Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1895
-Complete Specification Left, 4th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 4th Jan., 1896
I, GEORGE HENRY CREEK, of London House, Combmartin, in the County of.
Devon, Draper, Outfitter, etc., do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
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My invention relates to storage or stock boxes designed to contain hosiery,
gloves, and other goods, for the use of retail traders in their business, and has for
its object to supersede the present cumbrous and inconvenient system of making up,
and keeping in order, the packages from which the goods in question are sold
across the counter. As is well known, the system at present generally followed in
the case of hosiery consists in folding the articles in an oblong form to the size of
the package, placing a certain number of such folded articles when superposed upon one
another between a pair of cards or straw boards; the boards being either provided
with paper flaps for wrapping, or the whole being wrapped in a separate strip of
paper of about the same width as the length of the package, and securing the
latter with two strings, one encircling each end of the package, and finally securing
the package with paper and string against dust, the descriptive label being attached
to one end of the outer covering. This system, although possessing the advantage
of rendering available all the room set free by the sale of stock, is cumbrous and
inconvenient, leads to confusion, frequent concealment of the labels, and consequent
inaccuracy in parcelling, and involves great waste of time. The use of ordinary
plain cardboard box to contain the goods, whilst convenient in some respects,
involves, as the boxes become empted, much waste of space which might be
profitably occupied with other goods more seasonable or of more recent fashion.
My invention enables me to combine the advantages, whilst avoiding the defects,
of both systems, and consists in providing the cardboard or similar boxes which
contain the goods, with successive rows of perforations running right around the
sides of the box, so that as the contents are reduced in bulk, successive portions of
the sides may be torn off and thus both the capacity of, and also the space
occupied by, the box are proportionately diminished. The rows of perforations
may be provided at any convenient distance apart vertically, as for example in the
case of a box designed to contain hose, the distance between the rows would be
conveniently arranged to correspond to the depth occupied by two pairs of hose,
which is a number commonly sold retail.
In order to facilitate the stripping off of the successive tiers, I may connect each
pair of horizontal rows of perforations by means of a vertical row of the same,
such vertical rows being situated preferably at the back end of the box, where
there is least danger of their presence leading to a collapse under the heavy load
due to many full boxes being piled upon one another. As an additional safeguard
against collapse, the vertical rows of perforations should break joint with one
another.
The lid of course serves equally well after each successive reduction in the
height of the sides of the box. In order to prevent the descriptive label, attached
to the lower part of the front end of the box, from being concealed by the front
lip of the lid when the box is reduced to its smallest capacity, I surround either a
part or the whole of the front lip of the lid with perforations so as to admit of that
part being torn off when necessary, to display the label beneath it.

page_text: My invention further consists in the combination, with a handle whereby the
above described box may be removed from its position on the shelf, of a fastening
designed to secure the lid upon the box. The arrangement consists in a single
length of string being so laced through holes formed in each side of the box close
to the bottom, as to leave a loop extending across the outside of the front end of
the box, said loop forming a handle, and the ends of the string being passed
outwards near the middle of each side of the box. One end of the string is passed
upwards and across the lid through holes formed in the side lips of the latter, so as
to hang over the exit of the other end, and to enable the two ends of the string
being tied together when the box has been closed. A knot is preferably formed at
each end of the string, to prevent the latter becoming detached from the box
and lid.
Dated this 1st day of June 1895.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
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I, GEORGE HENRY CREEK, of London House, Combmartin, in the County of
Devon, Draper, Outfitter, etc., 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 storage or stock boxes designed to contain hosiery,
gloves, and other goods, for the use of retail traders in their business, and has for
its object to supersede the present cumbrous and inconvenient system of making
up, and keeping in order, the packages from which the goods in question are sold
across the counter.
As is well known, the system at present generally followed consists, in the case
of hosiery, in folding the articles in an oblong form to the size of the package,
placing a certain number of such folded articles when superposed upon one
another between a pair of cards or straw boards; the boards being either provided
with paper flaps for wrapping or the whole being wrapped in a separate strip of
paper of about the same width as the length of the package, and securing the:
latter with two strings, one encircling each end of the package; and finally
securing the package with paper and string against dust, the descriptive label
being attached to one end of the outer covering. This system, although possessing
the advantage of rendering available all the room set free by the sale of stock,
is cumbrous and inconvenient, leads to confusion, frequent concealment of the
labels, and consequent inaccuracy in parcelling, and involves great waste of time.
The use of ordinary plain cardboard boxes to contain the goods, whilst convenient
in some respects, involves, as the boxes become emptied, much waste of space
which might be profitably occupied with other goods more seasonable or of more
recent fashion.
My invention which enables me to combine the advantages, whilst avoiding the
defects, of both systems is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part
of this Specification wherein Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of a box in
the closed position as it appears respectively before and after its capacity has
been reduced, Figure 3 being a similar view to that shewn in Figure 1. but with
the lid open and a part of the side broken away.
The same letters of reference denote like parts in all the figures.
The invention consists in providing the cardboard or similar box A which
contains the goods, with successive rows B, B, of perforations running right
round the sides of the box, so that as the contents are reduced in bulk successive.

