An Improvement in Collapsible Boxes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 11th Jan., 1896
An Improvement in Collapsible Boxes.
I ARCHIBALD BENNIE MCILVRIDE, of 34 Hill Street in the County of the
City of Glasgow, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in collapsible boxes for millinery, hosiery,
dresses, and such like articles, and has for its object to so construct these that
when not in use they take up very little room either when in stock, in transit, or
otherwise.
In order that my invention may be properly understood and readily carried
into effect I have hereunto appended an explanatory sheet of drawings in the
several figures of which corresponding parts are marked with the same letters of
reference.
Figure 1 is a plan of the cardboard cut.
Figure 2 is a view of the box ready for transit.
Figure 3 is an end view of the box complete.
Figure 4 is a plan of the box showing one end clasped and the other in act
of being so.
Figures 5 and 6 are views of the two forms of clasps.
Figures 7, 8, and 9 are views of different arrangement of clasp.
In carrying my invention into practice I take a sheet of cardboard and score it
in such a manner as to constitute the bottom A, sides B B¹, and ends C C'. To the
side B there are flaps DD', and to the other side B' there are flaps E E'. In each
of the ends C C' there are slots f in which there is fixed a spring clasp G, which
may be either single or double, as shown on the drawings. The spring clasp G
consists of a flat plate n, having turned up ends n¹ n². These turned up ends n¹ n³
are passed through the slots f, and bent down, thus firmly fastening the clasp to
the box. Riveted or otherwise fixed to this plate n at o there is another thin
plate p, which acts as a spring. To each end of the platen, in the case of a double
spring, or to one end only in the case of a single spring, there is a movable plate
carried on little brackets forming part of, or fixed to, the plate n, as shown more
particularly in Figures 4, 5 and 6. When the sides and ends of the box are lifted
up the flaps on the sides overlap on the ends, and the end or ends of the plate or
plates of the spring G is or are passed through the slots f' and pressed down and
retained in that position by means of the springy plate p, as shown more particularly
in Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6, thus making a complete and stable box. A separate lid.
or cover H is provided for each box.
When not in use the ends and sides are folded as shown, and so take up little
room as shown in Figure 2.
In place of the spring clasp as described and shown I may have a metal clasp as
shown in Figures 7 and 8. This clasp is stamped out of a piece of metal and the
two sides N N 1 are passed through the slits L L' and bent over, and the ends M M¹
after being passed through the slits in the flaps are bent down, when they retain a
firm hold and so make a good strong box.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven❤
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
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page_text: substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated on the
accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 6th day of December 1895.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.