US3133633A

US3133633A - Container for washbowls and the like

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Publication number: US3133633A
Application number: US277162A
Authority: US
Inventors: Elbert O Redmond
Original assignee: SEBRING CONTAINER Inc
Current assignee: SEBRING CONTAINER Inc
Priority date: 1963-05-01
Filing date: 1963-05-01
Publication date: 1964-05-19
Anticipated expiration: 1981-05-19

Description

May 19, 1964 E. o. REDMOND CONTAINER FOR WASHBOWLS AND THE LIKE Filed May 1, 1963 m-.. 'EIL A 0 2 m A A r 7 W L I ll y I A A m M m 2 2 M A I M w I A HI 8 MHIII I 3 O 4 2 IF I 2 lu :Iu r m E 4 W I b I 2 2/ P: I W H fin w INVENTOR. ELBERT O. REDMOND AT TORNE Y United States Patent O "we 3,133,633 CONTAINER FOR WASHBOWLS AND THE LIKE Elbert 0. Redmond, Salem, Ohio, assignor to Sebring Container, Inc., Salem, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Filed May 1, 1963, Ser. No. 277,162 2 Claims. (Cl. 206-46) This invention relates to a container of the corrugated paperboard type and more particularly to a container that will receive and hold an article such as a washbowl therein in protective relationship.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a container wherein the inner packing forms are integral with the container itself.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a container arranged to transfer the weight of the article therein to the side walls of the container in addition to the support thereof provided by the bottom of the container.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a container which can be easily formed and set up and which container will readily receive an article such as a washbowl positioned therein.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a container construction which may be quickly and easily set up, packed with the article supported therein and closed and shipped without taping, gluing or stitching.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a container so arranged that the article therein can be easily inspected and the container repacked, closed and shipped without taping, gluing or stitching the same.

The container disclosed herein is particularly adapted for the protective enclosure in a shipping box of an article such as a washbowl or the like and wherein the article is of considerable weight and requires so-called inner packing to position and support the same in the enclosing portion of the container. As heretofore known in the art, such containers comprised rectangular enclosures and various types of cumbersome inner packing forms were necessary and commonly used in an effort to adequately support and hold the article positioned in the container. Such constructions have several serious faults, one of which is the added cost and inconvenience and loss of time necessary to the forming and positioning of the inner packing forms and, secondly, and more importantly the fact that all the forms including the article rested on the bottom of the container or upon the top thereof when the container was inverted. This requires a considerable heavier container stock than would otherwise be necessary.

The present invention discloses arcontainer which incorporates the inner packing forms as integral portions of the walls of the container so that a much stronger construction results as the packing forms being integral with the walls of the container are supported thereby and at the same time supportthe walls. A considerable portion of the weight of the article packed in the container is thus carried by the walls as well as the other portions of the container including the bottom which makes possible the construction of a much sturdier container from a relatively lighter grade of paperboard stock or a much stronger container from the same grade of paperboard stock as compared with a conventional container.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being the intention to cover all changes and modifications of the example of the invention herein chosen for purposes of the disclosure, which do not constitute departures from the spirit and scope of the invention.

" in FIGURE 1.

3,133,633 Patented May 19, 1964 The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

' FIGURE 1 is a plan view of the paperboard blank from which the container is formed.

FIGURE 2 is a perspective bottom view of the partially set up container.

FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of the set up container with the top portions open and a part of two of the side Walls broken away.

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of the container with the top portions closed.

FIGURE 5 is a vertical section on line 5-5 of FIG- URE 4, with the top portions of the container opened.

By referring to the drawings and FIGURE 1 in particular, it will be seen that the container disclosed herein is formed of two identical paperboard blanks which are seen in side by side relation in FIGURE 1 of the drawings and which in use are taped together as indicated by the broken line representation of tapes 10 appearing thereon. Each of the identical paperboard blanks includes a pair of side wall sections 11 and 12 as shown in the blank comprising the left half of FIGURE 1 and side wall portions 11A and 12A in the blank comprising the right half of FIGURE 1. Each of the blanks includes

first bottom portions

13 and 13A respectively and second rugated paperboard material and that the various single lines appearing on the blanks comprising FIGURE 1 "are fold lines which are impressed in the paperboard material when the blank is out' each of the blanks of FIGURE 1 are slotted to define The several portions of the separate sections thereof; for example, there is a slot 21 between the

top flaps

19 and 20 of the lefthand blank in FIGURE 1 and there is a similar slot 21A between the

