Improved Construction of Boxes for Storage Purposes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 17th May, 1899-Accepted, 1st July,
1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Construction of Boxes for Storage Purposes.
I, ALFRED BREESE, 75, Aldermanbury, London, E.C., Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention has for its object the construction of boxes for use in tiers or
pairs for the storage of goods in warehouses and other places and is intended to
facilitate the manufacture of a simple, cheap and easily vendible article of
manufacture which will be found to be useful for a variety of purposes.
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According to my invention I construct the said boxes in such a manner that
they can be readily and rapidly put together by the user, as and when required,
and in such a manner that when several of such boxes are placed together they.
will interlock the one with the other without the use of any fastenings whatever.
Moreover by this construction of box I am enabled to supply the sides, top and
bottom and back thereof of standard sizes which can be put together as required.
And in order that my invention may be carried into practical effect I have
caused to be annexed to this specification the accompanying drawings illustrative
of the same, Figure 1 illustrating the general construction of a box according to
my invention and Figure 2 a series of these boxes shewn separated, and Figure 3
the same series of boxes in the position they assume when placed together in
position.
In these drawings similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
The sides A of each box are made of the height and breadth required for the
particular purpose to which the box is to be put. The top B and the bottom C
are made of a suitable length but of only one-half the breadth of the sides A
and they are alternately disposed as shewn, that is to say they do not face one
another. The back D is preferably made of a depth equal to one-half the height
of the sides, but it may be made equal in breadth to the full height of the sides.
By adopting this particular construction and disposition of the sides, top and
bottom of each box it is evident that if two or more of the same are superimposed
the part forming the top B of one box or container will interlock with the
bottom C of the box immediately above it and add to the stability of the whole
structure with the additional advantages of avoiding the use of fastening devices
such as screws, etc., and effecting an economy of wood, as it is evident that the
parts B and C when interlocked form simultaneously in one thickness the top
of one box and the bottom of the box above it. The utility of my invention may
be increased by the use of horizontal shelves and if needed partitions or uprights
form pigeon holes, these also being readily put together and taken apart,
or, the horizontals need only be used. If it is desired to interlock the sides of
neighbouring boxes the said boxes may be provided with additional pieces or
extensions alternately disposed so as to render the adjacent sides when together of
one thickness. I preferably form the top of the uppermost boxes and the bottom
of the lowest boxes of full size, in order to keep out dust. In Figures 2 and 3 a
batch of my improved interlocking boxes are shewn respectively separate and
to

page_text: together the backs and fronts interlocking in a similar manner to that obtaining
in the case of the tops and bottoms or the backs of the boxes may be similarly
fitted together. It is understood that the tops, bottoms and if need be backs and
fronts of these single thickness boxes may be at right angles instead of parallel
to the length thereof from end to end.
The various parts such as the sides, tops, etc., may be fastened together by
any usual means..
I am aware that cases or containers, for instance for books, have been con-
structed of a plurality of portable parts capable of being increased from time to
time and of being interlocked by various mechanical devices and I do not broadly
claim a case for storage purposes consisting of a plurality of additive parts.
But 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
.
The improved construction of boxes for storage purposes substantially as
described herein and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Duted this 18th day of dil 1900
BENJ. T. KING, A.Inst. Mech. E.,
Registered Patent Agent by Examination,
165, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agent for Applicant.