Improvements in Collapsible Boxes.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Collapsible Boxes.
I, WILLIAM TERTIUS PRETTY, of Tower Ramparts, Ipswich, in the County of
Suffolk, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
According to this invention the upper edges of two opposite sides of the box
are turned downward and secured to the sides at some distance from their ends
whilst the vertical edges of the other two sides have their corners rounded and
are bent at right angles to the sides. When the box is put together these edges
or their upper part are inserted between the first mentioned sides and the corners
of their turned down edges.
The lid may be of any usual construction or may be formed in a similar manner
to the body.
Dated this 29th day of Santamilan 1000
Improvements in Collapsible Boxes,
I, WILLIAM TERTIUS PRETTY, of Tower Ramparts, Ipswich, in the County of
Suffolk, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
According to this invention the upper edges of two opposite sides of the box
are turned downward and secured to the sides at some distance from their ends
whilst the vertical edges of the other two sides have their corners rounded and
are bent at right angles to the sides. When the box is put together these edges
or their upper part are inserted between the first mentioned sides and the corners
of their turned down edges.
The lid may be of any usual construction or may be formed in a similar manner
to the body.
Figure 1 shows a box and lid made in accordance with this invention in which
the lid is attached to one side of the box.
Figure 2 is a section on the line 2, 2, Figure 1, and Figure 3 is a section on
the line 3, 3 Figure 1.
Figure is a plan of the box and lid opened out.
Figure 5 shows a box and lid made in accordance with this invention in which
the lid is not attached to the box. Figure 6 is a section on the line 6, 6, Figure 5,
and Figure 7 is a section on the line 7, 7, Figure 5.

page_text: Figures 8 and 9 are plans of the box and of the lid opened out.
In both boxes the sides a and b are made in one piece with the bottom e and
the sides d and e are attached to it by staples f. The upper edges a¹b of the
sides a bare turned downward and secured by staples g, whilst the vertical
edges de¹ of the sides de have their corners rounded, and when the box is put
together they are bent at right angles to the sides and inserted between the
sides a band the edges a b¹.
B
Two loops of cord h and i are secured to the sides d and e respectively, to the
loop is attached a hook k by which the cords are connected together.
In the Figures 1 to 4, the lid is made in one piece with its four sides
The side is formed
and +, the side being secured to the side a by staples m.
with a tongue which enters a slot n in the side b when the box is closed.
In the Figures 5 to 9 the lid is made in a similar manner to the box.
The sides og andr are made in one piece with the lid, the lower edges o¹¹
of the sides are turned over and secured by staples s, whilst the vertical
edges of the sides have their corners rounded; and when the lid is put
together they are bent at right angles to the sides and inserted between the
sides o p and the edges o¹ p¹.
In some cases tongues 2 are cut in the edges op and stamped in such a
manner that they always have a tendency to bend inwards between the sides o p
and the edges opthese tongues when the lid is put together engage with
holes in the edges qr, thus holding the lid more securely together.
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. A box or a lid for the same in which the edges of two opposite sides of the
box or lid are turned over and secured to the sides at some distance from their
ends whilst the vertical edges of the other sides are bent at right angles and
inserted between the first mentioned sides and their turned over edges.
2. A box and lid substantially as described and illustrated by the Figures 1
to 4.
3. A box substantially as described and illustrated by Figures 5 to 8.
A lid substantially as described and illustrated by Figure 9.