IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PORTABLE PACKAGES."
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Fraser, of Gracechurch Street, in the
City of London, Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF PORTABLE PACKAGES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Fraser at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 21st March 1853.
I, JAMES FRASER, of Gracechurch Street, in the City of London,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PORTABLE PACKAGES" to be as
follows:-
My Invention applies to trunks, boxes, cases, baskets, and packages,
of a six-sided figure; and, for the better understanding of my improve-
ments applying thereto, I shall proceed to describe the drawings
hereunto annexed, in which the same letters of reference indicate like
parts in each.
Fig. 1, is a perspective view of a square box or basket, the top A,
and side B, being hinged at the joint A, B; and, again, the side B, is

page_text: fastened to the bottom C, by hinges at the joint B, C; the remaining
three sides D, E, F, are hinged respectively to the raised sides of the
bottom C, at e, f, and d. Thus provided, A, can be folded down on
to B, and then the two turned down on to C; over these will fall the
side F; then will follow the remaining sides in the order of D; and,
lastly, E.
Fig. 2, is a perspective view of a box constructed out of the before-
described arrangement.
Fig. 8, is a front view of the box itself, packed up in a portable
form, when empty.
It will be observed that the three low raised sides attached to the
bottom piece are merely to accommodate the lapping or folding of
the top and four sides in the most convenient manner. Such packages,
when made of wicker work, can be provided with apertures for admit-
ting cord or other means of fastening them. Wood cases can have
hasps, screws, or other convenient additions for security in closing them;
and, in some instances, waterproof or other coverings of canvas, and
the like, may be employed. When constructed of sheet metal, leather,
gutta percha, or other like materials, the means of closing the sides will
be conveniently provided out of their own substance.
I do not, however, restrict myself to any particular dimensions,
material, or application, but what I do claim as my improvement is,-
The peculiar method described of constructing portable packages.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,..
filed by the said James Fraser, in the Great Seal Patent Office, on 2
the 20th September 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
JAMES FRASER, of Gracechurch Street, in the City of London,
Merchant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her 3
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the six-
teenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,

page_text: give and grant unto me, the said James Fraser, Her special licence
that I, the said James Fraser, my executors, administrators, and
assigus, or such others as I, the said James Fraser, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF PORTABLE PACKAGES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said James Fraser, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said. Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Fraser, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:
My said Invention applies to trunks, boxes, cases, baskets, and pack-
ages, of a six-sided figure, and is intended for rendering the same so
portable as to occupy little more than the space of their own materials
when such packages are empty.
And, for the better understanding of my improvements applying
thereto, I shall now proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed,
in which the same letters of reference indicate like parts throughout.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1, is a perspective view of a square box or basket, partially
opened, the top A, and side B, being hinged at the joint A, B; and,
again, the side B, is fastened to the bottom C, by hinges at the
joint B. C; the remaining three sides D, E, F, are hinged respectively
to the raised sides a, b, and c, of the bottom C. Thus provided, A, can
be folded down on to B, and then these two turned down on to C;
over these will fall the side F; then will follow the remaining sides in
the order of D; and, lastly, E.

page_text: Figure 2, is a perspective view of a box or basket constructed out of
the before-described arrangement.
Figure 8, is a front view of the same box or basket, packed up in a
portable form, when empty.
Such portable
I would here observe that in this arrangement the three low fixed
raised sides a, b, and c, attached to the bottom piece C, are merely
added to accommodate the lapping or folding of the top and four
sides in a convenient manner, particularly when made of wicker work;
oblong boxes may be manufactured with top, bottom, and sides only,
the edges being bevelled to allow their closing neatly.
packages, when made of wicker work, can be provided with apertures
for admitting cord or other means of fastening them. Wood cases can
have hasps, screws, or other convenient additions for security in closing
them; and, in some instances, waterproof or other coverings of canvas,
and the like, may be employed. When packages are constructed of
sheet metal, leather, gutta percha, or other like materials, the means
of closing the sides will be conveniently provided out of their own
substance.
Having thus described one method of manufacturing my portable
packages, I wish it to be understood that I do not restrict myself to
any particular form, dimensions, material, or application thereof, but
what I do claim as my Invention is, namely,
The peculiar method described of constructing portable packages.
In witness whereof, T, the said James Fraser, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of September, in the
year of our Lord 1853.
JAMES FRASER. (L.s.)