US2346538A - Container - Google Patents

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Patented Apr. 11, 1944 CONTAINER Max Kleinmann, New York, N. Y., assignor to American Safety Razor Com, Brooklyn, N. Y., a corporation of Virginia Application October 5, 1939, Serial No. 298,037

1 Claim. (Cl. 229-46) This invention relates generally to containers and more particularly to containers having prefabricated closure means.

Among the objects of the present invention is a provision of structure especially adapted for the ready and secure fastening of the cover or other closure on various types of containers.

An object of this invention is a provision of a tying device which is particularly adapted in length and tensile strength to the container to which it is adjustably and positively connected.

Another object herein is the provision of package securing structure which is adaptable for use as a carrying handle when the package is manually transported.

A feature of the present invention lies in the provision of a handle having a substantial size and being adjustably attached to a container whereby the handle may be sufiiciently displaced so that the containers may be efficiently economically stacked in a dustproof manner.

An object of the present invention lies in the provision of structure serving as a tying means for a container which, after the container is tied, is prevented from shifting. Such relative immobility of the tying means is especially efiective where the weight of the contents of a container is unequally distributed within the container.

A further feature of the present invention lies in the equal facility with which the tying mechanism is utilized on containers having all manner of an exterior configuration.

The present structure permits of various economies both in the fabrication of the combined container and closure securing mechanism and in the time and. effort which is required to properly package the contents placed within the containers.

A great economy is obtained in the use of the strand, string, or cord, in that only aflsufiicient amount thereof is provided in attachment with the package with which it is used. Further, not only is the length of the strand, string, or cord calculated and predetermined with respect to the particular container, but its thickness or tensile strength is likewise calculated and predetermined for the stresses which will be exerted by the weight of the container and its contents.

Another feature of the present invention lies in the adaptability of the tying member in connection with the container to whichjit is adjustably connected so that .the. connection between the tying member and the container may occur at any desired point on the outer surface of the container as, for example, when the connection is placed upon the side of the container so that the tendency of dust or other extraneous matter to infiltrate through an opening adjacent said connection is avoided. 1

These objects and further features and advantages will more fully appear in the progress of this disclosure and as pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing constituting a materal part of this disclosure, similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views thereof, in which: 7

Figure 1 1s a perspective view of a first embodiment of the invention shown in a completely tied condition.

I Figure 2 is a plan view, schematic in nature, showing the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figure 1 in a partially tied condition.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the first embodiment of the invention.

Figure 4 is an enlarged plan view of the handle member.

Turning now to the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, a container 20 shaped for example, in the form of a box as illustrated, is comprised by a cover member 2| and bottom member 22. The cover member 2| is provided with an orifice 23. A short strand, string, or cord 24 and a relatively long strand, string, or cord 25 both penetrate the orifice 23 and are preferably provided with an integral protuberance or knot 26 on the inner ends of said cords. The cords 24 and 25 have sliding portions 21 and 28 (see Figure 3) and terminating the sliding portions, said cords are provided with a second integral protuberance or knot 29.

The handle member 30 may have any desired peripheral configuration and may be composed of any suitable material such as cardboard, fibre, plastic, wood or metal. Handle member 30 is provided with a central orifice 3| and two outer orifices 32 and 33 spaced from the central fice 3| and preferably in aligned relation.

The cords 24 and 25 as they extend upwardly away from the knot 29 are passed upwardly through the orifice 3|. Leaving theorifice 3|, cord 24 is directed toward the handle member 30 and is passed downwardly through the orifice 32, while cord 25 is similarly passed through orifice.33.. Cords 24 and 25.,are then joined in any suitable manner as, for example, by the knot 34. Cord 24 need continue no further than the knot 34 while the tying portion 35 of cord 25 continues onwardly for a suitable distance as shall be further described hereinbelow.

In operating this embodiment of the invention just described, the cover member 2| is placed upon the bottom 22 after the desired contents have been placed-withinthe container 20. Assuming then that the handle member 30 is to take a position, when the container is finally tied, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the handle member 30 is slid along the cords 2:3 and 25 until said handle member, abuts the knot 29.

The cords 24 and 25, thatis tosay, cord por tions 36 and 31 are brought forwardly and down wardly as viewed in Figure 1. Cord portion 37 is continued under the cover member 22 rearwardly, then upwardly and at cord portion 38'is brought forwardly under the handle member 30 and above the cord portions 36 and 31. The cord 25 thence is brought, at portion 39, upwardly ofthe cover member 2|, thence downwardly and'under the bottom member 22, thence upwardly and at portion 40 is carried around underneath the handle member3ll and above the cord portions 36, 31, 38 and 39.. This operation is clearly shown in Figure 2, s

It may be noted, at this point, that when the bight 4i between cord portions 38 and 33 is brought around under the handlemember 30, the portion 3! is moved to the left, as viewed in Figure 2, or is movedfrom'the dot-dash position 42, as viewed in Figure l, to a position indicated in the full lines in Figure 1. Also when the bight 43 is brought around under the handle member 30, the portion 36 is moved from the dot-dash position 44 to the-full line position, as shown in Figure 1. Themov'enie'nt toward each other of the portions 33 and '3'! causes the pack agetie to take on a symmetrical appearance, as shown in Figure 1.

