Improvements in Handkerchief and other like Boxes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 10th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 9th Feb., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Handkerchief and other like Boxes.
I ROBERT WHITAKER GRIBBON of 24 Bedford Street in the City of Belfast
and County of Antrim in Ireland Fancy Handkerchief Manufacturer do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the construction of small boxes of cardboard or other
suitable material in which handkerchiefs and similar articles are made up to be
placed in the market for sale in small lots.
Instead of tying up such lots with fancy ribbons I place them in a box with its
lid flanged on three sides and hinged to the back or fourth side as commonly used
but having an inner rather thick and heavy lid hinged to the front side, opposite
the outer lid, and resting, when closed, upon a shoulder formed by recessing the
sides of the box along their top edge; the hinge of such lid being attached to the
shoulder of the front side so that the lid will fall automatically into the recess.
This inner lid is open in the centre to display the contents of the box and may be
ornamented at the edges and furnished with a tongued or loop-ended ribbon across
the open centre and by which it may be lifted when desired.
Dated this 9th day of Amil 1904
HUGH
HYNDMAN,
6, Chichester Street, Belfast, Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in Handkerchief and other like Boxes.
I ROBERT WHITAKER GRIBBON of 24 Bedford Street in the City of Belfast
and County of Antrim in Ireland Fancy Handkerchief Manufacturer 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 the construction of small boxes of cardboard or other
suitable light material in which handkerchiefs and similar articles are made up to
be placed in the market for sale in small lots.
Instead of tying up such articles in small lots with fancy ribbons as generally
practised for the retail trade I place them in a box with its lid flanged on three of
its sides or edges and hinged to the box on its back or fourth side or edge as
commonly used but having an inner and rather thick and heavy lid hinged at and
to the front side of the box opposite to the hinge of the outer lid and resting,
when closed, upon a shoulder formed by recessing the sides of the box along their
top edges, the hinge of such inner lid being attached to the shoulder of the front
side by a thin strip of paper or cloth or other slightly flexible material so that if
raised to a perpendicular it will fall back automatically into the recess; but if raised
so as to form a larger angle with the horizontal edge of the box its weight will
cause such lid to fall outside and the box will remain open so long as may be
desired.
The inner lid is open in the centre to display the contents of the box and the

page_text: opening or openings (if more than one) may be filled in with glass or may be
ornamented at the edges with embossed paper, lace or the like and furnished with
a tongued or loop ended ribbon across the open or transparent centre or the central
opening (if there are several) and by which it may be lifted when desired.
Tongues or loops of ribbon may also be attached to the outer or flanged lid and
body of the box to facilitate its being opened or thumb holes may be cut in the
side or end flanges of the outer lid to serve the purpose of a tongue or loop
upon it.
In order that my said invention may be more fully understood I shall now
refer to the several drawings on the sheet hereunto annexed, the same letters of
reference indicating the same or corresponding parts of my improved box.
Fig. I is a front view showing the box with its outer or flanged lid raised and
the tongues or loops of ribbon attached to the inner lid and body of the box.
Fig. II is an end view of the box as shewn in Fig. I and having a thumb hole in
the flange in lieu of a tongue or loop of ribbon as mentioned above.
Fig. III is a plan of the body of the box and its inner lid, with the outer lid
thrown back and almost horizontal, the tongued or loop ended ribbon across the
inner lid and the tongue or loop attached to the body of the box.
Fig. IV is a cross sectional view of the parts shewn in Fig. III but having both
lids raised and almost perpendicular and
Fig. V is an enlargement of part of the front side of the box and of the inner lid
shewing the attachment thereof by a hinge.
a is the body of the box with three of the sides thereof recessed at their top
edges; b is the outer or flanged lid hinged to the back or intermediate recessed
side; c is the rather thick and heavy inner lid hinged to the front or fourth side of
the box; d is the ribbon across the open centre of the inner lid, c, with its tongue
or open centre of the inner lid, c, with its tongue or loop end e f is a tongue or
loop on the body of the box and g. a thumb hole in the flange of the outer lid.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I would have it to be understood
I do not claim as of my invention or the exclusive use of a box with flanged
or open lids hinged thereto or recessed sides or ends except when the same are
constructed specially and employed in the manner I have indicated nor do I claim
the use of any of the separate parts which constitute my improved box but I
declare that what I claim is.
1. The manufacture and use of a box having two lids hinged to opposite sides
thereof and constructed and employed substantially in the manner and for the
purposes herein before described and shewn in the drawings hereunto annexed
aud
2. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting my improved hand-
kerchief box constructed, arranged and employed substantially in the manner and
for the purposes herein before described and illustrated by the drawings hereunto
annexed.
Dated this 9th day of January 1895.
HUGH
HYNDMAN,
6, Chichester Street, Belfast, Agent for Applicant.