Improvements in or relating to Boxes for Holding Boots, Shoes, and other Articles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of App'ication, 25th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 11th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 6th Feb., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Boxes for Holding Boots, Shoes, and
other Articles.
I, THOMAS SIBLEY MASON, of 4 Stimpson Avenue, in the Town and County of
Northampton, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in boxes such as are usually made,
say, of cardboard and employed for packing and storing boots, shoes, and other
articles.
Hitherto great inconvenience and difficulty has been experienced with boxes made
of the usual construction when say for instance a pair of boots and shoes enclosed
in a box, forming one of the lowest in a row or nest or pile, were required for
inspection.
In order to get at the box in question very frequently the whole of the boxes
above the one required had to be removed before the contents of the desired
box could be got at or inspected. Now the object of this invention is to obviate this
defect, and at the same time to obviate the loss of time caused by the removal of a
number of boxes before the required one could be got at.
According to my invention the box may be made of any suitable material such as
for instance of one or more pieces of cardboard, pasteboard, thin pieces of wood, or
combinations of two or more of them, or of other suitable material or materials folded
or otherwise placed together and secured by any convenient means or method into a
box of the desired size and shape.
But instead of arranging it to have a lid or covered aperture at the top as is
usual in boxes of ordinary construction, I provide the entrance to the interior to be
at one of the ends thereof, and hinge, joint or otherwise secure thereto a cover or
lid provided with flaps or pieces turned at or about a right angle to its main portion.
The flaps of the cover are made to fit either the inside or outside (but preferably the
inside) of the main portion of the box. Strings or other equivalent devices may be
provided for securing and fastening the lid in position and to facilitate the shutting
of the same.
The exterior of the box may be plain or the same may be decorated according to
taste, whilst its interior may be either plain or corrugated and with or without a sheet
of paper or other material attached to its interior for covering the goods.
The contents of boxes constructed according to this invention may be readily
removed or withdrawn when the boxes are arranged in nests or piles without disarranging
or displacing them.
Die Tents cocand day of February 1896.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Boxes for Holding Boots, Shoes, and
other Articles.
I, THOMAS SIBLEY MASON, of 4 Stimpson Avenue, in the Town and County of
Northampton, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in boxes such as are usually made say
of cardboard and employed for packing and storing boots, shoes, and other
articles.
Hitherto great inconvenience and difficulty has been experienced with boxes made
of the usual construction when say for instance a pair of boots and shoes enclosed
in a box, forming one of the lowest in a row or nest or pile, were required for
inspection.
In order to get at the box in question very frequently the whole of the boxes
above the one required have to be removed before the contents of the desired box can
be got at or inspected. Now the object of this invention is to obviate this defect, and
at the same-time to, obviate the loss of time caused by the removal of a number of
boxes before the required one can be got. at.
In the drawings hereunto annexed :-
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section, Fig. 2 a plan looking at the top, and Fig. 3 an end
elevation of a box constructed according to this invention.
A is the body portion of the box and B B are its ends, but the end B' will be
hereafter termed the lid B', all of which may be made of any suitable material such
as for instance of one or more pieces of cardboard, pasteboard, thin pieces of wood,
with or without additional coverings of paper, or combinations of two or more of
them, or of other suitable material or materials folded or otherwise formed or placed
together and secured by any convenient means or method, such as, say for instance,
by pasting, glueing, wiring, sewing, or the like, to form, say, a rectangular (as
shown in the drawings) or other box of the desired size and shape.
But instead of arranging the box to have a lid or covered aperture at the top,
say for example at a with its sides or flaps projecting over the outer sides of the box,
as is usual in boxes of ordinary construction, the entrance to the interior of boxes
constructed according to this invention is arranged say at one of the ends thereof,
as for example at a², and to say the top a, as shown in the drawings, (or bottom)
is hinged, jointed, or otherwise secured thereto at C, a cover or lid, which forms the
end piece B', provided with, say, on three of its sides, flaps or pieces 1) turned inwards
at or about a right angle to its main portion. The flaps D of the lid B' are made to
fit either the inside or outside (but preferably the inside) of the main portion of the
box, but when made to fit the inside thereof they are inclined inwards for enabling the
lid B to close more readily.
Although in the drawings only one of the ends of the box is shown provided with
a lid B', and this is the form in which it is preferred to make the boxes, yet, if it
is so desired, a second lid B' could be provided and take the place of the end B.
Strings E, of any suitable material, or other equivalent devices, such as for example,
say, spring clips, or an elastic band arranged to be secured at its ends to the eyelet
holes (shown in dotted lines in the drawings, in the sides A of the box) and made
to be passed over and across the outside of the lid B', may be provided for securing
and fastening the lid in position, and to facilitate the shutting of the same.
When the strings E are employed, eyelet-holes F may also be provided in which
may be inserted the ends, or hooks of a handle or carrier of ordinary construction for

page_text: rrying purposes, or loops may be provided for, or the strings E made to answer e
me purpose. The lid may also be additionally or otherwise secured, if so desired,
or transit and postal purposes, by the adhesive (gummed) or other sealing piece H,.
hown in dotted lines, attached to the lid B at Fig. 1.
At Fig. 1 the lid B' is shown in dotted lines partially open.
The exterior of the box may be plain, or the same may be decorated according to
aste, or be printed with advertising matter, whilst its interior may be either plain or
corrugated and provided with (or without) a sheet of paper G or other material
attached say at g to the interior of the box, and is of such a length to enable it to-
cover or separate the goods, thus when used, say, for boots, a hoot could be placed in
each of the compartments 1 and 2 with the layer or sheet of paper G between.
them.
Further, when the boxes are provided with an exterior of or made to represent,.
say, a glazed brown or other paper, and the lid B' is secured as above described,.
the use of an outer wrapping of paper, and tying with string, may be dispensed with.
The contents of boxes constructed according to this invention, when used in shops
for storeage purposes, may be readily removed or withdrawn when the boxes are
arranged in nests or piles upon shelves without disarranging or displacing them; or
one or more box or boxes can be removed from a tier without disturbing or displacing
the boxes in the adjoining tiers, as there are no projections or flaps on the outside of
the boxes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A box for holding boots, shoes, and other articles, constructed substantially as
herein described and illustrated, consisting essentially of a body portion, such as A,
folded or formed to shape, and provided with ends, such as B B, and with a sheet,
such as G, for dividing the interior of the box into, say, two compartments, one or
both of said ends being hinged or jointed to the said body portion to form a lid or lids
which latter are provided with inwardly projecting flaps, such as D, and the means
for securing the said hinged or jointed lid in a closed position, all arranged and
combined as and for the purposes set forth.
day of November 1896.
MASON.
THOMAS SIBLY
DIV
MASON.