Improvements in Fastening Devices for Boxes, Card Cases, and similar Articles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 17th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Aug., 1895-Accepted, 9th Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastening Devices for Boxes, Card Cases, and
similar Articles.
I, CARROLL HERBERT REED, of 60 East 25th Street, in the City of New
York, County and State of New York, United States of America, Physician do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:―
This invention relates to boxes, pocketbooks, card cases, and similar articles,
and the object thereof to provide a simple and effective fastening device for such
articles whereby when the box, case, pocketbook, or other article has been closed
it will remain closed till intentionally opened, and will not come open accidentally.
In the practice of my invention I employ an ordinary paste-board, or card-
board box, having one side hinged or flexibly connected therewith and provided
with an extension which overlaps the other side, and the entire box may be formed
of a single piece cut or stamped from a sheet of card-board or other preferred
material, in the usual manner.
The extension is provided with a slot and a strip between the slot and the edge
thereof, and the side has secured thereto, on the inner side thereof, a tongue
provided. with a base piece of any preferred form, said base piece of the tongue
being pasted, or otherwise secured, to the side piece preferably on the inner side
thereof, and the tongue is past through a slot formed in the side piece.
In locking or fastening the parts together the tongue is past over the strip of
the extension and through the slot formed therein, in which position the extension
will be securely held until, the tongue is withdrawu from the slot.
Instead of the box, constructed as described, I may form a pocketbook or card-
case in a similar manner and of any desired material, leather being preferred, and
a pocket or other receptacle is secured to one side thereof in the usual manner, or
a number of such pockets may be employed.
In this form of device, one side is provided with a slot and the base of the
tongue is secured on the inner surface thereof and past through said slot, and
over a strip which forms a part of the extension, or flap as before described, and
through the slot formed in said flap or extension, the only difference between this
and the construction first described, being in the form of the hox book, or case, the
pocket or pockets in the interior thereof, which constitute a feature of this
construction only, and in the form and arrangement of the side ones which the flap
is folded, which in this construction also constitutes simply a folding side or flap,
though this is immaterial.
My improved lock, or fastening device for boxes, pocketbooks, card-cases and
similar articles is simple in. construction, and operation and perfectly adapted to
accomplish the object for which it is intended and does not add materially, to the
cost of the article to which it is applied.
Dated this, 17th day of May 1895
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Fastening Devices for Boxes, Card Cases, and
similar Articles.
I, CARROLL HERBERT REED, residing at 60 East 25th Street, of New York,
in the County of New York, State of New York, United States of America,
Physician, 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 boxes, pocket books, card cases, and similar articles,
and the object thereof is to provide a simple and effective fastening device for such
articles whereby when the box, case, pocket book, or other article has been closed
it will remain closed till intentionally opened, and will not come open accidentally.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following Specification, of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which ;—
Fig. 1, is a side view of a card-board box, provided with ny improved lock, or
fastening device, the box being closed.
Fig. 2, a section on the line x, x, of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3, a similar section with the box open;
Fig. 4, a view similar to that of Fig. 1, showing a pocket book or card case.
Fig. 5, a section on the line y, y, thereof, and
Fig. 6, a view of the pocket book, or card case with both sides open.
In the practice of my invention employ an ordinary paste-board, or card-board
box, A, having one side as B hinged or flexibly connected therewith as at C, and
provided with an extension D, which overlaps the side E, and the entire box may
be formed of a single piece cut or stamped from a sheet of card-board or other
material, in the usual manner.
The extension D, is provided with a slot F, and a strip G, between the slot and
the edge thereof, and the side E, has secured thereto, on the inner side thereof, a
tongue H, provided with a base piece H¹ preferably of the form shown in dotted
lines, in Fig. 1, said piece of the tongue being pasted, or otherwise secured, to the
side piece of the inner side, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and the tongue H is passed
through a slot J, formed on the side piece E, as shown.
In locking or fastening the parts together the tongue H is passed over the
strip G, of the extension D, and through the slot F, formed therein, as shown in
Fig. 2, in which position the extension D, will be securely held until the tongue H,
is withdrawn from the slot E.
In the construction shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the book or case is formed of any
desired material, leather being preferred, and a pocket or other receptacle K, is
secured to one side thereof in the usual manner, or a number of such pockets may
be employed.
In this form of device, one side E, is provided with a slot J, as in Figs. 1, 2,
and 3, and the base H¹ of the tongue H, is secured on the inner surface thereof
and passed through said slot, and over a strip G, which forms a part of the
extension, or flap D, as in said Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and through the slot F, formed in
said flap or extension, the only difference between this and the construction shown
in the first three figures being in the form of the box, book, or case, the pocket or
pockets in the interior thereof, which constitutes a feature of the construction
shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6 only, and in the form and arrangement of the side E,
which in this construction constitutes simply a folding side or flap though this is
immaterial.
My improved lock, or fastening device for boxes, pocket books, card cases, and
similar articles is simple in construction, and operation and perfectly adapted to

page_text: accomplish the object for which it is intended, and does not add, materially, to the
cost of the article to which it is applied.
Having fully described my invention, its construction and operation, I claim and
desire to secure by Letters Patent ;-
1. A box, pocket book, card case or similar article one side of which is provided
with an extension or flat, adapted to be folded over, or adjacent to another side
thereof, and is provided with a slot formed therein, and a tongue secured on the
inner surface of the side over which the flap or extension is adapted to be folded,
and passed outwardly through a slot formed therein; and adapted to be passed
inwardly through the slot in the flap or extension, substantially as shown and
described.
2. A pocket book, card case, or similar article, one side of which is provided
with a flap or extension, having a slot formed therein, said flap or extension being
adapted to be folded over one side or part of the box, aud a tongue secured to the
inner surface of the side over which the flap or extension is adapted to be folded,
and passed outwardly through a slot formed therein, and adapted to be passed
inwardly through the slot in the flap or extension, substantially as shown and
described.
3. A pocket book, card case, or similar article one side of which is provided
with a flap or extension, having a slot formed therein, said flap or extension being
adapted to be folded over one side or part of the box, and a tongue provided with
a base piece secured to the surface of the side over which the flap or extension is
adapted to be folded, and adapted to be passed inwardly through the slot in the
flap or extension, substantially as shown and described.
4. A pocket book, card case, or other article, provided with folding sides or
flaps, one of which is provided with a slot, and the other with a tongue secured to
the inner surface thereof, and passed outwardly through a slot formed therein,
and adapted to be passed inwardly through the slot formed in the other side,
substantially as shown and described.
5. A box, pocket book, card case, or similar article one side of which is provided
with an extension or flap adapted to be folded over, or adjacent to another side
thereof and is provided with a slot formed therein, and a tongue secured to the
side over which the flap or extension is adapted to be folded, said tongue being
adapted to pass inwardly through the slot in the flap or extension, substantially as
shown and described.
Dated this 23rd day of August 1895.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.