Improvements in Disbanding or Collapsible Cardboard and similar Boxes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 4th Jan., 1900-Accepted, 10th Mar., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Disbanding or Collapsible Cardboard and similar
Boxes.
I, WILLIAM HENRY MALCOLMSON, of 6, Churchill Terrace, Sandymount, in
the County of Dublin, Ireland, Barrister-at-Law, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to certain improvements in cardboard and similar boxes
and receptacles and its objects, are to construct or readily assemble them from
their respective parts top, bottom, and body without the employment of any
glue, cement, or other adhesive compound so that when not in use they may be
packed in quantities in their flat or disbanded condition, and thus occupy a very
small space for storage.
The invention consists in uniting the opposite sides of the body which are
allowed to overlap each other, and the respective top and bottom of the box to
the body thereof by suitable clasps and fasteners and by placing within and at a
short distance from the open ends of assembled body the top and bottom by means
of which greater rigidity is secured to the box in its made up condition.
The body is joined together by overlapping the opposite ends and by securing
them together either with fasteners which pass through corresponding holes
punched in the margin of the ends or by clasps of hook and eye pattern constructed
of light sheet metal attached to the opposite ends of the body and capable of
interlocking each other the hook being of such a length that after passing through
the eye and between the overlapped ends it can be bent over the edge of the end
which is inside the body and thus prevent the body opening..
.
On the edges of the top and bottom flaps or lugs are formed capable of bending
backwards towards the exterior surface of the top and bottom and have punched
centrally in them holes corresponding to similar holes round the margins of the
open ends of the body through which suitable fasteners can pass and secure the
respective parts together..
When the above described flaps or lugs are not employed the top and bottom
can be secured to the body by clips or fasteners of bolt formation attached thereto
constructed of light sheet metal and capable of passing through the material
substance of the margin of the body the points of which having passed through
are bent down and hold the parts securely together.
Hinges similar in form to the flaps or lugs connect the top and bottom to the
body of the box. When the top, bottom, lugs and body are stamped or cut
out in one piece the lug which connects the top and bottom to the body
of the box is formed into a hinge-lug or hinge by merely scoring the lug where
it joins the respective top and bottom and where it joins the body thus allowing the top
or bottom to be bent backwards and enter within the open end of the body to an ex-
tent equal in depth to the height of the lugs or flaps. In this case the body forms one
of the leaves of the hinge: It can also be formed with the other lugs on the edge
of the top or bottom by being cut or stamped out with it in which case the hinge

page_text: lug will be twice the height of the other lugs in order to allow of its being scored
at half its length and bent downwards to form the other leaf which leaf is attached
to the body with fasteners through the punched holes in it and the margin of the
body. The lugs and either of the above forms of hinge or hinge lug can be made
up of similar or like materials to the boxes the pieces to make the respective lugs
or hinges being cut to proper shape and secured together by strips of linen,
calico or canvas or such like material glued, pasted, or cemented thereto and
affixed to their respective places.
A hinge consisting of three leaves and constructed of light sheet metal and
wire can be substituted for either of the forms of hinge above described and
used in connection with either the flaps or the clips or fasteners of bolt formation
attached to the top and bottom as above mentioned. The central leaf of this
hinge consists of a frame of wire of square formation to the opposite sides of
which, leaves constructed of thin sheet metal are attached by bending an edge
over the wire and thus forming a hinge joint these metal leaves are provided with
pins or fasteners for the purposes of attachment.
. One of the metal leaves forming the above described hinge is secured to the top
or bottom of the box the other to the margin of the body where the ends overlap
in preference to any other part, and on its external surface.
A band or ribbon of corrugated paper, or such similar material is affixed to
the inner surface of the body at a distance equal to the height of the lugs or
about one inch from the open ends of the body and running parallel therewith to
support the top and bottom and prevent either entering the body beyond the
proper distance.
