US907919A - Box-lid clamp. - Google Patents

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- o. J. TURNER. BOX LID GLAMP. APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT VoEEicE.

CHARLES J. TURNR, OF MONTICELLO, IOWA.l

i BOX-L11) CLAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

Application lcd April 29, 1908. `Serial. No. 429,855.

efficient box lid clamp, designe( for use on various sizes and kinds ol" `boxes, suoli as cigar boxes, cracker boxes and the like, and

capable of being readily applied to and removed from a box and adapted to support the lid of the box at the desired inclination for advantageously displaying the brand of rdcigar, or other advertising matter on the A further object of the invention is to pro vide a box lid clamp of this character, adapted to eliminate the inclined brace often employed in such devices and extend- 'ing from the upper edge of the box to the lid and often interfering with either the reinoval of a box from the show case and the replacing of the box in the same.

With these and other objects in view, the

'invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims here to appended, it being understood that various'clianges in the form, proportion, size and minor details ot'construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing Figure l is a pers ective View ol' a boxlid clamp, constructe in accord-ance with this invention and shown applied to a cigar box. Fig. 2 is an end elevation partly in section. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the box lid clamp. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures ot thedrawing.

The box lid-.clamp includes a pair of angu- Y larlyl related clips 1 and 2, connected by angular-ly disposed pintles 3 and 4 consisting preferably of a rod,'bent'intermediately of its ends to foi-1n two angularly disposed portions. The pintles 3 and 4 are adapted to lie against one of the end edges of the lid 50i a box 6, and the other pintle' Alies against the upper edge of the adjacent end of the box 6.

ri`he pintle may be arranged at an angle for supporting thelid at any inclination to display the contents of the box and also adver tising matter contained on the lid.

Each clip consists of two sides or jaws 7, and a connecting cylindrical portion 8, forming a spring bend and providing an eye i'or the reception of one of the pintle rods, which is preferably provided at its ends with suitable heads) to retain the clips on it. The sides or jaws 7, which are adapted to yieldably clamp the box or the lid,l are .preferably semi-circular, as shown, and are provided with openings l() to lighten the construction,

`but the clips, which may be constructed ol' any suitable sheet metal, may have their sides strengthened or reinforced by grooving, corrugating, concaving, dishing, or in 'any other well known manner to stillen the sides or jaws to adapt the device to the character of the box to which it is to be applied. The clips, which are hingedly connected by the pintle rod, may be of any desired size as the device is applicable to various kinds of boxes, such as cigar boxes, cracker boxes, work boxes, etc., and it may be readily transferred from one box to another. The sides of the clip 1 embrace the end of the lid 5, one of thev sides or jaws engaging the front face of the lid, and the other the rear face thereof. The other clip 2 stiaddles the end ol' the box, one side of the jaw being arranged on the inner face of the end ol' the box and the other on the outer lace of the same.

As the cylindrical connecting portions or eyes of the clips are arranged contiguous to the edges of the lid and the box, the device does not project materially therefrom, and it enables a box to'be readily handled in placing in and removing itfroin the case. The end of a box to which the device is applied may be graped with the saine facility as the opposite en and the'deviee will not interfere with the ready removal ofthe contents of the box. Instead of connecting the clips by means of a pintle rod, a connecting rod polygonal in cross sectioninay be use Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is zt 1. A box lid clamp including a pair of angularly disposed pintles connected at their adjacent ends and arranged to lie contiguous to and Iextend along the upper edge of one end of a box and one endpof the lid when the lat ter is open, and pivotal clips provided with eyes arranged on the pintles and provided with means for engaging the box and the lid.

2. A box lid clamp including a pintle rod bent at an intermediate point to provide two angularlyrelated portions arranged to extend along the upper edge of one end of a box and along one end of the lid when the latter is open, and pivotal clips having eyes through which the pintle rod passes.

3. A box lid clamp including a pintle rod bent at an intermediate point to provide angularly related portions arranged to extend along the upper edge of one end of a box and one end edge of the lid thereof, and pivotal clips having eyes to receive the pintle rods and provided with jaws for engaging the' box and the lid.

4. A box lid clam including a pintle rod having angularly re ated portions arranged neeting cylindrical portion forming a spring bend and receiving the pintle rod.

5. A box lid clamp including a connecting 1 rod having angularly related arms or portions arranged to extend along the upper edge of one end of a box and one end of the lid thereof, and a pair of clips pivotally mounted on the angularly related arins or portions of the connecting rod and composed of jaws and connecting bends embracing the connecting rod.

'In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed niy signature l in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES J. TURNER. Witnesses:

J. J. LOCHER, Trios. M. RnDMoND.

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