US1402666A - Shipping case for caskets - Google Patents

Description

G. B. SEXTON.

SHIPPING CASE FOR GASKETS.

PPL CATlON FILED JUNE I5. I920 Patented Jan. 3, 1922.

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G. B. SEXTON.

SHIPPING CASE FOR GASKETS.

APPLlCATION FILED JUNE 15, I920.

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SHIPPING CASE FOR GASKETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan.3,1922;

Application filed June 15, 1920. Serial No. 389,136.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen B. Snxron, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Asbury Park, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Shipping Case for Caskets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to shipping cases or boxes and has particular reference to fold ing cases especially designed for the shipment of caskets or cofiins.

Where it was formerly the practice to bury caskets in the boxes in which they were shipped the tendency at the present time is turning toward the use of cement vaults in which the caskets are placed and due to the high rates of shipping it is impractical to return these cases to the wholesale houses when empty because of the amount of space taken up by the same.

It is thereforethe principal object of the present invention to produce a case of the character described which is capable of being collapsed for reshipment when empty which will occupy approximately 7 its original bulk.

A further object of the invention is to provide in connection with a collapsible case of this character a common means for securing the same in its set up and collapsed conditions.

In addition to the above mentioned means, removable elements for holding the box in set up condition after thecover has been removed are employed and a further object of the invention resides in the provision of pockets for the reception of said bolts which are defined by the case when in folded condition.

in view some of which will be apparent hereafter, reference is made to the following descriptlon, cla1ms and the accompanying Figure 5 is a perspective view of the case illustrating the same in itscollapsible conditlon.

Figure 6 1s a transverse sectional view therethrough taken approximately on the line 6-6 of Figure 7.

Figure 7 is a longitudinal sectional View therethrough taken approximately on the line 7-7 of Figure 6.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference which denote like parts throughout the several views thereof, the bottom of the case designated generally by the character 10 is provided with the side cleats or runners 11 on the underside thereof which reduces the friction in sliding the case while handling the game. The bottom of the case may be of any construction, but as illustrated includes the skeleton. frame work which supports a metallic panel 12. The side members of the case preferably include the permanent sections 13 which are rigidly secured or formed on the bottom at right angle thereto, and the foldable sections 14- which are hinged to the permanent sections as at 15 for inward swinging movement. The foldable sections like the bottom, are preferably constructed of a skeleton frame work and the metallic panels 16. The end members 17 are hinged for inwardly swinging movement as at 18 to the upstanding cleats or ribs 19 provided at the ends of the bottom, and the same are preferably constructed of a skeleton frame work supporting the metallic panel 20. The inner side of the free extremity of each end member 17 is provided with a transverse cleat 21 spaced from the edge thereof to provide a shelf for supporting the ends of the cover 22 when the case is in its set up condition. The cleat 21 also constitutes means for supporting the free extremity of the end members when folded to space the same from the bottom to provide the pocket P which is defined by the rib 19, cleat 21, end member 20, bottom 10 and the permanent side sections 13. The cleat 21 is of a width substantially equal to the rib 19 in order to effect a parallel arrangement of the end member 20 with respect to the bottom when folded. The cover 22 is also of a skeleton frame work closed by the metallic panel 23. The opposite ends of thecover members are recessed as at 24 to provide the extension lugs 25 whichembrace the free extremity of the end members 20 in order to properly brace and strengthen the case when in set up condition.

A common means is provided for retaining the cover on the caserwhen set up or collapsed and said means includes the hasps 26 hinged as at 27 to the outer side edges of the cover. The permanent side sections 13 are each provided with the staples 28 corresponding in number to the number of hasps on each side of the cover and the free outer sides of the free extremities of the foldable sections 14L provided with a similar number of staples-29. Each liasp is provided with a pair of spaced transverse receiving slots 30 and 31 which are designed to: respectively engage with the staples 28 and 29 to retain the cover in place when the case is either in its collapsed or set up condition. In order to provide an additional means for retaining the box in set up condition" after'the' cover is removed, the securing bolts 32 are provided and insertable V vthrough openings 33 provided in the toldable side sections which are designed to reg ister with the threaded openings 34 in the side of the end members 20. hen collapsed these bolts are housed by the-pocket P in order to prevent their loss.

