Angular Shaped Boxes in any Material for the Shewing of Goods in Shop Windows and Shew Cases.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 21st May, 1892-Accepted, 2nd July, 1892.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Angular Shaped Boxes in any Material for the Shewing of Goods in
Shop Windows and Shew Cases.
I, GEORGE RATCLIFFE Manufacturing Confectioner Potterdale Mills Dewsbury
Road Leeds in the County of York, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
Boxes made in the shape of diamonds and triangles enabling any one to make
any number of different designs and patterns for the shewing of goods in shop
windows and shew cases, as shewn on the accompanying drawing.
Dated this First day of December 1891.
GEO. RATCLIFFE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Angular Shaped Boxes in any Material for the Shewing of Goods in
Shop Windows and Shew Cases.
I, GEORGE RATOLIFFE, of the Potterdale Mills, Dewsbury Road, Leeds, in
the County of York, Manufacturing Confectioner, 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 object of this invention is to construct angular shaped boxes suitable for
displaying dry goods such as for instance, confectionery, groceries and the like,
whereby any number of different designs and patterns may be formed or produced
in shop windows or show cases for exhibiting goods and wares.
Boxes constructed according to this invention are made in the forms of a
rhombus (commonly termed a diamond) and a triangle of any suitable size, depth,
and material. That is to say, the boxes may be made of any material, such as
cardboard, paper, glass, wood, tin, or the like, and of any required or convenient
size and depth.
In the drawings I have shown three plan views in which
Fig. 1 is an outline of a box looking at the top, and Figs. 2 and 3 are diagrams
of two of the many designs in which the boxes may be arranged. At Fig. 2. the
boxes are arranged in the form of a triangle, and at Fig. 3 the boxes are arranged
in the form of a star.
At Figs. 2 and 3 for more readily illustrating the application of the invention
I have shown the boxes in black (A) and white (B) and when they are used for
say a pyramidical design such as shown at Fig. 2. the spaces at the base between the
boxes A are filled by triangular boxes C, which are simply boxes one half the size
of the boxes A and B. That is to say if a dotted line I were drawn across the
box, shown at Fig. 1, then either of the portions a or b would be the correct shape
for the boxes C.
By means of the boxes having equal sizes any number of designs may be
produced of any required size.
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 :-
1. The herein described boxes for displaying "dry" goods in shop windows or
show cases in varying designs said boxes being made in the shape of a rhombus or
diamond, substantially as setforth.

page_text: 2. The combination of boxes A and B alone or in combination with the boxes C
constructed substantially as herein described with reference to Figs. 1 to 3 and for
the purposes setforth.
Dated the Sixtoonth day of May 1900
GEORGE RATCLIFFE.