Improvements in Collapsible Boxes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 28th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 5th Mar., 1898
Improvements in Collapsible Boxes.
I, WILLIAM HENRY ALLWORTHY, of 61, Lancaster Road, Stroud Green, N.,
Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as.
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in collapsible boxes and has for its object.
to provide a simple form of box which can be collapsed into a small compass and.
which will be useful for carrying light articles.
The box I propose to employ is formed with its ends or sides doubled along two lines.
extending, diagonally from the lower corners. The lines along which the ends
are doubled are at an angle of 45° so that on pulling out the ends the sides and the
corners will double over and lie along the bottom and along the central part of
the sides which are pulled down quite flat.
The lid of the box is made in the same manner but on extending the parts and
putting the lid on the box the lid will secure the box in this position preventing.
it collapsing and giving it the appearance of an ordinary box.
The lid and box may be connected together by a tape which passes through
small perforations in the lid and the bottom of the box. This tape forms a loop
at each end so that the box can be carried easily by means of one or other of these.
loops. The tape forms at the same, time a loose hinge connecting the lid and box
together.
The two parts fold over and can then be placed one on top of the other taking up
very little space.
The arrangement is specially applicable to card board boxes but may also be used for
wooden and other boxes, the sections of the sides or ends being connected together
by flexible material.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant,
Improvements in Collapsible Boxes.
I, WILLIAM HENRY ALLWORTHY, of 61, Lancaster Road, Stroud Green, N.,
Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:―
This invention relates to improvements in collapsible boxes and has for its
object to provide a simple form of box which can be collapsed into a small compass
and which will be useful for carrying light or other articles.
The box I propose to employ is formed with its ends or sides doubled along two
lines extending diagonally from the lower corners. In square or rectangular boxes
the lines along which the ends or sides are doubled or scored are at an angle of
45 degrees so that on pulling down the folded ends or sides the other sides or ends
and the corners will double over and lie along the bottom and (along the remaining
part) of the folded ends or sides, which are pulled down quite flat.
The lid of the box is made in the same manner but on extending the parts and
putting the lid on the box the lid will secure the box in this position preventing
it from collapsing and giving it the appearance of an ordinary box.
The lid and box may be connected together by a tape which passes through small
perforations in the lid and the bottom of the box. This tape forms a loop at each
end so that the box can be carried easily by means of one or other of these loops.
The tape forms at the same time a loose hinge connecting the lid and box together.
The two parts fold over and can then be placed one on top of the other taking
up very little space.
The arrangement is especially applicable to boxes made of paper, cardboard or
other similar materials, but may also be used for wooden and other boxes, the
sections of the sides or ends being connected together by flexible material, or by a
hinge made of metal or any suitable material.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings Fig. 1 is an elevation of a box
and lid constructed according to this invention, Fig. 2 is a plan of the box when
collapsed, Fig. 3 is an inverted plan of the lid when collapsed, Fig. 4 is an
isometric view of a box constructed according to this invention showing a tape for
connecting together the two portions of the box and forming a loop by which
the box can be carried and Fig. 5 is an isometric view of a match or other similar
small box constructed according to this invention.
The box A is provided with the sides a and a¹. The latter are made stiff as in
boxes of ordinary construction and the sides a can be doubled at the lines a² so
that a triangular piece is formed at each corner, which can be folded down upon
the remaining part of the side, when the box is collapsed as shown in Fig. 2.
When the box is collapsed these triangular ends are in line with the other sides a¹.
so that the two ordinary sides and the corners lie over the bottom of the box and
the sides a.
The lid B serves to hold the box in extended position when it is applied, as the
box cannot collapse when the sides a are prevented from turning outwardly. The
lid B is provided with the sides 6 and 6 and the triangular corners 6ª, so that it
is similar to the box in construction, but is generally shallower.
In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4 the tape C is provided and the box and lid
are slit at c so that the tape can be threaded through them and secured. The tape
forms the two loops c¹ at one side of_the_box.allowing the latter to be carried in a
convenient manner. At the opposite sides the tape forms a double hinge so that
the lid is always kept in connection with the box, both lid and box however, being
adapted to collapse against each other.
Fig. 5 shows an arrangement in which the box A slides into a cover B¹, the
collapsible lid being then dispensed with.. The case B¹ can collapse along with
the box, and no arrangement of corners is required.
The drawings illustrate boxes of square or rectangular shape and in' such cases
the corners must be adapted to fold along a line at 45 degrees to their edges, but
in the case of boxes of triangular or other form not rectangular, the angle of the
corners must be adjusted to suit the shape. In the case of wooden or metal boxes
the, line of folding of the corners a3 and 6 must be provided with flexible material

page_text: connecting the parts and the sides and al the corners must also be adapted to fold
by means of flexible connections or hinges.
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) Improvements in collapsible boxes consisting in forming two opposite sides
of the box with a line of folding, extending at an angle from the lower corners so
that the other sides and the corners formed by the fold can be turned over and
lie flat upon the bottom, and the divided sides, substantially as described and for
the purposes specified.
(2) An improved collapsible box in which both the lid and the body of the box
are formed with two opposite sides arranged to fold along lines extending from the
lower corners allowing all the sides to collapse, a connecting tape being provided,
threaded through both, the box and the lid forming a loose hinge and carrying
loops substantially as described and shown in Fig. and the accompanying draw-
ings and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 28th doxe of Ton 1800
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.