page_text: portions a, a', of the sides may be torn off and thus both the capacity of, and also.
the space occupied by, the box be proportionately diminished. The rows, of
perforations may be provided at any convenient distance apart vertically, as for
example in the case of a box designed to contain hose, the distance between the-
rows would be conveniently arranged to correspond to the depth occupied by two-
pairs of hose which is a number commonly sold retail.
As an.
In order to facilitate the stripping off of the successive tiers, I may connect
each pair of horizontal rows of perforations by means of a vertical row of the
same, such vertical rows being situated preferably at the back end of the box,
where there is least danger of their presence leading to a collapse under the
heavy load due to many full boxes being piled upon one another.
additional safeguard against collapse, the vertical rows b, b, of perforations.
should break joint with one another, as shewn in Figure 3. The lid C of course
serves equally well after each successive reduction in the height of the sides of
the box.
In order to prevent the descriptive label D attached to the lower part of the-
front end of the box, from being concealed by the front lip c of the lid when the
box is reduced to its smallest capacity, I surround either a part or the whole of
the front lip of the lid with perforations b', so as to admit of that part being torn
off when necessary, to display through the gap thus formed the label D beneath it,..
as shewn in Figure 2. It will be obvious, however, that this gap might constitute-
part of the original shape of the lid.
My invention further consists in the combination, with a handle whereby the
above described box may be removed from its position on the shelf, of a fastening
designed to secure the lid upon the box. The arrangement consists in a single.
length of string E being so laced through holes f formed in each side of the box
close to the bottom as to leave a loop F (formed on that part of the string which
extends across the outside of the front end of the box) projecting outside the front.
of the box so as to form a handle or tag whereby the box may be pulled out from
under a pile of similar articles. The ends of the string E are passed outwards.
through holes f, f', near the middle of each side of the box near the bottom,.
one end e of the string being continued upwards and across the lid through
holes f, f, formed in the side lips c¹, of the latter so as to hang over the
exit of the other end e¹, and to enable the two ends e, e¹, of the string to be.
tied together when the box has been closed. A knot is preferably formed at each
end of the string to prevent the latter being accidentally drawn out from the box.
and lid.
The arrangement of fastening here described is obviously applicable to cardboard
and similar boxes whether constructed according to my-invention or not, and
I would also observe that my improved fastening by the fact of its leaving no.
string outside either the top or bottom of the boxes does not interfere with these.
being piled up neatly and offers no obstruction to the withdrawal of any box in
the pile.
In order to exclude dust, the rows of perforations above described (if not formed
in the sheets of cardboard or other material before these are made up into boxes).
may be formed before the external covering of paper is pasted over the outside of
the box; or if the perforations be formed after the operation a lining of paper.
may be pasted over the inside of the box so as to cover the perforations, said
lining being conveniently left with projecting free edges to form the usual flaps 9,
as indicated in Figure 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven--
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. A stock box for hosiery and other goods, constructed of cardboard or
similar material and provided with horizontal and vertical rows of perforations.
in its sides and ends for the purpose of enabling the capacity of the box to be-

page_text: reduced to suit the diminution in the bulk of the contents, substantially as
specified.
2. In a stock box constructed as described in Claim 1, providing the front lip
of the lid of the box with a row or rows of perforations for the purpose of
enabling a gap to be formed in said lip, substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
3. In a cardboard or similar stock box, a combined handle or tag for the box
and fastening for securing the lid upon the box, consisting of a length of string
laced through holes in the box and lid and having ends adapted to be tied by hand,
substantially as specified.
Dated December 4th 100%
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53 Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53 Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.