US1990975A - Holder for eggs and the like - Google Patents

Description

Feb. 12, 1935. L. BEN OIT 1,990,975

HOLDER FOR EGGS AND THE LIKE Filed Dec. 29, 1932 s I 30 I Patented Feb. 12, 1935.

Application December 29, 1932, Serial No. 649,281

5 Claims.

This invention relates to a cellular holder for small articles requiring individual protection, such as eggs and the like. The holder may conveniently take the form of a filler, i.e., a struc-- ture made up of intersecting walls defining cells open at the top and bottom. If desired, such a filler may have its adjacent walls which extend in one direction, converged towardthe bottom so as to sustain articles introduced into the cells from the top.

The present improvements have to do both with a holder .of the general kind mentioned, and

with an enclosure therefor, such as a carton, tube,

wrapper or the like. Among the objects of my invention are'(1) the production of a holder in the general form of a filler which is severable into two or more cellular components each complete in itself; (2) a connection between such a holder and the enclosure therefor by which the one is secured dependably to the other; and (3) the provision in such a holder and enclosure, in combination, of means by which both may be severed in one operation to provide separate components, each consisting of a smaller cellular holder and enclosure which remain associated in a relatively inseparable manner.

It is with these and other objects, as will hereinafter appear, that my invention is concerned. A construction in which my invention may conveniently be. embodied is illustrated in the .accompanying drawing in the manner following:

Figure l is a plan view-oi a blank furnishing an enclosure for the present holder;

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the blank wrapped around a cellular holder to provide an enclosure therefor;

Fig.3, which is a similar view, shows the holder and enclosure severed transversely to provide two smaller components each complete in itself Fig. 4 isa broken detail view in-longitudinal.

section taken on line 44 of Fig. 5; and

Fig. 5 is a view in elevation of one end of the holder surrounded by the wrapper-like enclosure exhibited in the remaining figures.

The illustrated holder A may consist of a set of longitudinal walls 6, 7, 8 and 9, either connected integrally, or independently of each other,

- sis in combination with a set of transverse or cross walls 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17. These two sets of walls are each slotted tointersect and interengage in a well known manner. Such a holder construction is, in efiect, a flllerjhaving two adjacent rows of six .cells each, all open at the top and bottom. By arranging the longitudinal walls in converging pairs, as shown in my Patent No. 1,874,162 granted August 30, 1932, the bottom of each cell is sufliciently closed to support in place an egg or other like article which isintroduced thereinto.

A holder of the kind described may be used either with or without. any enclosure, such as a carton, tube,or wrapper. In case an enclosure is to be provided, however, it will be advantageous in certain ways to use a blank B which is scored along lines a, a, b, b and c, c to define sections forming a bottom 20, front.

21, top sections 22 and flaps 23.

and rear walls Such a blank may conveniently be folded or bent along the several scored lines to surround the holder in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2 where I have shown the two flaps 23 tucked alongside of each other within certain vertical slots 24 extending inwardly from the top edges of the several croS walls midway of their ends.

A flaring entrance 25 is desirably provided for each slot to facilitate insertion of the flaps therein.

In the holder described, twelve cells are provided, and these are arranged in two adjacent rows of sixeach. This would be referred to as a 2x6. It requires, as a minimum, three longitudinal walls and seven transverse walls-one more wall in each direction than the number of cells in the rows provided. In the construction shown, four longitudinal partitions are used in order to partially close the bottoms of the cells,

but, as already indicated, this would not be necessary with the ordinary kind or fillers in which a single intermediate longitudinal wall sufllces to separate both rows of cells. Also, in

the construction shown, I have added one extra cross wall, making eight altogether, instead of seven which is the usual number.

All eight cross walls may be spaced apart equidistantly, in which event the holder would be divided up into Iourteen cells. As illustrated; however, the two walls 13 and 14 which are nearest the longitudinal center or the holder maybe spaced apart but a short distance, leaving between them narrow cells the presence of which would ordinarily be disregarded.

In any event, for a 2x6 holder emitisimin the shorter rows, and (2) transverse walls in number exactly two in excess oi. the cells in each longer row.

