preventing' the closing ofthe lid` itself. In my device the lid supporting armraccomplishes its functions automatically, so to speak, while the lid is being raised or lowered, without comi ing into contact with the cigars.

I am aware that the invention may be embodied in other specific forms withoutl departing from the spiritv or essential attributes thereo and; I; therefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in. all respects ask illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope o@ the invention.

Having thus described myy invention7 what I claim as newv and desire to secure by. Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a cardboard container of a hinged lid therefor having a flange which, in the closed position of the lid, opposes the upper end of the side wall of thel container a connection between the side wall vof the container andl said lid including a rigid element, said rigid element being pivotedV at the outer face of the side wall ofthe containery and; at its opposite end having meansl slidablyengaging in a slotf in the flange of the lid, said rigid element in they closed positionofk the lid being disposed between said flange and the side wall o the container.

2. A cardboard container having an upstanding side wall formed adjacent its upper end with an inset ledge, a lid hingedly connected to said container and having a flange adapted to oppose the upper end of said container side wall and seat upon said ledge, a lid-supporting flat strip pivotally connected to the container wall above said ledge at one end, and means on said flat strip slidably engaging in a slot formed in said flange of the lid whereby said lat strip will be disposed between the side wall and the flange above said ledge when the lid is in closed position.

JOSEPH D. MYERS.

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