Improvements in Boxes, Cases, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes, Cases, and the like.
I, ALFRED STEPHEN KING, of 3, Thorpe Mansions, Norwich, in the County of
Norfolk, Wood Buyer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
:-
According to this invention one side is made in two parts hinged together
the upper part having fixed to it or being made in one part with part of the lid.
The edge of this portion of the lid carries a tongue which in closing is sprung
under a corresponding tongue on the fixed part of the lid. These tongues may
be beaded so as to more securely hold them together. Two opposite sides of
the box may be made as above described in which case a small central portion
only of the lid is fixed and this serves as a handle for the box when open.
The invention is equally applicable to rounded and rectangular boxes. In
the latter case the angle between the hinged portion of the side and the portion
of the lid fixed to it is preferably made slightly greater than a right angle so
as to give a tendency for the tongues to press against each other.
Dated this 11th day of February 1898.
VO 12 DỤAUS, Cases, and the like.
I, ALFRED STEPHEN KING, of 3, Thorpe Mansions, Norwich, in the County of
Norfolk, Wood Buyer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
Figure 1 is a transverse section and Figure 2 a plan of a box made according
to this invention. Figure 3 is a transverse section and Figure 4 a front elevation
of the box when open.
One side is made in two parts a and b hinged together the upper part a having
fixed to it or being made in one part with part c of the lid. The edge of this
portion of the lid carries a tongue c' which in closing is sprung under a corre-
sponding tongue on the fixed part d of the lid. These tongues may be beaded
as shown so as to more securely hold them together. The ends of the bead on
one part should be cut away as shown in Figure 4 to enable the edges of the
part c to readily go under the part d where the latter is kept rigid by being fixed
to the sides. Two opposite sides of the box may be made as above described in
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page_text: which case a small central portion only of the lid is fixed and this serves as a
handle for the box when open.
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The invention is equally applicable to rounded and rectangular boxes. In
the latter case the angle between the hinged portion of the side and the portion
of the lid fixed to it is preferably made slightly greater than a right angle so
as to give a tendency for the tongues to press against each other.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A box case or the like having one side made in two parts hinged together
the upper part having fixed to it or being made in one piece with part of the lid
and the edges of the two parts of the lid having tongues.
2. Boxes, cases and the like substantially as described and illustrated in the
drawings.
Dated thin 20th dov of Uantamhan 1000