US1499369A - Candy package - Google Patents

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July 1 1924. 1,499,369

A. W. HOLLAND CANDY l AcKAGE Filed Sept. 20, 1922 WVWT-b 9W hm frnmyxg/s;

Patented July 1, 1924,

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ANDREW W. HOLLAND, OF SHER-BOR'N, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE'AS- SIGNMENTS, TO WALTER M. LOWNEY COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHU- SETTS.

CANDY PACKAGE.

Application filed September 20, 1922.

T all whom it may concern:

B it known that I, ANDREW W. HOLLAND, of Sherborn, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Candy Packages, of which the followin is a specification.

This invention re ates to the packaging of.

'perishable articles, more especially articles which may b damaged by crushing, and as shown and described is embodied in a package for the transportation of chocolate bonbons and especially chocolate-covered cherries and cordials.

My invention will be understood by reference to the drawings in which it is shown in its preferred form.

Figure 1 is a plan of a box embodying my invention with the cover removed, and

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the box on line 22 Fig. 1.

1 and 2 show a candy box and its cover of usual construction made of pasteboard, strawboard or th like and covered as is usual with ornamental paper. Within this box are two supporting trays a and I), each comprising a flat member 3 having a series of round openings 4 and a downwardly turned flange 5 which extends around it and serves to support it. The flange 5 of tray 6 rests on the bottom 0 of the box which serves as a floor therefor. On th floor c and supported in any suitable manner, rests the tray a which is in all respects like the 85 tray 6. A suitable number of trays and floors may be used depending upon the de th of the box, etc;

The openings 4 are of a size dependent on I the size of the cherry piece or bonbon to be Serial No. 589,377.

packed. Th bonbons are first placed in crimped paper cups 7 each of which as shown flares upwardly so that the outside of its flaring portion may rest on and be supported by the inner edge of one of the openings 4 so as to prevent the cup and its bonbon falling through the opening. These cups have flat bottoms to support the bonbons or candy articles. hen these cups are filled and in place in the trays the bonbons will be prevented from being shaken around or crushed, each being preferably supported abov the level of the bottom of the box or floor c as the case may be, though the cup may rest slightly on the support below it if thought best. The advantage of this construction will appear to packers and shippers of candy who realize the desirability of keeping bonbons separate from each other and holding them lightly in place during transportation, especially if the centres of the bonbons are of a semi-liquid character. The crimped portion of the cups not only keeps the bonbons from falling through the openings as above described, but also serves as a means 5 for lifting the bonbon out of the container so that it will not be crushed.

What I claim as my invention is A candy package comprising a box, a plurality of superposed trays fitting within said box and having depending supporting flanges and each having a series of openings, floors on which the flanges of the trays rest, combined with upwardly flaring cups fitting said openings and having flat bottoms to support the candy articles.

ANDREW W. HOLLAND.

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