Displaying Velvets and other Goods.
Year: 1888

page_text: Displaying Velvets and other Goods.
We JAMES ALEXANDER MCWHINNIE and WILLIAM EDWARD LEIGH both of 64
Newton Street Piccadilly Manchester in the County of Lancaster Fancy Box Makers
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :—
This invention relates to the plain and fancy boxes used for containing and
displaying velvets and other piece goods or hats, caps frillings, lace or other goods
or merchandise the object of the invention being to dispense with the use of loose
lids and at the same time to take up less room than the ordinary hinged lid.
The boxes may be made of any suitable material but preferably they are made of
millboard with the ends of wood, the lids are also made of millboard (without ends)
and both boxes and lids are covered with plain or fancy paper or other suitable
material.
The lids are so formed and attached to the boxes that when the goods are to be
displayed the lids can be folded backwards underneath the bottom of the box and
therefore although there is no loose lid the open box will not occupy more space than
the same when closed.
For the purposes of our invention we make the lid in two halves or flaps of such
a width that one will overlap the other in the centre when closed. The lids or
flaps are hinged to the bottom edge of the side of the box (one at each side) and
each lid or flap is made with a second hinge at a distance from the first equal to the
depth of the side of the box so that the lids can fold over the top of the box to close
the same, and when open, being hinged to the bottom edge, they can be folded out of
the way beneath the bottom of the box. The hinges are made by pasting or
cementing the edges together by a piece of tape or a strip of woven fabric.
In some cases we hinge the lids in such a way that they can be folded close to the
sides of the box instead of underneath the bottom.
101 1
A
11 1000
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Displaying Velvets and other Goods.
We JAMES ALEXANDER MCWHINNIE and WILLIAM EDWARD LEIGH both of 64
Newton Street Piccadily Manchester in the County of Lancaster Fancy Box
Makers 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 :—
This invention relates to the plain and fancy boxes used for containing and dis-
playing velvets and other piece goods, or hats caps, frillings, lace, or other goods or
merchandize the object being to dispense with the use of loose lids and at the same
time to take up less room than the ordinary hinged lid.
The boxes may be made of any suitable material but preferably they are made of
millboard with the ends of wood, the lids are also made of millboard (without ends or
sides) and both boxes and lids are covered with plain or fancy paper, or other suitable
material.
The lids are so formed and attached to the boxes that when the goods are to be
displayed the lids can be folded backwards underneath the bottom of the box, and
therefore although there is no loose lid the open box will not occupy more space than
the same when closed.
The manner in which our said invention is to be performed or carried into practical
effect will be readily understood on reference to the annexed sheet of drawings and
the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1. is a perspective view of our improved box with the lids thrown back the
better to illustrate the nature of the invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the
same with the lits closed and Fig. 3. is an end view of the same showing the box
opened and with the lids turned underneath the bottom.
a is the box. We make the lid in two halves or flaps be of such a width that one
will overlap the other in the centre when closed (see Fig. 2).
The lids or flaps care hinged to the bottom edge of the sides of the box (one at
each side) and each lid or flap is made with a second hinge at d at a distance from the
first equal to the depth of the side of the box so that the lids can fold over the top of
the box to close the same (see Fig. 2) and when opened being hinged to the bottom
edge they can be folded out of the way beneath the bottom of the box (see Fig. 3).
The hinges are made by pasting or cementing the edges together by a piece of tape or
a strip of woven fabric.
In some cases we binge the lids in such a way that they can be folded close to the
sides of the box (instead of underneath the bottom) as shown at Fig. 4.
In order to prevent the admission of dust we sometimes provide the underside of
each flap with a projecting panel e Fig. 1. which when the lids are closed fit inside the
box and make a better joint.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
.
Making the lids or flaps of plain and fancy boxes for containing and displaying
velvets and other goods in such a manner that they can be folded out of the way
either underneath the box or against the sides of the same substantially in the manner
and for the purpose herein before particularly set forth and illustrated by the drawings
annexed.