Improvements in Wrappers for Collars, Cuffs, and like Articles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 26th Nov., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wrappers for Collars, Cuffs, and like Articles.
I, DON IRVING PETTS, of 26, Main Street, in the City of Keene, in the County
of Cheshire, and State of New Hampshire, United States of America, Haber-
dasher, 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:-
The invention relates to wrappers more particularly designed for collars and
cuffs, the main object of the invention being to provide a simple, cheap and
effective wrapper adapted to receive one end of collars or cuffs and to be quickly
and easily rolled together with and wrapped around said articles and closed upon
them in the form which they usually have when taken from the box.
The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and particu-
larly pointed out.
Reference being made to the accompanying drawing, in which:
Figure 1 is a plan of a blank provided with reinforcing piece for a wrapper.
Figure 2 is a plan for a completed wrapper, a cuff being shown in situation
to be rolled up with it.
Figure 3 is a section on line x-r of Figure 2, the cuff being omitted.
From a sheet of paper or other suitable wrapping material is cut a blank 1,
having a portion 2 of its body, which may conveniently be made a little less
than half the length of the entire blank, wider than the adjoining intermediate
part 3, which may be less in length than part 2, though their relative
dimensions may be varied.
4 indicates a continuation blank having side flaps 5 5 and the end flap 6. The
edge of the end flap is provided on its inner surface with an adhesive substance,
indicated by the stippled surface 8. At the opposite end of the blank is a flap 7
It will be noticed that
coated on its inner surface with an adhesive substance.
the side flaps 5 are triangular in shape and that they broaden toward their rear
or inner ends, approaching but not meeting each other, and that the flap 6 is
of shape to slightly overlap the inner edges of the flaps 5, as shown.
To the central portion of the gummed surface 8 of the flap 6 is cemented a
reinforcing sheet 10 of pasteboard, cardboard or other comparatively stiff but
flexible material, while the rest of said gummed surface 8 is adhesively applied
to the inner edges of the flaps 5, the outer edges of the flap 6 and the inner edges
of the flaps 5 corresponding substantially in shape. This construction forms a
deep pocket 11 at one end of the wrapper, which should be of convenient size
to receive one end of one or more collars or cuffs.
The completed wrapper should be somewhat longer than the collars or cuffs
to be wrapped, so that when one end of a collar or cuff is situated in pocket 11
the opposite end will fall short of flap 7.
To use the wrapper, for example, to wrap a pair of cuffs rolled as they ordinarily
are when taken from a box, partially unroll them and insert one end thereof in
the pocket 11. Then roll the wrapper and cuffs together toward their opposite

page_text: ends, following the normal roll of the article. The sheet 10 bends or is rolled
together with the article and the wrapper, but is sufficiently stiff to maintain
its rolled form and conform to and protect the cuffs. When the whole length
of the wrapper has been rolled around the article, the wing 7 is pasted to the
outer surface of the package, thereby securing the wrapper. The sides of part 2
that project beyond the sides of part 3 and protect the edges of the cuffs can be
tked into the center of the rolled package.
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The described wrapper is easier to apply than an ordinary wrapping of paper,
since the pocket forms an initial connection between the wrapper and the article,
which holds them in proper relation while being rolled and no string is necessary.
Owing to the form and construction of the wrapper a package neater in appear-
ance is made than with wrapping-paper and neater than with a simple rectangular
envelope.
The strengthening and stiffening piece 10, which in use is rolled, together with
the wrapper and its contained articles, serves to maintain the whole in form of a
roll and defends it against crushing. It also obviates wrinkling or buckling of
the pocket edges. The flap 6 being cemented to the stiffening-piece and to the
inner edges of the flaps 5, practically closes the pocket, excluding dust and aiding
the stiffener in its function. The parts 2 3 4 and flaps 5 are integral, and prefer-
ably the proportions are such that the contained article may be entirely rolled,
or nearly so, before the end 2 with its enlarged sides is involved in the rolling
operation.
I
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.
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A wrapper for cuffs and the like having a pocket at one end and side wings
at the other, an intermediate part 3 having the width of the pocket and connect-
ing it to an end piece 2, said pocket comprising the side flaps 5, and the end
flap-6 and the internal stiffening-piece 10 adapted to be rolled with the wrapper
on the interior of the cuff, and means for fastening the package in the form of a
roll, substantially as described.
Dated this 20th day of September 1898.
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DON IRVING PETTS.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
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45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.