Improvements in Boxes for Holding Flowers and other Fragile Articles during Transit.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1898-Accepted, 4th Feb., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes for Holding Flowers and other Fragile
Articles during Transit.
I, FREDERICK EVASON, Dale Park Gardens, Arundel, Sussex, Gardener, 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
in boxes for holding
My invention relates to improvements
flowers
and other fragile articles during transit Although in the follow-
ing description the invention will be assumed to be used for flower
boxes nevertheless I do not confine it to that one use. In carrying
my invention into effect I proceed in or in about the following manner making
reference to the accompanying diawing in which Fig 1 shows the end view
of a box fitted with my invention, the end of the box itself being removed.
Fig 2 shows the side view of a box fitted with my invention the side of the box
itself being removed. Fig. 3 is a side view of a modification in a detail to be
hereinafter described I provide a box a of suitable dimensions and material
and having a nail-on or other lid or cover To each side of the box 18 attached
or pivotted an inclined bar 6 above which is supported by blocks c the rack d.
Slidable on these racks are the short rods e carrying the spring or other bolts
or catches which can be shot into any of the teeth of the racks d. The inner
ends of the rods e are cupped to receive the ends of the cross bar g If desired
the ends e and the middle part 9 may be in one piece I provide a second and
similar cross bar arrangement &¹ gel In use the top cross bar arrange-
ment ege is drawn as far upwards as the rack d will allow. The cross bar
Arrangement el g¹ e¹ is then adjusted to the proper height, and the stock or stalk h
of the flowers laid across it, the heads i of the flowers being thus supported above
the bottom of the box The upper cross bar arrangement ege is then lowered so
as to hold the stocks between the two cross bars The cover is then put on
the box If desired more than one set of racks and bars can be provided in the
box
As a modification the teeth of the racks may be facing one end of the box
instead of facing one another In this case a spring catch, or equivalent can
be provided for keeping the cross bars in position (See Fig 3.)
I do not confine myself to the precise shapes or relative proportions of the
various parts shown in the drawing as they may be somewhat varied without
departure from the spirit of the invention
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
In boxes for holding flowers and other fragile articles during transit the
provision on opposite sides of such boxes of pivotted or fixed inclined bars each
carrying a rack with teeth either facing its correspondingly opposite rack or

page_text: facing one end of the box, cach rack having free to slide over it the ends of two
continuous or other cross bars provided with spring or other bolts or catches for
engaging with the respective racks and retaining the cross bars in their required
positions, the two cross bars being destined to hold between them the stocks
or stalks of the flowers or similar parts of other articles whereby in the case of
flowers their heads will be held between but away from the bottom and top of
the box, the whole substantially as described in the above specification and ex-
emplified in the accompanying diawings
Dated this 19th day of December 1898
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, EC, Agents