in Handles for Packing Boxes
Year: 1888

page_text: I, JUSTUS ALBERT TRAUT of the City of New Britain, in the County of Hartford,
and State of Connecticut, United States of America, Manufacturer, 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 improvements in Handles for Packing Boxes of paper or
other boxes of thin material, and the object of my invention is to make a cheap and
convenient handle which can readily be attached to ordinary boxes, and which also
may be detached for application to another box when desired.
In the accompanying drawings ;-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of one end of a packing box and its cover,
of my box handles applied to the box.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the handle alone.
with one
Figure 3 is a perspective view of one end of a box and cover with my handle
applied to the box.
Figure 4 is a like view of the same with my handle applied to the cover, and-
Figure 5 is a front elevation of my box handle.
I prefer to construct my handle of wire bent into the form shown. It consists of
a horizontal ring or handle 6 from which I extend obliquely upwards and outwards
two diverging arms 7 7, and from the outer end of these arms I bend downwardly
the return arms 88 all as shown. For convenience of attachment I prefer to bend
the outer end of the arms 8 8 slightly in a direction away from the handle.

page_text: In figure 1 the box A has a cover B which extends downwardly upon the box only
a short distance. When the cover is removed i slip the handle upon the upper edge
of the box with the two arms 8 8 upon the inside, and the arms 7 7 and handle 6
upon the outside and force them downwardly until the upper edge of the box comes
in contact with the inside of the bend at the junction of the arms 7 and 8. The
portions of the arms which are hidden from view and the upper edge of the box are
indicated by broken lines. The lower ends of the arms 7 and 8 are also formed
nearly enough in one plain so that when the handle is applied in the manner described
the spring of the material acts to press or clamp the arms against the opposite sides
of the paper or other material of which the box end is formed, thereby securing the
handle in position against accidental displacement.
In stores and many other places where boxes are placed one upon another in piles
side by side it is very inconvenient to withdraw any particular box, and my handle
is specially adapted to be applied to such boxes so that the box may be readily
withdrawn from its place and even the entire box and its contents may be carried
from place to place by taking hold of the box handle and placing a finger under the
bottom of the box at the handle end.
In figures 3 and 41 have shown a box whose cover is substantially the height of
the box, the same being what is sometimes termed a double box. For such a box I
make the arms 7 7 somewhat longer so that the ring or handle may come at or near
the top or bottom of the box. With such a box my handle may be applied either to
the box or cover as shown respectively in figures 3 and 4.
These handles may be made in different sizes and of heavy or light material to
adapt them for use upon different styles of boxes, and for boxes having light or
heavy contents. When the box is worn out or its contents is exhausted, the handle
can be readily detached and applied to another box for further use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim and desire to secure by Patents, is-
The herein described box handle consisting of the ring or handle, the diverging
arms extending therefrom, and the return arms at the outer ends thereof, substantially
as described and for the purpose specified.
Dated this Tonth day of November, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty eight.