Inorder to further strengthen the structure of the case when in set up or folded condition, a longitudinal cleat 35 is formed on the under side of the cover adjacent one edge thereof which braces oneoit the foldable side sections when the box is set up and which supports one edge of the cover when the same is folded. In order to accommodate the staples 29 of'the foldable side sections to permit of the proper folding of the box, the :panel 16 of one of the foldable side sections is slotted as at 36 and the cover as at 37. In practice it may be found desirable to employ removable wedges or plugs 38 which are adapted to be inserted in the staples after the hasps are arranged there over and if desired, said plugs may be secured by a chain 39 to the cover to prevent their loss. In order to further allow for a compact folding of the case one of the permanent side sections 13 is preferably lower than the opposite section as illustrated.

In use of the case of the foldable side sections 14 are swung into alignment with the permanent side sections 13 and the end members 17 are swung outwardly into alignment with the ribs 19; the bolts 32 are then passed through the aligned openings 33 and 3d and the threaded extremity of said bolt engaged with the threads of the latter opening; the cover is then arranged in place with the extension lugs embracing the free extremity oil" the end members 17, the ends of the cover member resting on the cleats 21 and the upper free edges of the foldable side sections, with the cleat 35 bracing one of the said foldable side sections. The slots 31 of the hasps are now positioned, over the staples 2S) and the plugs 38 inserted. The case is now set up and ready for shipment with its contents.

When ready for reshipment the bolts 32 are withdrawn and placed within the case adjacent the ends; the end members 17 are folded in until the cleats 21 engage the bottom thereby forming the pocket P; the foldable side section let hinged to the lower permanent section is now folded over and rests upon the previously folded end members; the remaining side section is then folded over the previously folded side section and the cover is arranged in place as clearly illustrated in Figures 5, 6 and 7 of the drawings. The cleat 35 serves as a means for supporting one side of the cover when the case is folded. The slots 30 of the hasps 26 are now arranged over the staples 28 of the permanent side sections. The wedges or plugs 38 are then applied to retain the hasps over the staples.

While there has been shown and described a single and preferred embodiment of the invention, no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details which may be varied or modified in so far as they fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A collapsible case, including a bottom. end and side members secured thereto for inward swinging movements, a removable cover and a common means for securing the same in collapsed or set up condition, the said cover having recessed ends adapted to embrace the free edge of the end members when set up, and a transverse cleat on said end members adapted to support the ends of the cover when setup and constituting when collapsed, means for spacing the end members from the bottom to define pockets between the bottom and end members.

2. A collapsible case comprising a bottom, inwardly iioldable end walls, side walls each having a permanent section and an im wardly foldable section. a cover member, means respectively 011 the permanent and foldable side sections, a common means on the cover member adapted to respectively coact with the means on the side sections for retaining the crate in its collapsed or set up condition, and means on the free extremity of the end walls serving to support the ends of the cover member when the case is in a set up condition and adapted to co-act with the bottom wall and the permanent sections of the side wall to define a pocket when the case is collapsed.

3. A collapsible case comprising a bottom, inwardly foldable end walls having inwardly projecting cleats extending transversely and positioned inwardly from the free extremity thereof, side walls each having a permanent section and an inwardly foldalole section a cover, and a common means for securing the same in collapsed or set up condition, the said inwardly projecting 0 eats on the end walls adapted to support the opposite ends of the cover when the crate is set up and designed when the crate is folded to co-act with the bottom wall and the foldable sections of the side wall to define pockets at the opposite ends of the folded crate, as and for the purpose specified.

GEORGE B. SEXTON.

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