A holder so constructed severed into by providing longitudinal partitions in a single may conveniently be two (or more) smallercomponents scores or slitsacrou each of the plane as shown in Fig.- 4. Preferably .such a line of severability is midway of the length of the holder, between mere tucking of the flaps 23 into the cross condition the same as before.

wall slots 24 is desired. For this purpose, I provide along the edges of the flaps 23 a series of notches 30, one opposite each cross wall. In the operation of tucking the flaps in place, these notches will straddle the cross wall at the bottoms of the slots 24, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4.gWhen advanced thus far, the enclosure flapsare not yet in final position. To assure of a normally inseparable connection, the bottom of each' notch terminates in a narrow. slit 31 which proceeds transversely of the several bend lines a, b, 0, etc. By the application of an appreciable force, the tucked flaps may be'pushed down sufliciently to move the slits 31 over the body of the cross walls. When so positioned, the parts are in the position shown by full lines in Figs. 4 and 5. The sheet stock of which thewrapper and enclosure is formed, preferably chip board, straw board, or other fibrous material, undergoes compression for the accommodation of the parts in this final stage of locking. The reverse movement of the flaps necessary for access to the holder or for,removal of the enclosure therefrom, will require by the application of a-force suflicient to disengage the parts so compressively interlocked. It will be found that such a means of connecting the enclosure to the holder is effective to meet all the usual conditions encoun:

tered in the use and handling of sucharticles.

The severance of the present holder into two components may take place with the. enclosure attached in place. This is made possible by providing a line of scoring or slits'y extending across the wrapper blank between the two flap edges thereof to define a. line of severance, as indicated best in Fig. 1. This line of severance lies in a plane which is coincident with the plane in which the several severance lines a: are provided in the This coincidence is aslengthwise of the holder consequent upon straddling of the notches 31 upon the cross walls when the two flaps are tucked in place. With the holder and enclosure so connected, the entire structure may then-be severed either by breaking or cutting in the plane defined by the lines of severance. With thedivision of the holder and enclosure into two (or. more) smaller components, each part, although of reduced size, remains in a The 2x3 components so produced. from a 2x6 holder, are equipped each with an enclosure, secured in place as firmly as before, and, in consequence, the present article holder, whether maintained intact in its original form, or separated into two (or more) components. and. whether used with or.

without an enclosurepremains the same as before so far as concerns its general cellular structure, its relation of parts, andthe protection afiorded by the enclosure. i I claim: v g

1. In combination, an article holder made up of two sets of intersecting walls defining cells open at the top, means independent of the holder providing an enclosure therefor extending over the tops of the several cellsthereof, means forming a line of severance in a single plane through the enclosure andone set of holder walls whereby to define a plane of separation forthe enclosure and holder into two cellular components each complete in itself, and means for interlocking each holder componentwith its associated enclosure so as to align the lines of severance and tending over the top and bottom of the several cells, means forming a line of severance in a single plane through the wrapper and one set of holder walls, and means formed along one edge of the wrapper for frictionally supporting and positioning opposite faces of one set of walls whereby to interlock therewith, whereby to prevent relative movement of the holder and wrapper when severed on said line through the wrapper.

3. A severable holder for eggs and the like comprising. a cellular filler means having transverse walls, a. container independent of the filler means providing an enclosure extending over the top and bottom of the cells of the filler means, means forming a line of severance transversely of the container, and means formed at one edge of the container and engaging the opposed faces of adjacent transverse walls to position and hold said walls within said container with one wall on each side of said line of severance.

4. A severable holder-for eggs and the like comprising a filler means having two cellular components, one component having a wall substantially parallel to and adjacent a wall of the other component, a container independent of the filler means providing an enclosure extending over the top and bottom of the cells of the filler means, means forming a line ofseverance through said container, and means interlocking each cellular component with the container so that the line of severance through-the container divides the space between said adjacent walls, whereby to prevent separation of each cellular component from its associated, container portion when severing on said line through the container.

5. A severable holder for eggs and the like comprising a filler means having transverse walls defining ,two cellular components of said filler. means, an enclosure independent of the filler means extending over the top and bottom of the cells thereof, means forming a line of severance transversely of the enclosure, and tongue means interlocking each cellular component of the filler means with the enclosure/to dispose said transverse walls of said filler means one on each side of said line of severance, whereby to prevent separation of each cellular component ofgthe filler means from its associated enclosure portion when severing on said line through the enclosure.

. LEON BENOIT.

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