US977292A - Display-card. - Google Patents

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R. GAIR.

DISPLAY GARD.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 1909.

Patented Nov. 29, 1910.

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Be it known that l, ROBERT GAIR, a. citi; zen of the United States, residing atBrOok-A lyn, in the county.v of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Display-Cards, of'which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the manner in which articles to be displayed are attached to cards. Heretofore such attachment was made by means of elastic bands, glue vor other manner. According'to this invention the articles. to be displayed such as cartons,

. f, or boxes have a flap or flapsfor insertion in `body of the car ticles.v are retained in position. The slots a slot or\ slots (properly spaced upon the By these means the ararev in such proportion to the flaps as to cause the latter to wedge and lit snugly.

card with articles attached accord' invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional-side e evation This invention is set forth inthe follow- 'ing specification and claim and illustrated in the annexed drawing in which 'Figure 1 shows a face View of a display of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a -perspective view of -a box or carton Fig'- 4 shows the box in fiator unfolded condition.

In this drawing'thedetter a indicates the card. Thecard has slots b. 4-A box is shown at c having flaps d e for closing 1n the usual manner. An additional Hap f is adapted to engage a corresponding slit b to hold the box attached to the card. This additional v lap .f is shownvperforated or has a rip Specification of Letters atent.

Application med July 7, 1909. serial No. 506,34.

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Patented Non 29,1910.

Vferred to are for the purpose of permitting thelaps to tear off when ythe box is removed from thecard. Such'an additional or connecting Hap fNcan be appliedat each endofv the box. When the flaps are removed or the boxtorn oifthe latter presents a box Vof or- -dina appearance.

c aim A- As a new article of manufacture, a box shaped from a single piece of flexible cardboard, comprising lateral upper and lower` flaps, front upper andl lower supplemental line g. Y The-'perforations g. on the flap re-I flaps, both' series of flaps forming ankintegralxcontinuation of the'sides and front wall of the box, said front flaps .beinfgr adapted to overlap the side fiaps while theend of each ap is bent inwardly to engage lthe .innerportion' of the rear wall of the box` and corfstitute a/secure closure; and attach ing upper and-lower aps formed integral with and projecting Vhorizontally from the. Crear wall of the box adapted for engagementwith a support, each ofsaid flaps having aperforated part located at its junction with the rear wall whereby thegbox cam-be ripped from the support.

In testimony whereof Iv have lhereunto setmyhand in the presence of two` subscribing witnesses.

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I Witnesses:`

S.'BEATrm, Jr.,

WILLIAM ROEGELE.

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