Improvements in Collapsable Packing Cases.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Collapsable Packing Cases.
PHILIP MORGAN Brookside Friern Lane New Southgate Colonial Produce
Salesman does hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention comprises the manufacture of cases in which goods of any kind
may be packed for transmission by railway or other conveyance to any portion of
the globe. The cases may be made of any size shape or strength required and of
any material and the folding portions of the same may be hinged or fastered in any
other convenient suitable manner.
The invention claims to supply a case which when in store will occupy so much
less room than the usual packing case as to constitute a valuable saving in rental
to the user, and also that when the contents are emptied out, the case can be folded
into so comparatively small a compass as will of necessity decrease to a sensible
amount the cost of return carriage. The case is so constructed that when open for
use it resembles an ordinary packing case, but when closed for storing the ends
fold inwards & the sides fold down one upon the other resting on the ends & the
lid placed upon the sides so folded, the whole resembles so many pieces of board
tied together.
Dated this 18th day of September 1894
PHILIP MORGAN.
Improvements in Collapsable Packing Cases.
I PHILIP MORGAN of Brookside, Friern Lane, New Southgate, London, N.
Colonial Produce Salesman, 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 manufacture of boxes or cases in which goods of
any kind may be packed for transmission by ship rail or other conveyance to any
part of the globe and claims to supply a box or case which when in store will
occupy so much less room than the usual packing case or box as to constitute a
valuable saving in rental to the user also when the contents are emptied out
the said box or case can be easily folded into so comparatively small a compass as
will of necessity decrease to a great extent the cost of the return carriage.
The said boxes or cases can be made of wood or any other suitable material and
in any size shape and strength according to the nature and weight of the goods
intended to be packed therein and are so constructed that when open for use they
resemble an ordinary packing case or box and when it is required to close the same
for storing or other purposes the ends which can be easily loosened from their
fastenings are folded inwards and the sides folded downwards one upon the other
and resting on the ends, the said ends and sides being hinged or secured in any.
other convenient and suitable manner.

page_text: The lid or cover can be put either.upon the folded sides or on the bottom the
whole then resembling so many pieces of board laid one upon the other which can
be tied together.
In order that the said invention may be better understood and the manner of
carrying out the same ascertained. I will more particularly describe it by making
reference to the accompanying drawing in which
Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of the box or case when open.
Fig. 2 represents the like view showing the ends folded inwards and the sides
downwards whenithe box or case is folded up.
Fig. 3 represents the end view at A or B referred to in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 represents a perspective section at C.D. as shown in Fig. 1.
In Fig. 3 E', E and E³ represent the two sides and bottom of the box or case.
F is the outside view of thérends.A or B referred to in Fig. 1 which are fitted
inwards between the said sides and on the bottom leaving sufficient room to allow
the battens or strips Gand G to be flush or even with the bottom and 'šides as
shown in Fig. 1. The said batters or strips which can be either' screwed nálled or
bolted to the ends F will prevent the ends from being forced outwards besides
supporting or strengthening the thinges which are inside as shown in Fig. 4.
They will also add strength to the ends when made of more than one piece of wood.
In order further to prevent the said ends from being forced outwards the blocks. or
cleats Hand H2 against which the ends rest can be mailed or screwed on-the-sides.
There may be more than two blocks or cleats used for this purpose anil they can
be placed in any position that may be convenient. On the ends Fitwo hasps or
hooks and I are screwed or they can be fastened in any other manner and, when
these are hooked on the eyes or staples which are fixed to the said sides they will
held the latter. firmly to the ends in the manner shown. This particular fastening
can be either placed inside or outside the box and there may be double fastenings
or more inside or outside as may be convenient according to the strength; and
security required. The said fastenings I and 12 need not necessarily be exactly
the kind as illustrated but other sorts may be used such for instance; as a bolt.
J', J, and J represent battens or strips nailed or they can be fastened in any other
way to the sides E' and E2 also on bottom E3 and are more clearly shown in Fig. 1.
These I will more particularly describe in Fig. 4 where K represents the inside
view of the ends A or B as in Fig. 1 which are placed on hinges screwed to the
bottom in the manner shown. When it is required to fold up the case the said ends
are loosened from the fastenings l'and' as in Fig. 3 and folded downwards inside
the box or case and rest on the bottom. L1 and L2 are the sides each divided in
two parts the lower portions of which Mand M are nailed or screwed to the
bottom, the part M2 is of sufficient height to allow part L² to fold or fall flat on
the ends K when folded down. The two parts L2 and M2 are hinged together in
the manner shown. The parts L' and 'M' are also divided and hinged at a point
which is of sufficient height from the bottom as to allow, part L' to fold or fall flat
on the part L. The parts marked O¹, O2 and Os represent the batten's or strips
the same as indicated by J J and J³ in Fig. 3. The parts O¹, and O are divided
at the hinges on the sides L' and L². These will prevent the said sides from being
forced outwards and add strength to the sides and for the hinges. The said hinges
may be screwed nailed or fastened in any other way and other kinds of joints or
fastenings may be used which will allow the said sides and ends to fold and nails
screws or other suitable materials may be used in all parts in the manufacture of
the said boxes or cases as may be necessary and convenient.
On the outside of the lid or cover two battens or strips similar to those above
described are nailed or they can be fastened in any other way.
The said battens or
strips are so placed across the lid or cover that when the cover is put on the box or
case the said cross battens or strips will rest against the inside of those marked P
in Fig. 1 at the points marked N also in Fig. 1 thus preventing the cover from
sliding backwards or forwards. The cover drops between the battens on the sides
of the box or case and being the whole-length of the sides Land L2 or the saine

page_text: size as the bottom will cover the fastenings I and I' in Fig. 3 thus making it
impossible to raise the said hasps or hooks when the lid is fastened down securely.
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 :-
Collapsable or folding boxes or cases used for packing purposes made of wood or
other suitable material in any size shape and strength having the ends and sides
thereof hinged or fastened in any other convenient and suitable manner so that the
said ends and sides can be folded down when the box or case is empty thereby
considerably reducing the size of the box or case which will occupy less space than
the usual packing case or box substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 1st day of November 1805
JAS. CATON,
Agent for Applicant.