US832564A - Shipping-box. - Google Patents

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No.832,564. I I PATENTED 0012,1906.

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SHIPPING BOX.

APPLIOATIOH FILED FEB. 9. 1905.

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IIVI/EIVTOR ATTORNEY riNrrEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES o;

WILDER, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO LOUIS SIEVERT, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

SHlPPlNG-BOX.

This inventlon relates to improvements in shipping-boxes; and the object thereof is to provide a box for shipping purposes which will be li ht of structure and of great strength and in w 'ch but little material is used.

I accomplish my-object by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my box with the lid thereof partly open; and Fig. 2 is a detail in perspectlve, showin the manner of securing the ends of .the bin ing-straps.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout both views. Referring to the drawings, 1 is a box, of which the bottom 2, sides 3, ends 4, and lid 5 are made of thin wood or other suitable material. The ends of the box are reinforced by external strips 6, 7, 8, and 9, the latter being attached to the lid 5 at points thereon so as to come external of the ends 4 when the The tops of the strips 7 and 8 have gains 10 made therein, and tongues-11 extend from the ends of the strips 9 and fit in thecorresponding gains 10 when the lid 5 is in proper place.

A series of metallic binding-straps 12 are placed around the box, inclosing the bottom, sides, and lid thereof, and the ends of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed I'ebruaryQ. 1906. Serial No. 244,832.

Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

' straps are of sufiicient length as to lap over one another when drawn into place. Each of said ends has a number' of notches 13 made in the sides thereof and are uniforml spaced, so that the notches of one end of eacli strap will register with those of the other. The ends of said straps are secured together by means of plates. 14, each having side tongues 15, which are ada ted'to fit 1n the registering notches 13 of t lde corres onding stra s and to be clutched over upon t e faces of t e outer ends of the respective straps, as

shown in Fig. 2.

Having described my claim as new, and desire Patent, is

In a device of the class described, a box havin external reinforcing-strips secured at its en s; a removable lid for the box having stripe at its ends which corres ondres ectively with the strips on the en 5 of the ox, the ends of the strips tongues, and the corresponding ends of the strips on the box having gains made in their sides respectively next the adjacent ends of the box, the said tongues being adapted to be removably fitted between the ends of 't e adjacent strips and the corresponding en s of the box respectively when the lid is secured in place; and binding-straps secured around the box and lid. 1 y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- CHARLES 0. W11 DER.

invention, what I Witnesses ANNA M. WRIGHT. WM. WESTBURG.

to secure by Letters on the lid having- I

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