To prevent dust entering and also to act as a covering for the articles which
the box may contain sheets of paper which may be creased or crinkled or other
thin fabric are attached by gluing, pasting or cementing one of the edges thereof
to the interior surface of the body along that part immediately over which the
band or ribbon of corrugated paper is similarly secured the free edge being
gathered in the centre and held there by a rubber band attached to the body by
string.
These sheets may also be attached to other. portions of the surface of the
body as circumstances may suggest.
The boxes may be of any shape but are preferably of circular or eliptical form.
When of square formation the bodies are scored at the corners to permit of them
conforming to the shape of the top and bottom.
These boxes are suitable for hats, muffs, articles of fur, collars, dresses and for
other similar purposes.
Dated this 3rd day of April 1899.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION:
Improvements in Disbanding or Collapsible Cardboard and similar
Boxes
I, WILLIAM HENRY MALCOLMSON, of 6, Churchill Terrace, Sandymount, in
the County of Dublin, Ireland, Barrister-at-Law, 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:-
The invention consists in forming boxes of a collapsable or disbanding nature
and which may be of any shape from the respective parts stamped or cut out
in one piece Figs. 6 and 7 from a single blank or the parts may be stamped or

page_text: cut out seperately from one or more blanks Figs. 3 and 5 as circumstances may
require they being readily assembled and rendered rigid in a few moments by
the method adopted in securing their several parts together with pins wire tape
cord thin sheet metal clips and clasps of hook and eye and bolt formation or such
like fasteners and by the placing within and at a short distance from the
open ends of. the box a Fig. I the top and bottom 6, Fig. 1, which have attached
to their edges flaps or lugs or in case flaps or lugs are not used clasps of bolt like
formation constructed of light sheet metal for the purposes of attachment to
the body of the box. The boxes can be constructed of paper card board straw
board leather board paste board or such like material and to economise space the
boxes may be kept stored in their flat or disbanded condition Figs. 5, 6, 7. The
body is joined together by overlapping the opposite ends Fig. 3, and by securing
them together either with fasteners h, Fig. 3, which pass through corresponding
holes punched in the margin of the ends or by clasps of hook and eye pattern
constructed of light sheet metal attached to the opposite ends of the body h and i
Fig. 13, and capable of interlocking each other the hook, h, Fig. 13 and Fig. 15
being of such a length that after passing through the eye i Fig. 13 and i Fig. 15
and between the overlapped ends it can be bent over the edge of the end which
is inside the body and thus prevent the body opening. On the edges of the
top and bottom flaps or lugs, c, Figs. 3, 8, 9, 10, are formed capable of bending
backwards towards the exterior surface of the top and bottom they being scored
along their base, f, Figs. 3, 9, 10, to permit of this being done the lugs which are
about one inch in height and vary in breadth have punched centrally in them
holes, e, Figs. 3, 8, 9, 10, corresponding to similar holes round the margins of the
open ends of the body, k, Figs. 1, 3, 8, 9 10, through which suitable fasteners
can pass and secure the respective parts together. When the above described flaps
or lugs are not employed the top and bottom when in position can be secured to
the body by clips or fasteners of bolt formation Fig. 16 and c, Fig. 14 attached to
the respective top and bottom by a flat staple of light sheet metal but allowing
free forward and backward motion to the flat boit also constructed of light sheet
metal the point of which having been pushed through a punched hole in the
margin of the material substance of the body is bent down, z, Fig. 14 and
thus secures the several parts together.
Hinges similar in form to the flaps or lugs connect the top and bottom to the
body of the box. When the top, bottom lugs and body are stamped or cut out
in one piece the lugs, m, Figs. 6, 7, 8, which connect the top and bottom to the
body of the box are formed into hinged lugs or hinges by merely scoring the lug
where it joins the respective top and bottom and where it joins the body, y,
Figs. 6, 7, 8, thus allowing the top and bottom to be bent back-
wards and enter within the open ends of the body to an extent equal in depth
to the hight of the lugs or flaps. In this case the body forms one of the leaves
of the hinge i Fig. 12, A.
i'
It can also be formed with the other lugs on
the edge of the top or bottom by being cut or stamped out with it in which case
the hinge lug m, Figs. 5, 9, 10, will be twice the hight of the other lug, c,
Figs. 5, 9, 10, in order to allow of it being scored at half its hight and bent
downwards, o, Figs. 5, 9, 10, to form the other leaf which leaf is attached to
the body with fasteners through the punched holes in it and the margin of
the body.
