IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOXES OR CASES FOR CONTAINING ARTICLES TO BE TRANSMITTED BY POST OR OTHER MEANS " PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Elizabeth Herbert of 29 Sheen Park Richmond in
the County of Surrey Widow and Adıministratrix of the lato Henry Jacob
Herbert of Richmond in the County of Surrey deceased for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOXES OR CASES FOR CONTAINING
ARTICLES TO BE TRANSMITTED BY POST OR OTHER MEANS
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Jacob Herbert at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th August 1883.
HENRY JACOB HERBERT of Richmond in the County of Surrey
"IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOXES OR CASES FOR CONTAINING ARTICLES TO
BE TRANSMITTED BY POST, OR OTHER MEANS
"
One of the chief objects of my invention is to provido a simple, cheap and
efficient case box or package suitable for containing articles to be transmitted by
post and other means and which at the same time can be packed up when not in
use into a small space and to lie flat one on the other like ordinary sheets of paper,
and yet be ready for use when required at a moments notice.
I will describe my invention as applied to a wrapper case or box made of
cardboard, and for general purposes this material would be very advantageous and
particularly for cases suitable for use for sending packages through the post.
I take a sheet of cardboard strongthened or not by canvas or other material of
the size required to make the case or box and I cut or divide it at the sides a
sufficient depth that when the cut or divided pieces are turned up or folded, the
box proper and the cover are formed. On one side, the outer sido, I glue or
otherwise attach an outer wrapper of paper and this is intended to receive the
address. Through those parts of the sides or ends of the case which fold up I
insert strings which pass also through the outer wrapper and in such manner that
by pulling the two ends of the string the box or case is drawn up and thereby
formed, the cover then comes over and the box or case is complete. The same

page_text: string which closes the box is then utilized to tie it up and the package after being
addressed is ready for transmission by post or other means. On the wrapper I may
place a label to receive the address.
These cases may be made of any suitable material for example of thin wood or
tin and then of course the parts must be connected by thin wire or other suitablo
joints or means.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent and
of an Order of the Lord Chancellor filed by the said Elizabeth Herbert
Widow and Administratrix of the late Henry Jacob Herbert deceased in the
Patent Office on the 10th April 1884.
ELIZABETH HERBERT of 29 Sheen Park Richmond in the County of Surrey
Widow and Administratrix of the late Henry Jacob Herbert of Richmond in the
County of Surrey deceased "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOXES
OR CASES FOR CONTAINING ARTICLES TO BE TRANSMITTED BY POST OR OTHER
MEANS
"
According to this invention I provide a simple cheap and efficient case box or
package suitable for containing articles to be transmitted by post or otherwise and
which at the same time can be packed up when not in use into a small space and
to lie flat one on the other like ordinary sheets of paper and yet be ready for use
when required at a moments notice in many cases they will also be available for
repeated use if desired. These packages or boxes are thus intended to be sold in
many different sizes in stationers shops for example to afford the same facility to
the public for sending parcels as envelopes ever since they were invented have
afforded for sending letters and saving much time and trouble in making up
parcels I will describe my invention as applied to a wrapper case or box made of
cardboard and for general purposes this material would be very advantageous and
particularly for cases suitable for use for sending packages through the post I take
a sheet of cardboard strengthened or not all over or in certain places where most
required by canvas or other material of the size required to make the case or box
and I cut or divide it at the sides a sufficient depth so that when the cut or
divided pieces are turned up or folded the box proper and the cover are formed.
The canvas if used will then serve to preserve the turned up or folded edges. On
one outer side I glue or otherwise attach an outer wrapper of paper and this is
intended to receive the address or address label. Through those parts of the sides
or ends of the case which fold up I insert strings or tapes which serve to draw up
the sides and ends thus forming the lower part of a box or the box proper The
article or articles to be sent having been placed in the box the part forming the
cover is folded down over the box the outer wrapper is then done up around the
box and the whole tied up by the fastening strings or tapes which pass through
the wrapper and the package after being addressed is ready for transmission by

