US1385068A - Box - Google Patents

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.L. BINDER.

BOX.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.23| I920.

Patented July 19, 1921.

LOUIS BINDER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 19, 1921..

Application filed January 23, 1920. Serial No. 353,524.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, LOUIS BINDER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved lOOX in which the lid is held against accidental opening by the friction of an inner sheet on the lid, this sheet being so attached to the lid that it has a bellows-like action, that is, the pressure of this sheet on the goods inside the box is equalized and it forms a flat surface for engaging goods in the box.

A box of this kind is particularly adapted for use as a cigarette box and for similar purposes, no ridges or other inequalities on the inside of the cover affecting the contents, as the pressure is the same all over and the lid is held shut without the more expensive construction which utilizes a flanged lid fitting over the outside of the box and having its edge in contact with a thickened lower portion forming a ledge.

Another object of this invention is to provide a box in which the closure is tight, even through the lid is not forcibly moved to its limit of inward movement, the bellowslike inner sheet being preferably made so that it engages the inner faces of all the walls of the box.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box, the lid be ng shown open, this lid being made according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the box shown in Fig. 1, but with the lid shut. Fig. 3 is a blank from which the inner sheet on the inside of the box can be made, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one corner of the inner sheet folded over, ready to be applied to the inside of the lid.

In the form illustrated I show a box 10, which is of the usual rectangular shape, having the side walls 11, the front wall 12 and the back wall 13, a lid 14, usually fiat and made of cardboard, as is the box, being hinged, usually by means of a strip 15 which is pasted to the lid and to the box and thus permits a swinging of the lid and also a slight movement of the lid relative to the hinge, but permits the lid to seat itself in the proper position.

On the inside of the lid I arrange a sheet 16, this sheet being flat and being secured to the lid so that all parts of the sheet have a movement relative to the lid, that is, toward the lid, so that pressure on the sheet is equal when the lid is forced down to press the sheet against the contents of the box. This is a decided advantage where soft or easily breakable articles, such as cigarettes, are packed in the box.

The sheet 16 is usually proportioned so that all its edges fit against the inner faces of the vertical walls of the main or body portion of the box. The movement of the sheet relative to the box is usually brought about by constructing the parts so that there is a bellows-like action of the sheet toward the lid.

In the form shown the sheet is provided. with a fold 17 around its outside edge, this fold 17 being folded inwardly and terminating in a fold 18 which is bent outwardly so that a reverse fold is provided, the upper face of the outwardly extending fold 18 being secured to the inner face of the lid, usually by means of glue, although it will be understood that other means of fastening the sheet can be employed. When the lid is moved to closed position, the flexible hinge permits the sheet 16 to fit inside the box, but the folding of the sheet 16, that is, its edges, permitting a somewhat rounded surface that assists the seating of the sheet, and the edges form a tight joint with the inner faces of the walls, so that any contents of the box that might lose strength or flavor by reason of any opening in the box, retains such flavor.

The en'd19 of the lid is usually made so i that it extends slightly beyond the box so that the lid can be raised more easily, and it will be noted furthermore that when the lid is shut, the forward end of the sheet, resting against the inner face of the front wall 12, is below the level ofthe point where the lid swings. Due to its construction, both when the lid is opened and when it is shut, it snaps, that is, the front edge of the sheet is pressed toward the lid 14: when the lid is being swung, and snaps into position as the closing is completed, and when the lid is raised the front edge of the sheet drags on the inner face of the front wall 12, requiring a little pressure to force the lid open, the

sheet 16 snapping into its ordinary position when the front edge of the sheetclears the top edge of the wall 12.

There is thus provided a box with a neat exterior appearance and smoothtop andbOttom surfaces by means of which the goods are held without possibility of bending or breaking, and the lid is held against accidental openingysince a positive pressure is necessary to get the lid open.

It will be understood that various modifications can be made in the form. and arrangement of the parts without departing from thescope ofmy invention.

I-claim:

' 1. A box comprising a body portion with sidewalls, a lid, and a flat sheet on the inner side of the lid and secured. thereto and forming a part thereof so that all .parts' of'the flatvportion of the sheet are movable toward the lid and V contents of the box.

- 2. A box comprising "a body portion with side walls, alid, a fiat sheet on the inner side of the lid and forming a part thereof side the walls, sheet-so that itis normally closely adjacent "to the lid and hasa bellows-like action tocan thereforepress evenly on the January, 1920.

box, the edges of which.-she'et {are adapted to engage the inside faces of the side walls, and means for attaching the sheet so that it has a bellows like action toward the lid.

3. A box comprising a body portion with side walls, a lid, a flat sheet on the inner side ofthe lid and approximately fitting in and means for attaching the ward the lid.

.4. A boxeomprising a bodyportion, a lid, and a sheet to fitrinthe box and having an inwardly turned foldon each edge, each of said folds terminating in an outwardly .turned fold, said ,lastmentioned folds being secured to the inner faceofthe lid so that a-bellowseli'ke action ofthc sheet toward the lid ;is possible.

that I claim the foregoing, I

In testimony hand,,this 21st day of have hereto set my LOUIS BINDER.-

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