Improvements in Boxes and Cases for Dresses, Hats, and other articles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 11th Feb., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boxes and Cases for Dresses, Hats, and other
articles.
I CHARLES CHRISTIAN ERNST LESENBERG of Rostock in the Grand Duchy of
Mecklenburg Schwerin German Empire Consul 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved box or case for packing, and dispatching
millinery and other goods, which box can be closed in a perfect and secure manner
without employing any strings. I attain this by securing hinged catches to the
front wall of the box or case, and by providing corresponding incisions or slots in
the lid as will be more fully understood by reference to the accompanying drawings,
in which :-
Fig. 1 is a plan view of my improved box.
Fig. 2. is a cross-sectional elevation of the same showing it in the closed position.
Fig. 3. is a detail cross-sectional elevation in which the position of the catch is
such that the lid can be opened.
Figures 4 and 5 are two views of a modified form of hinge-catch.
Figure 6. illustrates a fastening-pin and the manner of securing the same.
Figure 7. is a detail plan view of the lid as employed in connection with the
fastening pins.
Similar letters denote similar parts throughout the several views.
In carrying my invention into effect, I construct a box or case A (Figs. 1-3)
of card-board, wood, or metal, with a cover or lid a preferably hinged thereto at
one of its longer sides. On the opposite side, the lid a is provided with incisions
or slots a'; to the front wall of the box catches are secured and located corre-
sponding with the slots a¹. These catches are each made of two parts b, 6¹ hinged
to each other by means of pins b².
In order to close a box or case constructed according to these my improvements,
the parts of the catches are passed through the slots a¹ of the lid a and turned on
Hereafter a strip c
the pins 62 so as to lie flat on the lid a, as shown in Fig. 1.
(see Fig. 2) of paper, cloth or a similar material is glued over the part 6 of each
of the catches and over the adjoining part of the front edge of the box, so that it is
no more possible to open the same without removing the strips c.
ready for dispatch and need not be secured by means of strings.
The box is then
In the modification illustrated by Figures 4-7. the hinged parts 6' of the catches
are provided with holes 3 Fig. 5 and pins or buttons d are secured to the lid a and
located corresponding with the position of these holes. The pins d are fixed to the
lid a preferably by means of staples d' similar to the usual paper binders. When
the box is closed the pins d fit into the holes 3 whereby the spontaneous opening
of the lid a is prevented more efficaciously than in the above described form of
construction.
It will be obvious that catches bb¹ of the construction shown and described may
also be provided on the two shorter sides of the 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 :-
A hor or
case of cord-board wood or metal provided with hinged catches for

page_text: keeping the lid in the closed position, substantially as described with reference to
the accompanying drawings, and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 7th day of December 1892.
GRAHAM, BEVAN & Co.,
Agents for Applicant.