US2134964A - Container - Google Patents

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Nov. 1, 1938, E. B. WHITEHEAD 5 2,134 964 CONTAINER Filed May 18, 1956 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 1, 1938 UNITED STATES CONTAINER."

Earl B. Whitehead, Norwich, Cnn., assignor. to Atlantic Carton Corporation, Norwich, Conn, a corporation of Connecticut Application May 18", 1936, Serial No. 80,250

ing. cartonsj'and is directed more particularly to an improved foldable carton which is adapted to be set up into what is commonly calleda tierdisplay position.

One object of the invention is the provision .of a collapsible carton which may be easily and quickly folded either into. a display position or a shipping position as may be desired. That is to say, the carton is formed from a blank whichfis adapted to be folded into a set up shipping position for carrying contents from place to place; or it may be just as easily set up into a display position wherein a certain part of the contents at least are supported by a tier or tiers in relatively raised position.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a carton'which is simple in form so as to be inexpensive to manufacture and which is convenient to handle. The carton is not only cornpact; so that it may be easily shipped without its contents, but it is so formed as to be readily set up into a safe and distinctive supporting or display position.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will become more apparent after a reading of the following description and reference will be had therein to the accompanying drawing wherein: V

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the carton of the invention in knock-down position;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view with parts cut away to show the bottom of the carton in shipping position;

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of the carton in one set-up position;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 to explain how the carton may be set up into tier-display position;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view similar to Figs. 4 and 5 showing the box in tier-display position; and

Fig. '7 is a small scale plan View of the bottom of the box shown in Fig. 6.

Referring now to the drawing more in detail, the invention will be fully described.

In Fig. 1 there is shown a blank 2 for forming the carton of the invention and as will be seen it includes a front wall 4 and a rear wall 6 hinged together by connecting side wall members 8. A box cover includes a top flap member ID extending from the upper marginal edge of one of the walls, such as the rear wall 6, and a part [2 extending from the member;lll.

Preferably a folding line I8 extends between theparts lll and I2 so that the part I2 may be folded down as shown in Fig. 3. The top flap I0 is provided with acontinuous cut I 4 which pref-- erably extends from adjacent one end of the hinge is to the other as shown so as to form a tab part 16' so that when the member I Zis folded downwardly along the line IS, the part [6 may extend upwardly as shown in Fig. 3. These parts may carry various printed matter," for example, and be readily visible when the contents are in the box. a

The rear wall 6 may be provided with a tab part 2|! formedby aslot and bendable along the line 22. Then a lower marginal edge portion of the part I2 may be inserted behind the tab all as shown in Fig. 3 and thus held in place.

Hinged to the lower part of the same wall, that is the rear wall 6, as along a line 23, is a flap part 24 and'this is provided with one or more foldable tabs 25 which are hinged on lines 29 as shown in Fig. 2. These are for a purpose which will presently appear and are arranged to be in the same plane as the tuck 24 or at an angle thereto.

I-Iingedly connected to the side wallmembers outer marginal edge of the 8 are side flap members 26 provided with interlocking tab parts 21. These members 8 are adapted to be folded over into interlocking relation adjacent the'bottom of the box as shown in Figs. 2 and 6. V V v Hinged to the lower part of the front wall 4 is a foldable bottom wall member which includes a plurality of parts now to be described. vA main body part 28 is adjacent the wall 4 and is adapted to extend horizontally towards the opposite or rear wall.

A connecting part 30 is attached to the rear edge of the body 30 and this has one or more slits as shown forming one or more flaps 32. These flaps 32 are bendable on lines 34 and. adapted to swing between a position in substantially the same plane as the rest of the part 30 and a position at an angle thereto.

Then to the outer marginal edge of member 30 is connected a tier-forming member 36. This is preferably of about the same length as the parts 36 and 28, which in turn are about the same length as the width of the front and rear walls. Preferably, also, the parts 28 and 36 are of such width that their total'width is just slightly less than width of side members 8.

Preferably-the member 36 is formed to have thumb-tabs 38, more or-less similar to the tabs in part 24. These tabs 38 may if desired be bent outwardly to engage tabs 25 and/or parts 32 or they may merely be used to insert the fingers into when setting up the box.

In shipping position, the various parts at the bottom of the box may assume the relation shown in Fig. 2 with the upper parts l0 and I2 folded downwardly to overlie the otherwise open upper end. a

In one display position, the parts may be as shown in Fig. 4 with packages or the like P reSting on members 28 and 30 with portion 36 adjacent the rear wall 6. Then when it is desired to raise the tier member 36 into position, the part 24 may be lifted slightly as indicated in Fig. 5

and the connection 30 moved into vertical position so as to raise the rear row of packages P into a position where they are supported as shown in Fig. 6. 7

While I have described the invention in great detail and with respect to a preferred form thereof, it is not desired to be limited thereto since many changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Whatit is desired to claim and secure by Letters Patents of the United States is:

"l. A collapsible carton of the class described including vertical front and rear walls of a certain width connected by vertical side members of a certain equal width, a horizontal bottom wall substantially equal inwidth to said front and rear walls extending rearwardly from the lower marginal edge of the front wall and being of less width than'said side members so as to provide an open space at the bottom rear of the carton, a connecting member hinged to the rear marginal edge of said bottom wall swingable between a horizontal space-closing position co-planar therewith and a vertical space-opening position extending upwardly substantially at right angles thereto, a tier member hinged to the rear marginal edge of said connecting member for swinging between an upwardly-extending position adjacent the inside of the rear wall when said connecting member is in its said horizontal position and a horizontal position substantially at right angles to the connecting member when the latter is in its said vertical position, a pair of flap members extending inwardly towards one another from the lower marginal edges of said side members and underlying said bottom wall, and engaging means associated with said flap members holding the same in bottom wall supporting position.

2. A collapsible carton of the class described including vertical front and rear walls connected by vertical side members of a certain equal width, a horizontal bottom wall substantially equal in width to said walls extending rearwardly from the lower marginal edge of the front wall and being of less width than said side members so as to provide an open space at the bottom rear of the carton, a connecting memberrhinged to the rear marginal edge of said bottom wall swingable' between a horizontal space-closing position extending upwardly substantially at right angles to the bottom wall, a tier member hinged to the rear marginal edge of saidconnecting member for swinging between an upwardly-extending vertical position adjacent the inside'of said rear Wall when the connecting member is in its said horizontal position and a rearwardly-extending horizontal position substantially at right angles to the connecting'member when the latter is in its said vertical position, and a pair of spaced tabs hingedly associated with said connecting member for swinging between a position co-planar therewith when the connecting member is in its said horizontal position and an outwardly-extending vertical position below said tier member when the connecting member is in its said vertical position.

EARL B. WHITEHEAD.

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