top flaps

19A and 20A on the righthand blank There is also a slot 22 between the bottom 13, the secondary bottom 14, packing form extension 16 and flap 17 and a similar slot 22A is formed between the secondary bottom portion 13A and the secondary bottom 14A, form 16A and flap 17A. The joining of the lefthand and righthand blanks as seen in FIGURE 1 by the centrally located tape 10 provides in

eifect slots

23 and 24 between the unattached portions of the blanks. When the container is formed, the blanks are taped at the central point as shown in FIGURE 1 and then folded together with the extreme left edge of the lefthand blank taped to the extreme right edge of the righthand blank as also indicated by the broken line representation of the tape 10 thereon. The container so formed may be shipped flat and can be set up for use by simply spacing the center sections thereof relative to one another as is customary in paperboard box set up procedure to form the generally rectangular shape seen in FIGURE 2 of the drawings.

In FIGURE 2 of the drawings, the side walls 12 and 11A are in the foreground with the side walls 11 and 12A in the background. The

bottom portions

13 and 13A are shown in open position as is the secondary bottom 14 with its integral inner packing form 16 and edge flap 17 which are slotted with the slot 15. The secondary bottom 14A has been folded into set up position along with its integral angularly disposed inner packing 3 form 16A and edge flap 17A, the secondary bottom 14A and form 16A being slotted by the slot 15A.

By referring now to FIGURE 3 of the drawings, it will be seen that the set up procedure has been practically completed with the container being shown rotated onequarter turn counterclockwise so that the inner packing form 16A with its edge flap 17A is shown in position in front of the side wall 12A with the top flap A thereof being partly broken away. The opposite side wall 12 with its inner packing form 16 and its'edge flap 17 is shown partly broken away and positioned adjacent the side wall 12.

It will be seen that the

slots

15 and 15A are engaged over the upstanding

center rib portions

18 and 18A respectively as the

bottom portions

13 and 13A on which the

upstanding center ribs

18 and 18A are formed have been moved from the position seen in FIGURE 2 to the position seen in FIGURE 3.

It will thus be seen that the

bottom portions

13 and 13A thus are held in position by the engagement of the upstanding

center rib portions

18 and 18A in the

slots

15 and 15A. The tolerance of the

slots

15 and 15A is such that there is tight frictional engagement with respect to the upstanding

center rib portions

18 and 18A and it will be observed that the

slots

15 and 15A now extend on both horizontal and substantially vertical planes to increase this frictional engagement thereby insuring the retention of the bottom portions and the upstanding ribs thereon in assembled set up relation as shown in FIGURE 3 of the drawings.

FIGURE 4 of the drawings shows the

top flaps

20 and 20A folded inwardly from the positions shown in FIG- URES 2 and 3 of the drawings with the

top flaps

19 and 19A folded thereover leaving a central square opening which opening remains in the center top of the closed finished set up container and provides convenient means of inspecting the contents of the container and at the same time enables the

top flap portions

19, 19A, 20, and 20A to be opened so that the contents can be inspected and then reclosed by interlocking folding of the flaps one over the other as known in the art. Alternately, glue or tape or staples may be used to secure the flaps in closed position.

In FIGURE 5 of the drawings, a vertical section through the container may be see nas taken on lines 55 of FIGURE 4 with the exception that the

top flaps

19 and 19A and 20, and 20A are open so that the nesting arrangement of the container with its integral angularly disposed

packing forms

16 and 16A may be seen as providing support for the washbowl to be posititoned in the container as the rim of the washbowl will rest on the

edge flanges

17 and 17A and the upper sides of the washbowl will rest directly against the

packing forms

16 and 16A. The lower edge of the washbowl will be carried by the upper surfaces of the

upstanding center ribs

18 and 18A and it will be seen that the

secondary bottom portions

14 and 14A which are integral with the

side walls

12 and 12A extend across the

bottom portions

13 and 13A which are integral with the side walls 11 and 11A and carry and position the lower portions of the

packing forms

16 and 16A.

It will thus be seen that a novel and efficient container has been disclosed which is particularly suitable for protective packaging of a washbowl or similar article in which the several surfaces of the article must be protected from damage. It will further be seen that the container can be inexpensively formed of paperboard blanks, shipped fiat, easily set up and that no gluing, stapling, or taping is necessary to hold the carton and its contents in assembled protective relation.

