An Improved Form of Collapsable Box for the Purpose of Packing Articles for Transit.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 4th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 5th May, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Form of Collapsable Box for the Purpose of Packing
Articles for Transit.
I GORDON WILLOUGHBY FORBES of Upton House, Bitton, Bristol Gloucester-
shire Esquire do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A collapsible box made either solely of paper or of paper in combination with or
of any other suitable material—the said box consisting either of one piece folded
together in the required position or, of a centre piece marked A. in the plan
annexed having five or more flaps, B. C. D. E. F. forming the sides & cover
when folded up. The flaps, B. C. D. having in addition smaller flaps annexed,
marked G G G G G GG in plan-which fold over & around the box when
closed. All the said flaps being hinged together by any suitable connection: &
fastened to an outer covering, the edges of the same being turned inwards &
suitably fastened. Also having cords or tapes (placed between the two substances
used, & passing out through holes marked a' a' b¹¹ in plan, those at b6 being
looped) for fastening said box, having also an eyelet hole marked c' in plan, for
insertion of string attached to label for postage the said string being fastened to a
loop-marked din plan thereby preventing the label being removed from the
outside. In the event of the box being returned, this label can be removed & a
fresh one attached.
I will now proceed to describe my invention more fully by means of the annexed
plan.
Fig. I represents the box when open & flat: having a centre piece A. connected
with flaps B. C. D. E. F. which form the sides of the box when folded up, the
flaps B. C. D. having in addition, smaller flaps marked in plan G'G' GʻGʻGʻGʻGʻ
which fold over & around the box when closed.
The points marked a' a' b'b' in the plan indicate the points at which the cord or
tape is passed to the outside, those from bb being looped as shewn in plan. The
point marked C. in flap D indicates the place at which an eyelet hole is let in to
allow of the string (attached to the label for address & stamp) to be passed through
to the loop marked D in the centre piece A.
Fig. II represents a side view of the box when closed.
Fig. 111 represents a front view of the box when closed, shewing the address
label attached to the box.
In packing the article to be packed is placed on the centre piece A. The
flaps B. C. D. E. F. being folded up & over.
To fasten the box, the cords or tapes from 6'6¹ are looped together over the
box. The cord or tape from the back of the box is then passed through the loop &
it is fastened in the ordinary manner as shewn in Fig. III.
Dated this Thirtieth day of September Eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Form of Collapsable Box for the Purpose of Packing
Articles for Transit.
I, GORDON WILLOUGHBY FORBES Upton House Bitton Bristol Squire 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 relates to a collapsable box made either solely of paper or of
paper in combination with, or of any other suitable material.
Referring to the drawings left with my Provisional Specification
Figure 1. is a plan view of the box when open and flat.
Figure 2. represents a side view of the box when closed.
Figure 3. represents a front view of the box when closed showing the address
label attached to the box.
The box consists either of one piece folded together in the required position, or
of a centre piece marked A in Figure 1, having five or more flaps B, C, D, E, F,
forming the sides and cover when folded up. The flaps B, C, D, having in addition
smaller flaps annexed, marked G₁, G, G³, G, G³, G³, G in Figure I which fold
over and around the box when closed. All the said flaps being hinged together by
any suitable connection and fastened to an outer covering the edges of the same
being turned inwards & suitably fastened, also having cords or tapes placed
between the two substances used and passing out through holes marked a', a', b', 6',
in Figure 1, those at 61, 61, being looped, for fastening said box, having also an
eyelet hole marked c in Figure 1, for insertion of the string attached to the label
for postage the said string being fastened to a loop marked in Figure 1. thereby
preventing the label being removed from the outside. In the event of the box
being returned this label can be removed and a fresh one attached. The point
marked c in flap D indicates the place at which an eyelet hole is let in to allow of
the string attached to the label for address stamp to be passed through to the loop
marked d¹ in the centre piece A.
In packing, the article to be packed is placed on the centre A. The
flaps B, C, D, E, F, being folded up and over. To fasten the box, the cords or
tapes from b', ', are looped together over the box. The cord or tape from the
back of the box is then passed through the loop & it is fastened in the ordinary
manner as shewn in Figure 3.
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.
1. A collapsable box substantially as described and illustrated herein.
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