Improvements in Folding Boxes, Parts of which are also applicable for other Boxes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application. 27th Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left. 28th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 14th Oct. 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Folding Boxes, Parts of which are also applicable
for other Boxes.
We WALTER SELLEY, of 105, Bury Old Road, Heaton Park, Engineer, and
WILLIAM SANDERS, of 34, Barton Street, Moss Side, Manchester, Shop-fitter,
both in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention has for its object, first, to provide a box for holding millinery,
drapery, hats, wreaths or other light goods or articles, which can be readily folded
up when empty and thus save room in storage or transit and be expanded for use
as the case may be required. Secondly to provide such box with means which will
serve both as a fastening for the lid and as a handle to carry or lift the box and
which means are also applicable for non-folding boxes holding light articles.
To this end our invention consists in the first place in forming the bottom of the
box of flexible material, for instance such as fabric, or in sections, and the ends or
sides, say the ends, in two parts which are suitably hinged together and to the
sides, in a vertical sense by such as fabric. The ends of the box are retained in an
extended position by placing a very light stretcher or frame, for instance of wire,
at the bottom thereof, which when removed permits of the ends being folded
inwardly and the sides to fall onto the same so as to be placed along with the said
stretcher or frame into the lid.
Our invention consists in the second place in passing a cord or tape or their
equivalent through holes formed in the ends or sides of the box in loop fashion
which when withdrawn serve to be placed on headed studs attached to the
respective ends or sides of the lid, whilst the other portion of the cord or tape is
drawn across the top of the lid and serves as a handle. When it is desired to
remove the lid the said loops are removed from the studs on the lid and withdrawn
by the portion of the cord or tape over the lid.
Dated this 26th day of October 1892.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Folding Boxes, Parts of which are also applicable
for other Boxes.
We, WALTER SELLEY, of 105, Bury Old Road, Heaton Park, Engineer, and
WILLIAM SANDERS, of 34, Barton Street, Moss Side, Manchester, Shop-fitter,
both in the County of Lancaster, 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 has for its object, first, to provide a box for holding millinery,
drapery, hats, wreaths or other light goods or articles, which can be readily folded
up when empty and thus save room in storage or transit and be expanded for use as
the case may be required. Secondly, to provide such box with means which will
serve both as a fastening for the lid and as a handle to carry or lift the box and
which means are also applicable for non-folding boxes holding light articles.
And in order that our invention may be more fully understood we have caused
to be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.

page_text: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of our improved folding box shown extended,
Fig. 2 a vertical section, Fig. 3 a plan with lid removed and Fig. 4 a plan of the
lid with the body of the box folded inside thereof.
In carrying out our invention and referring to the figures generally the improve-
ments consist, in the first place, in forming the bottom a of the box of flexible
material, for instance of such as fabric, or in sections, see Fig. 3, and the ends or
sides, say the ends, in two parts 6, 6, which are connected together and to the
sides e, c', in a vertical sense by hinges d formed of such as fabric. The ends b, ',
of the box are retained in an extended position by placing a very light stretcher or
frame e, for instance of wire or of cardboard, at the bottom thereof, which when
removed permits of the ends 1, 6, being folded inwardly and the sides to fall onto
the same, see Fig. 4, so as to be placed along with the stretcher or frame e into
the lid f.
In carrying out our invention, in the second place, the improvements consist in
passing a cord, tape, or their equivalent g through holes h, h, formed in the
ends b, b, or sides of the box in loop fashion, see Fig. 1, which loops i when with-
drawn are placed on headed studs & attached to the respective ends or sides of the
lid, whilst the other portion gl of the cord or tape y is drawn across the top of
the lid and serves as a handle for the box. When it is desired to remove the
lid the loops are removed from the studs or buttons on the lid fand withdrawn
by the portion g' of the cord or tape g, so as to allow of placing it over the sides
of the box, see Fig. 3.
It will be readily understood that the means described for fastening the lid f to
the body of the box and for carrying the same may also be applied to non-folding
boxes.
.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim, is-
1st. In folding boxes, forming the bottom a of flexible material or in sections
and the ends or sides in two parts hinged together in a vertical sense, in combination
with a stretcher or frame e placed inside on the bottom a of the box, substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
2nd. In boxes, a combined lid fastening and handle, consisting of a cord, tape, or
their equivalent g passed in loop fashion through holes h, h', formed in the ends or
sides of the box in combination with studs or buttons k on the box lid f, adapted
to receive the loop portions i, the lid fand the handle portion g', substantially as
and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 25th day of August 1893.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicants.