IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES FOR PACKING HATS BONNETS AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1885

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I WILLIAM GRIMSHAW of Anchor Works, Bury Ground, Bury in the County of
Lancaster Hat Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES FOR PACKING HATS BONNETS AND OTHER SIMILAR
ARTICLES to be as follows: -
Hats are at present usually packed for transmission by rail or by sea in card
board boxes generally known as "Cartoons" which are plain rectangular recep-
tacles; and and the consequence is that the said hats are necessarily somewhat
loose therein and are liable to fall from side to side and become damaged.
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My object has been to obviate this deterioration of the hats after transmission
and my invention consists in fixing to the lid of the "Cartoon or other box an
oval or other suitably shaped holder which fits over the crown of the topmost hat
and prevents it from moving sideways in the box, the other hats being packed the
one inside the other, and inside the topmost hat, will thus all be held together.
The holder if preferred may be fixed to the bottom of the "Cartoon" or other
box and it may be made in sections; it may also be attached to a loose sheet of
cardboard or other suitable material instead of being carried by the lid and the said
sheet fitted inside the box, the lid being made as usual; this latter construction
will be found necessary when packing a number of hats upon their sides in the
box. In the case of hats packed one above the other I sometimes also place a
small oval shaped piece of card board or other suitable material which will project
into the inside of the innermost hat, whether the latter is the uppermost, as may
be the case for hard hats, or the lowest as is usual for soft hats.
Hats packed in this improved box or "cartoon" cannot at any time.lie with
their whole weight upon their brims and consequently will not be liable to loose
their shape during transmission.
It will be evident that this invention can be applied with advantage to boxes
used for packing certain shapes of bonnets, caps and other similar articles.
GEORGE DAVIES,
Agent for the Applicant.

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Improvements in Boxes for Packing Hats, Bonnets, and other
similar Articles.
I WILLIAM GRIMSHAW of Anchor Works, Bury Ground, Bury in the County of
Lancaster Hat Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES FOR PACKING HATS, BONNETS, AND OTHER SIMILAR
ARTICLES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Hats are at present usually packed for transmission by rail or by sea in carboard
boxes generally known as "Cartoons" which are plain rectangular receptacles;
and the consequence is that the said hats or other articles are necessarily somewhat
loose therein, and are liable to fall from side to side and become damaged.
My object has been to obviate this deterioration of the hats during and after
transmission; and the nature of my said Invention will be readily understood on
reference to the sheet of drawings hereunto annexed and the following explanation
thereof.
Fig. 1. on the drawing is an underneath view of the lid of the improved
"Cartoon" and box as adapted for packing hats and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of
the box and lid with the improvements showing the method of packing the hats
therein.
My invention consists principally in attaching or fixing to the lid a, a or other
movable part of the "Cartoon" or box 6, b (by means of stitching glueing rivetting
or otherwise) an oval or other suitably shaped holder c, c which fits over the crown
of the topmost hat and prevents it from moving sideways in the box, the other hats
being packed, the one inside the other, and inside the topmost hat; the hats will
thus all be held firmly together, and be prevented from falling from side to side of
the box; and the holder being movable with the lid will at all times allow of ready
access to the contents.
In the case of hats packed one above the other I also sometimes fix a small oval
shaped piece of cardboard d, d or other suitable material (see Fig. 2) so that it will
project into the inside of the innermost hat whether the latter is the lowest as
usual for soft hats and as indicated on the drawing, or the uppermost, as may be
the case for hard hats.
The holder c, c if preferred, may be made in sections, it may also be attached to
a loose sheet of card board e, e or other suitable material as shown at Fig. 3. instead
of being carried by the lid and the said sheet e, e may be fitted inside the box b, b,
the lid a, a being made as usual; this latter construction will be found preferable
when packing a number of hats upon their sides in the box.
Hats packed in this improved box cannot at any time rest with their whole
weight upon their brims, and consequently will not be liable to lose their shape
during transmission; and it will be evident that this invention can be applied with
advantage to boxes used for packing certain shapes of bonnets and caps and other
similar articles.

page_text: 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
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In "Cartoons or boxes used for packing hats, bonnets, or other similar articles,
a holder fixed to the lid or other movable part of the box, or to a movable piece,
in the box or "Cartoon" substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein-
before set forth and illustrated by the drawings annexed and
Secondly I claim the combination with such movable holder of a block or rim
attached to the bottom or other fixed portion of the box or "Cartoon" or to a
movable piece resting on the bottom or other fixed portion of the box.