Improvements in Boxes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 13th May, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 10th Feb., 1891-Accepted, 9th May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes.
I, JAMES HILLS HARTRIDGE of 2 Perrin Street in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturing Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
In making the improved box I propose that the lid shall be stamped up from a
single sheet or disc preferably so as to round off the outer edge and at the same
time leave a slightly recessed top.
The body of the box I propose should have vertical sides for the reception of the
lid gradually changing internally below the lid line to a concave shape.
The said box is surrounded by a rim or preferably by a rimmed cap having a
flat exterior bottom to which the convex surface of the body may be attached, or
the rim may be attached to the body if preferred. The said box may be readily
made in any material capable of being stamped up, such as metal, cardboard, or
other material which will take and retain the configuration given by the dies.
Dated this 13th day of May 1890.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes.
I, JAMES HILLS HARTRIDGE of 2 Perrin Street in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturing Chemist, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in boxes suitable for holding small articles,
and for toilet preparations, ointments, powders, medicaments &c. and for like uses.
To clearly explain the nature of my invention I will describe it with reference to
the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of same, and
Fig. 2 a plan view with the lid removed.
of the box
In the form of box shown a rimmed cap or bottom piece a is employed having
vertical sides, and in this is inserted what may be termed the body
consisting of a stamped cup or inverted dome shaped receptacle having vertical
sides. This vertical portion extends above the rimmed bottom as shown at c so that
a shoulder is provided for the reception of the lid d. The lid is preferably stamped
up in the form shown, the edges being rounded and the top recessed. The inverted
dome shaped receptacle or body is of advantage when the box is used for pastes or
creams, as it enables the whole of the contents to be readily removed, which is not
the case with ordinary ointment boxes in which the contents lodging in the corners
is usually wasted, and it is similarly advantageous in the case of small articles.
It will be evident that the body portion 6 may be surrounded by a rim a only so
as to form a shoulder for the lid and .o give the box a firm base, and that no
horizontal bottom portion to this part a is absolutely necessary.
The material of which the box is made may be metal, cardboard, or the like,
capable of taking and retaining the shape given it by the stamping dies.

page_text: 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 is :-
1. A box having a cup or inverted dome shaped body or receptacle, the sides of
which extend vertically above a rim or bottom piece to form a shoulder for the lid,
substantially as described.
2. The improved box substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 10th day of February 1891.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Applicant's Agent.