In the tying operation, the bight 4! is preferably pulled fairly tight. This causes the handle member 30 to be moved downwardly or toward the top surface of the cover member 2| and to grip thebight'4l between'the under surface of the'h'ahdle'member 3fl'and the cord portions 36 and 31. When the cord portion 40- is passed in bight fashion, as indicated" by numeral "'43, around underneath the handle member 33, a wedging action occurssothat the cord portion 40 is fric't'ionally maintained between the under surface of the handle member '30 and the upper surfaces of the cord portions 36, 31, 38 and 39. The number of bights 43 may be increased where desired. 7

It may now be seen that since the sliding portions 21 and 23 are adapted for movement within the orifice 23, that the whole handle member structure, that is including all of the cord portions which are firmly engaged thereby may be lifted from the upper surface of the cover 2! so that the hand of a person carryingthe parcel may be conveniently inserted therebetween. Particular importance, is attached to the fact that when the-handle member and the adjacent structure islifted, as hasjust been described, the frictional engagement of the bight or bights 43 is not disturbed andeven though thecord portions 36, 31, 3B, 39 and4ilshould slip in their frictional engagement with the portion of the container 20' which they embrace, the handle mem er 30 will otbe undesirably shifted out or its regular position because'should'this tend to occur, the knot 26 will strike against the under surface of the cover member 2| at the orifice 23. The knot 29, in addition to preventing the cords 24 and 25 from tangling adjacent thereto, also serves to prevent the handle member from being moved too close to the upper surface of the container.

It may be thus seen that I-have disclosed a novel and useful container. By reason of the fact that the cord element is positively connected to the container with which the cord is to be used, it may be of the correct size and strength to tie 'the container properly.

In Figure 3, the cord element is shown as being cut off but this is for the purpose of clearness in the drawing. The cord element should always be of sufficient length to make a predetermined number of coils or loops about the package or container. This does away with the necessity of breaking or cutting the string when the package is being tied. The string is always handy to the package and there is no waste. The handle member is always adjustable with relation to the container so that when the package is tied, the'handle may be placed in the most advantageous position for the subsequent manual grasping and carryingof the package.

The entire convenience of the invention permits very rapid package handling by unskilled employees in commercial establishments and the package may be consecutively tied and untied indefinitely with no lossof time or material. This results from the fact that the twine or cord and handle member or members are always connected to the container, or package, and when the cord is passed in bight fashion under the handle members it, is frictionally' engaged between the handle member and a portion of itself. The thickness of the bight portions under the handle member causes the othercord portions to be bent,

and tightened so that the resilience of the cord is taken advantage of to obtain a taut Wrapping or binding by the cord. Furthermore since the cord itself is a resilient part adjacent to the handle member a considerable range in the number of bights taken underneath the handle memher is permitted.

Obviously the size of the handle member may be altered, and printed matter or decoration may be added thereto. For example, in Figure 1, the handle member 33 may have the upper surface thereof covered with decorative loops of tinsel, ribbon, or braid, and the corditself maybe of similar material. Such structure makes a beautiful gift packaging and since the cord, handle member, and package are connected,the article may be sold as acomplete commercial item, also the color scheme of handle member, cord and container may' be "predetermined. With the decorative effect thus obtained, none ofthe structural advantages of security and convenience are sacrificed.

Even though for purposes of adjustment and ease of use the handle member in the case of the first embodiment, is shown as slidably mounted on the cord it is tobe noted, that after'the conparts, one of said parts having a hole, said parts being adapted for movement with relation to each other to present in an open position of said parts a container opening through which the container may be loaded or unloaded and in a closed positicn thereof a closure for said opening; a relatively short cord; a relatively long cord; one of the ends of each of said cords being interconnected at a first interconnection; a first enlargement at said first interconnection; the remaining end of said relatively short cord being connected to the relatively long cord at a point spaced from the ends thereof at a second interconnection; a second enlargement disposed at said second interconnection; a third enlargement on both of said cords disposed between the first and second enlargements; a handle member provided with first,

second and third orifices, said member being 10 the first and third enlargements; said cords both penetrating said second orifice, the relatively short cord penetrating said first orifice, and the relatively long cord penetrating said third orifice.

MAX KLEINMANN.

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