Year: 1888

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of Application, 30th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 29th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 1st June, 1889
1 PENDRILL JONES CHARLES of Neath in the County of Glamorgan Solicitor
do hereby declare the nature of this inventiou to be as follows:-
The box may be made of wood tin iron brass zinc leather basket work cane wirework
copper paper cardboard linen or any combinations thereof and of any other suitable
material.
The novelty claimed is that the sides ends and top and bottom are so hinged or
fastened together that when not in use they fold one on top of the other into a space
no wider than the thicknesses of the several parts.
One end is hinged or fastened on the outside to the outside of one side so as to fold
back on the outside of that side, which is hinged or fastened on the inside to the top of
the bottom so as to fold forward on the top of the bottom, the other end is hinged or
fastened on the inside to the inside of the other side so as to fold flat on the inside
of this side, which is hinged or fastened on the outside to the outside of the bottom so
as to fold back on the outside of the bottom; the cover is hinged or fastened on the
outside to the outside of the end (hinged or fastened on the inside) so as to fold back
on the outside of such end.
The boxes or baskets may also be made thus both ends are hinged or fastened on
the inside to the inside of one side so as to fold forward on the inside of that side
which is hinged or fastened on the outside to the outside of the bottom so as to fold
back on the outside of the bottom. The cover is hinged or fastend on the outside to
the outside of the other side so as to fold back on the outside of such side, which is
hinged or fastened on the inside to the top of the bottom so as to fold forward on the
top of the bottom.
The boxes when made of wood and in use are held in position by one or more
screws or nails driven through the parts of the sides and ends that meet and that are
not hinged or fastened.
When made of cane basketwork or leather they are held in position either by straps
fastened to the parts of the ends and sides that meet and are not hinged, or by rods of
similar material or of metal fastened either to the ends or sides and passing through

page_text: holes left in the meeting ends or sides such rods having oither a loop through which
to pass another rod or having a button to turn and catch on the outside.
When made of metal the parts of the ends sides and bottom that meet when in
use and are not hinged are fastened together by moans of small wire catches or rods
running in loops attached to such parts.
Handles may be fixed or not as required.
The Covers may be made to lap over or not as required.
The boxes and baskets can be fastened by means of locks, padlocks, catches, rods,
straps, screws, nails or any of the other means now in use.
The boxes or baskets may be varied in shape and size as required.
The boxes and baskets are suitablo either to be used as ordinary trunks or dress
baskets for packing dry goods fruit vegetables biscuits groceries drapery dresses fish
game and in fact any articles that do not require a watertight package also for carrying
and exhibiting poultry dogs and other small animals or they may be used as cases for
more fragile trunks boxes baskets or packages and they are specially suited for tourists
travellers visitors to the seaside and others who require to carry light and bulky
articles and who have no room to pack away ordinary cases required for use at some
futuro time.
Dind the 20th day. June 1000

page_text: I, PENDRILL JONES CHARLES of Neath in the County of Glamorgan Solicitor
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 Box may be made of wood, tin, iron, brass, ziuc, leather, basket-work, cane,
wirework, copper, paper, cardboard, linen or any combinations thereof.
The novelty claimed is that the sides ends and top and bottom are so hinged or
fastened together that when not in use they fold one on top of the other into a space
no wider than the thickness of the several parts.
Fig. 1. One end a is hinged or fastened on the outside to the outside of one side b so as
to fold back on the outside of that side which is hinged or fastened on the inside to the
top of the bottom C so as to fold forward on the top of the hottom; the other end E is
hinged or fastened on the inside to the inside of the other side d, so as to fold flat on
the inside of this side which is hinged or fastened on the outside to the outside of the
bottom ( so as to fold back on the outside of the bottom, the cover fis hinged or
fastened on the outside to the outside of the end E (binged or fastened on the inside)
so as to fold back on the outside of such end.
The boxes or baskets may also be made thus (Fig. 2) both ends are hinged or
fastened on the inside to the inside of one side d'so as to fold forward on the inside
of that side which is hinged or fastened on the outside to the outside of the bottom b
so as to fold back on the outside of the bottom. The cover E is hinged or fastened
on the outside to the outside of the other side a so as to fold back on the outside of such
side which is hinged or fastened on the inside to the top of the bottom b so as to fold
forward on the top of the bottom.
In the drawing Fig. 1 the end E and the side are drawn flat so as to show more
fully the mode of hinging though in use the end E cannot fall back but forms
when not folded a right angle with the side d and the side b when in use and not
folded cannot fall back but forms a right angle with the bottom C. The dash line
on the end E Fig. 1 denotes the extremity of the side d against which the end of
the end E stands at right angles when in use and the dash line on the bottom C
denotes the extremity of the side b which stands at right angles against the end of
the bottom when in use.
In Fig. 2 the ends C. C. and the side a are drawn flat for the same reason though
in use neither the ends C. C. nor the side a can fall back but form when in use and
not folded right angles the ends C. C. with the side d and the side a with the bottom b.
The dash lines on the ends C. C. Fig. 2 show the extremities of the side d against
which the end of the ends C. C. stand at right angles when in use and the dash line
on the bottom b shows the extremity of the side a which stands when in use at right
angles against the end of the bottom b.

page_text: The small dotted lines in both Figures show the outside hinges which fold back and
the letters K in both Figures show the insido hinges which fold forward.
The drawings are upon a scale of a of an inch to 1 foot.
The boxes when made of wood and in use are held in position by one or more
screws or nails driven through the parts of the sides and ends that moot and that are
not hinged or fastened.
When made of cane basketwork or leather they are held in position either by straps
fastened to the parts of the ends and sides that moet and are not hinged or by rods of
similar material or of metal fastened either to the ends or sides and passing through
holes left in the meeting ends or sides such rods having either a loop through which
to pass another rod or having a button to turn and catch on the outside.
When made of metal the parts of the ends sides and bottom that meet when in
use and are not hinged are fastened together by means of small wire catches or rods
running in loops attached to such parts.
Handles may be fixed or not as required.
The covers may be made to lap over or not as required.
The boxes and baskets can be fastened by means of locks padlocks catches straps
screws nails or any of the other means now in use.
The hoxes or baskets may be varied in shape and size as required.
The boxes or baskets are suitable to be used either as ordinary trunks or dress
baskets for packing dry goods fruit vegetables tea biscuits groceries drapery dresses
fish and game and in fact any articles that do not require a watertight package also
for carrying and exhibiting poultry dogs and other small animals or they may be used
as cases for more fragile trunks hoxes baskets or packages and they are specially
suited for tourists travellers visitors to the seaside and others who require to carry
light and bulky articles and who have no room to pack away ordinary cases required
for use at some future time.
Dog Kennels, Poultry Houses and Phensant Coops may also be made on the samo
principle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improvement described in making and constructing boxes and baskets whereby
the sides ends top and bottom of the box or basket are so binged or fastened
together that when the same is not in use they fold one on top of the other into a
space no wider than the thickness of the several parts.
Dated this 29th day of March 1889.