It will thus be seen that the container disclosed herein meets the several objects of my invention, and having thus described by invention, what I claim is:

l. 'A container for a wash bowl comprising a box having four vertical side walls arranged generally in the form of a rectangle; top closure flaps secured to the upper edges of said walls, horizontal bottom sections attached to the bottom edges of one pair of opposite side walls, each of which bottom sections extend approximately one fourth the distance across said box; inclined packing form sections attached to the inner edges of said bottom sections, said horizontal bottom sections and said inclined packing form sections having slots therethrough, each of said inclined packing form sections extending upwardly on angle at a distance substantially equal to the height of said box; horizontal bottom walls attached to the bottom edges of the other pair of opposite sidewalls and extending horizontally under said bottom sections to the middle of said box; vertical packing form rib extensions attached to the inner edges of said horizontal bottom walls and engaging said slots formed in said bottom sections and said upwardly extending inclined packing form sections; said vertical packing form rib extensions having arcuate shaped oppositely disposed upper edges defining a curved concave support for said wash bowl; narrow longitudinally extending flaps on the upper edges of .said inclined packing form sections extending outwardly from said packing form sections and engaging said one pair of opposite side walls below said top closure flaps so as to space said inclined packing form sections from said side walls and to support the rim of said wash bowl, said rib extensions terminating below the upper edge portions of said inclined packing form sections, said upper edge portions of said inclined packing form sections being substantially tangent to a continuation of the arc defined by said arcuate shaped oppositely disposed edges so that upper portions of said Wash bowl will engage said packing form sections.

2. A container as defined in claim 1 which is formed from a flat blank, and said blank being composed of two sections of identical size and shape.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 634,647 Knobeloch Oct. 10, 1899 1,256,031 Miller Feb. 12, 1918 1,281,501 Brown Oct. 15, 1918 1,297,026 Smith Mar. 11, 1919 2,475,107 Newsom July 5, 1949 2,524,516 Cody Oct. 3, 1950 2,908,437 Wiedenmeier Oct. 13, 1959

Claims

1. A CONTAINER FOR A WASH BOWL COMPRISING A BOX HAVING FOUR VERTICAL SIDE WALLS ARRANGED GENERALLY IN THE FORM OF A RECTANGLE; TOP CLOSURE FLAPS SECURED TO THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID WALLS, HORIZONTAL BOTTOM SECTIONS ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM EDGES OF ONE PAIR OF OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS, EACH OF WHICH BOTTOM SECTIONS EXTEND APPROXIMATELY ONE FOURTH THE DISTANCE ACROSS SAID BOX; INCLINED PACKING FORM SECTIONS ATTACHED TO THE INNER EDGES OF SAID BOTTOM SECTIONS, SAID HORIZONTAL BOTTOM SECTIONS AND SAID INCLINED PACKING FORM SECTIONS HAVING SLOTS THERETHROUGH, EACH OF SAID INCLINED PACKING FORM SECTIONS EXTENDING UPWARDLY ON ANGLE AT A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE HEIGHT OF SAID BOX; HORIZONTAL BOTTOM WALLS ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM EDGES OF THE OTHER PAIR OF OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS AND EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY UNDER SAID BOTTOM SECTIONS TO THE MIDDLE OF SAID BOX; VERTICAL PACKING FORM RIB EXTENSIONS ATTACHED TO THE INNER EDGES OF SAID HORIZONTAL BOTTOM WALLS AND ENGAGING SAID SLOTS FORMED IN SAID BOTTOM SECTIONS AND SAID UPWARDLY EXTENDING INCLINED PACKING FORM SECTIONS; SAID VERTICAL PACKING FORM RIB EXTENSIONS HAVING ARCUATE SHAPED OPPOSITELY DISPOSED UPPER EDGES DEFINING A CURVED CONCAVE SUPPORT FOR SAID WASH BOWL; NARROW LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING FLAPS ON THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID INCLINED PACKING FORM SECTIONS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID PACKING FORM SECTIONS AND ENGAGING SAID ONE PAIR OF OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS BELOW SAID TOP CLOSURE FLAPS SO AS TO SPACE SAID INCLINED PACKING FORM SECTIONS FROM SAID SIDE WALLS AND TO SUPPORT THE RIM OF SAID WASH BOWL, SAID RIB EXTENSIONS TERMINATING BELOW THE UPPER EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID INCLINED PACKING FORM SECTIONS, SAID UPPER EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID INCLINED PACKING FORM SECTIONS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY TANGENT TO A CONTINUATION OF THE ARC DEFINED BY SAID ARCUATE SHAPED OPPOSITELY DISPOSED EDGES SO THAT UPPER PORTIONS OF SAID WASH BOWL WILL ENGAGE SAID PACKING FORM SECTIONS.