The lugs c, Fig. 2 and either of the above forms of hinges or hinge lugs can
be made up of similar or like materials to the boxes the pieces to make the
respective lugs or hinges being cut to proper shape are secured together by strips
of linen calico or canvas on one or both sides, g, Figs. 2, 12, and affixed to
their respective places, see c, Fig. 2, showing made up lug and m, Fig. 2, and
m, Fig: 12, A and B forms of hinge lugs the latter two being in section where i,
is section of body, m, section of hinge and the strips of linen calico or canvas
secured to the parts with glue paste or cement.
A hinge Fig. 17 consisting of three parts and constructed of light sheet metal

page_text: and wire can be substituted for either of the forms of hinge above described
and used in connection with either the flaps clips or fasteners of bolt formation
attached to the top and bottom as above mentioned. The central leaf or part of
this hinge e, Fig. 17 consists of a frame of wire of square formation to the opposite
sides of which leaves constructed of thin sheet metal are attached, a and b, Fig. 17
this is accomplished so far as leaf, a, Fig. 17 is concerned by simply turning the
edge of the leaf over the wire frame closing it thereon and then bending it at
about one eight of an inch from the end at right angles so as to give clearance to
the hinge when fixed in position, f Figs. 14, 17 leaf b, Fig. 17 partakes of the
form of a hook having its edge turned back over side of wire frame so that it
practically forms a clip which can be easily connected or disconnected from the
other portion of hinge. These metal leaves, a, b, Fig. 17 are provided with pins
or fasteners g Fig. 17 for the purposes of attachment. One of the metal leaves, b,
Fig. 17 forming the above described hinge is secured to the top or bottom of
the box, b, Fig. 14, the other to the margin of the body where the ends overlap
in preference to any other part a Fig. 14, and on its external surface.
A band or ribbon of corrugated paper or such like material; Figs. 2, 5, 8, 9, 10
is affixed to the inner surface of the body at a distance equal to the hight of the
lugs from the edges of the open ends and running parallel therewith to support
the top and bottom and prevent either entering the body beyond the proper
distance.
To prevent dust entering and also to act as a covering to the articles which the
boxes may contain sheets of paper which may be creased or crinkled or other
thin fabric, Figs. 2, 5, 11, are attached by gluing pasting or cementing one of
the edges thereof to the interior surface of the body along that part immediately
over which the band or ribbon of corrugated paper j Fig. 5 is similarly secured
the free edge being gathered in the centre, Figs. 4, 11, and held in this position
by a rubber band, s, Fig. 5, attached to the body by string r Figs. 4, 11.
The boxes, may be of any shape but are preferably of circular or eliptical form.
When of square formation the bodies are scored at the corners to permit of their
conforming to the shape of the top and bottom, v Figs. 6, 8, 10.
These boxes are suitable for hats bonnets muffs articles of fur collars dresses
and many similar purposes.
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:
1. The collapsible or disbanding boxes substantially as and for the purposes
described.
2. The arrangement of placing the top & bottom within and at a short distance
from the open ends of the body substantially as and for the purposes described.
3. The band of corrugated paper or other suitable substitute substantially as
and for the purposes described.
4. The lugs and hinge lugs on edge of top and bottom substantially as and for
the purposes described.
.
5. The clasps of hook and eye pattern attached to opposite ends of the body
substantially as and for the purposes described.
6. The fasteners of bolt formation attached to the edges of top and bottom
substantially as and for the purposes described.
7. The hinge consisting of three parts & constructed of thin sheet metal and
wire with one disengaging leaf substantially as and for the purposes described.
Dated this 3rd day of January 1900.
WILLIAM HENRY MALCOLMSON...