IMPROVE- MENTS IN CASES OR BOXES, AND IN ARRANGEMENTS OF FLAPS OR LEAVES THEREON OR THERETO FOR EXPOSING ADVERTISEMENT AND OTHER SHEETS OR THINGS.
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Benjamin Wood, of No. 40, Trinity Square,
Southwark, in the County of Surrey, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CASES OR BOXES, AND IN ARRANGEMENTS OF FLAPS OR LEAVES
THEREON OR THERETO FOR EXPOSING ADVERTISEMENT AND OTHER SHEETS OR
THINGS.
"
Scaled the 11th September 1874, and dated the 18th March 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Benjamin Wood at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th March 1874.
I, BENJAMIN WOOD, of No. 40, Trinity Square, Southwark, in the
County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES OR BOXES, AND IN ARRANGEMENTS OF FLAPS OR
LEAVES THEREON OR THERETO FOR EXPOSING' ADVERTISEMENT AND OTHER SHEETS OR
THINGS," to be as follows:-
'
This Invention relates to improvements in boxes or cases in or to which
flaps. or leaves can be arranged to open out or fold up one against the
other or against the box or case itself, to economize space when folded

page_text: and closed, and to present a large surface or series of surfaces in or on
which diagrams, printed matter, photographs, or other designs or devices
or things can be presented to view in a convenient and expeditious
manner.
The box or case may be rectangular, square, or of angular shape, with
few or many sides or surfaces, upon which or upon the corners only one
or more flaps or leaves can be hinged or otherwise secured so that they
can be moved to or from the sides. The flaps or leaves may have other
flaps or leaves hinged or otherwise secured to them in any suitable
manner.
One method of carrying my Invention into effect is to construct a box
(or skeleton frame) with four sides only, leaving the ends open and free;
to the corners of these four sides I binge one or more flaps or leaves so
that it or they can project radially from the corner as a centre, and at
such a distance apart that a view of two sides from any particular point
of sight can be seen at one time and examined, after which those flaps
or leaves can be drawn or pushed to the right or to the left, as the case
may be, and fresh views exposed which can be seen by the observer
without changing his position.
The four sides of the box (solid or framework) may also be hinged
or jointed or arranged to be detached for folding or packing purposes as
desired.
The flaps, singly or in numbers, may be attached to single sides or
frames, from the surfaces or edges of which the flaps or leaves can he
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, BENJAMIN
WOOD, of 40, Trinity Square, Southwark, in the County of Surrey, send
greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her.
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Benjamin Wood, Her special licence that
I, the said Benjamin Wood, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Benjamin Wood, 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 CASES OR BOXES, AND IN
ARRANGEMENTS OF FLAPS OR LEAVES THEREON OR THERETO FOR EXPOSING ADVER-
TISEMENT AND OTHER SHEETS OR THINGS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Benjamin Wood, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, 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 Benjamin Wood, 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 thereof, reference being had to the Drawings here-
unto annexed, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to improvements in boxes or cases in or to which
flaps or leaves can be arranged to open out or fold up one against the
other or against the box or case itself, to economize space when folded
and closed, and to present a large surface or series of surfaces in or on
which diagrams, printed matter, photographs, or other designs or devices
or things can be presented to view in a convenient and expeditious
manner.
The box or case may be rectangular, square, or of angular shape, with
few or many sides or surfaces, upon which or upon the corners only one
or more flaps or leaves can be hinged or otherwise secured so that they
can be moved to or from the sides. The flaps or leaves may have other

page_text: flaps or leaves hinged or otherwise secured to them in any suitable
manner.
One method of carrying my Invention into effect is represented in
Figure 1 of the annexed Drawings. I construct a box or skeleton frame
with four sides a, a, a, a, only leaving the ends open and free. To the 5
corners b, b, of these four sides a, a, a, a, I hinge one or more flaps or
leaves c, c, c, c, so that it or they can project radially from the corner as'
a centre. The leaves are at such a distance apart that a view of two
sides from any particular point of sight can be seen at one time and
examined, after which the flaps or leaves can be drawn or pushed to the 10
right or to the left, as the case may be, by a person who may be within
the box, and fresh views can be exposed which can be seen by an
observer without changing his position.
The four sides of the box are shown solid, but they may be of skeleton
framework, and hinged or jointed by a pin at each corner taking into lips 18
on the framework, which pins can also hold the leaves in position. The
pins are so arranged that the leaves and also the sides of the case can
be detached for folding or packing purposes as desired, or the box may
be made to collapse without detaching either the sides or the leaves.
The flaps, singly or in numbers, may be attached to single sides or 2
frames, from the surfaces or edges of which the flaps or leaves can be
arranged to open and close radially as desired, and the flaps or leaves
may be constructed to hold articles or things by which they can be
exposed to view.
Figure 2 represents a box or case with six rigid sides a, a, a,'a, a, a, 2
and corners b, b, b, b, b, b, from each of which a leaf c, c, c, c, c, c, is
hung, so that any one or more of them can be turned to present its
front or its back face to an observer to enable him to read the adver-
tisement sheets or other announcements written, painted, or printed
thereon.
The leaves c, c, c, c, c, c, in some instances have other leaves attached,
as in Figure 3, in which case the central portion A could be called the
pivot from which the leaves c, c, c, with the supplementary leaves e, e, e,
hung thereon can be moved to present their faces as desired.
3
B, Figure 4, represents a skeleton framing with eight corners or edges, a
these having also flat sides and hanging leaves, so that a larger number

page_text: of advertisements, placards, prints, views, or devices can be seen at one
time than by either of the previously described methods.
Figure 5 shows a skeleton case a with two leaves c, c, hinged to each
corner b, b, and upon the same pius or hinges. The removal of the pins
in this, as in the method described with reference to Figure 1, enables
the whole to be detached and laid flat upon one another for packing or
transport.
Figure 6 represents an oblong case or box with leaves hung from the
corners, and with other leaves d, d, from the side faces, on cither faces
of which articles or things could be secured temporarily or otherwise as
first herein-before set forth.
It is proposed in the foregoing arrangements to employ these adver-
tizing mediums as perambulatory or to be fixed at stations with appli-
ances, clockwork weight, or other, to move the leaves over at fixed
periods of time so that the readings or views can be changed auto-
matically.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim the
construction and employment of apparatus as hercin-before described
and shown in the annexed Drawings in or by which advertisements or
other announcements or placards, tablets or the like, photographic or
other views or things can be exhibited, shown, or displayed as set
forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Benjamin Wood, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of September One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.