page_text: post or otherwise. These boxes or cases may be made of any suitable material for
example of thin wood or tin and then of course the parts must be connected by
thin wire or other suitable joints or means.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a view in perspective of a case box or
package constructed according to my invention as it appears when folded up and
tied for keeping in stock. Figure 2 is a perspective view of a number of such
cases or-packages packed up and tied. Figure 3 is a perspective view of package
as it appears when wrapping string is untied and the outside wrapper is thrown
back or open. Figure 4 is a view in plan of the package when completely open
and ready to be drawn together to make up the case box or package. Figure 5
shows the same when the tapos or cords have been drawn to bring together and
complete the frame of the box. Figure 6 shows the same with the cover folded
over and Figure 7 shows the case box or package as it appears when the same is
enveloped in its wrapper and tied ready for transmission by post or other moans.
Figure 8 shows in plan opened out flat and Figure 9 a perspective view of a
similar case box or package having a similar arrangement to the other cases for
the cords or tapes except that in this case I use elastic instead of rigid cords.
a
a a is the frame of the case which may be made of any convenient material
according to the purpose for which the case or package is intended to be used and
when it is made of cardboard or other comparatively slender material, this material
may be strengthened wholly or partially by canvas linen muslin or other suitablo
fabric. The lines a¹ a¹ & show the divisions of the cardboard where the same is
scored or cut in order that the sides ends and cover of the box case or package
may when desired assume the required form b shows the brown paper or other
wrapping material secured by gum or other adhesive material to the opposite sido
of the cardboard frame or as previously stated the frame may be made of other
material and this wrapper is only secured to that portion thereof which forms the
bottom of the case box or package; on the other side of the wrapper b a label for
receiving the address is gummed or glued or printed thereon or otherwise affixed
thereto cd are the strings or tapes for drawing the sides and ends of the box
together is the string for tying up and securing the case box or package. The
string passes through the brown paper or other wrapper and the bottom of the
case package or box. It will be noticed that by drawing the cords or tapes c d
the sides and ends of the box caso or package are moved without interfering with
the wrapper b. The cover is then turned over and the box, case or package
assumes the appearance shown at Figure 6. The wrapper bis then folded and
the strings tied when the package assumes the appearance shown at Figure 7 and
is ready to be addressed and sent to the Post Office or other place for
transmission.
When elastic cord is used instead of rigid string or tapes as shown at Figure 8
the rubber or elastic thread should be laced in such a manner as to employ the
longest thread of elastic when not stretched that can bo conveniently used in order
that the strain may be distributed over as long a length as possible care being
taken that the thread is sufficiently stretched to keep the box drawn together as
shewn in Figure 9. This is accomplished by making the apertures through which
the elastic cord passes somewhat nearer the corners of the box than when the rigid
tapes are used and as will be understood by comparing the drawings Figures 4, 5,
8 and 9. In other respects the arrangements are identical except of course that
when elastic is used as soon as the outer wrapper is untied the same folded back
and the cover raised the elastic cords immediately bring the box case or package
into the positions shown at Figures 5 and 9.
Cases, boxes or packages constructed according to my invention may be made
of any suitable material for exninple they may be made as I have before described
of cardboard alone or strengthened with muslin canvas or other fabric or thoy
may be made of thin wood or of tin when made of either of the two latter
materials the parts must be connected by thin wire or other suitable joints or

page_text: means
In a word the composition of the box case or package must be made of
such material as will be suitable for the purpose to which the case box or package
is to be applied.
Having now described the nature of the said invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed I declare that I claim
First-The combination with a case box or package made up and held together
by cord as set forth of a wrapper or cover attached to the back of said case box
or package, as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
Second-The application to folding cases boxes or packages of wrappers or
covers carrying an address label and string attached substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
Third: The combination with wrapper folding cases boxes or packages of the
strings tapes or elastic cords substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
In witness whereof I the said Elizabeth Herbert have hereunto set my hand
and seal this Seventh day of April In the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty four.
TODAM