Year: 1899

page_text: I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45. Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to boxes, which taken apart can be brought into a shape
convenient for transport and again easily put together ready for use.
In carrying out this invention take two, wooden plates or plates of other
suitable material, lay them across and connect them at the centre with a pin.
The projecting ends are bent upwards thus forming the walls of the box and held
together by means of a ribbon, wire or the like which rests in incisions on the
edges of the plates.
I do not confine myself to the use of two plates, as the same result can
be obtained with one plate cut out in the shape of a cross. If wooden plates
are used in this latter case, it will be observed that the fibres must run diagonally
as otherwise the plate will break in bending.
The plates are preferably on the outside provided with incisions to make it
easier to bend the projecting ends. If the plates are made wider at the ends
the boxes will have a conical shape, which makes it easier to place the ribbon
or wire upon the box from below.
Covers to fit the boxes can be made in a similar way as the boxes themselves.
The ribbon or wire may however be omitted for the covers.
Dated this 6th day of May 1899.
HASELTINE. LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents
of 45, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare
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page_text: 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 boxes, which taken apart can be brought into a shape
convenient for transport and again easily put together ready for use.
Cases boxes and the like as hitherto constructed have been found to be incon-
venient owing to the fact that they occupy excessive space. The present invention
has for its object to obviate this inconvenience by producing boxes capable of
being collapsed during transport so as to occupy but little space.
In order that my invention may be readily understood and easily carried into
effect I will describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings in
which:
Figure 1 is a view of one form of a box or case embodying my invention and
shewn in the expanded position.
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Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of one of the plates making up the
box, and
Figure 3 is a perspective view of a box or case constructed according to the
present invention, and shewing the same after being put together.
The box or case consists of two. plates A and B of wood pasteboard or other
suitable material and connected at the centre by a pin C or the like, so as to be
capable of being turned relatively to each other.
The plates are provided with transverse incisions 1 cut on one side thereof.
On building up the box the plates are turned about the central pin C so as to
bring them at right angles to each other as illustrated in Figure 1, after which
the projecting ends are bent upwardly to form the sides of the box, being then
held together in this position by means of a string or wire, E. In order to
facilitate the fixing of the string, or wire or the like in position; the portions
of the plates that constitute the sides of the box may be formed with upwardly
increasing width; the box thus presenting a somewhat tapered form, the string
or wire E may then be easily pushed upon it from below. At or near the ends
of the plates, notches are cut in their lateral edges to receive said string or wire.
The box or case may, if desired, be provided with a cover made of any
suitable material and formed-if consisting of pasteboard paper or the like
with projections descending between the string and the sidewall of the box, so
that on fixing said string in position, both box and cover are held securely
together. In some cases the cover may be formed in the same way as the body
of the box, or it may be simply be an extension of one of the box plates. The
string or wire may be substituted by any suitable means for holding the side
portions together, for instance, by a strip of sheet metal formed with a suitable
Hange, and adapted to be applied to the edges of the box, said edges being cut
with inclined or rectangular faces according to requirement.
As a material for small boxes designed to contain fruit or the like, veneer or
planer shavings may be employed, said material being suitably shaped by means
of a simple machine.
Instead of comprising two crossed plates, the box may consist of one single
plate cut in the form of a cross. If, in this latter case wooden plates are
employed, it will be observed that the fibres must run diagonally, as otherwise
the plate would break whilst bending it into shape.
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. A box, case or similar receptacle consisting of two plates of wood, paste-
card or similar material placed and held crosswise one upon the other, the
ends of which are adapted to be bent upwards to form the sides of the box; means
for holding said sides in an upright position such as recesses cut in the edges of
said sides, and a cord wire or ribbon surrounding said sides and entering said
recesses, substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings:

page_text: 2. In a box, case or receptacle of the kind claimed in Claim 1 the employment
of a blank in the form of a cross, cut out of one piece of material said blank
being, if of wood, cut in such a way that the fibres will run diagonally across the
same, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.