United States Patent: 3552636

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United States Patent	3,552,636
Geary	January 5, 1971

BOX FOR TYPEWRITER CARBON PAPER

Abstract

A box for holding carbon paper is made in two sections connected by a tear strip. The two sections are identical. Each has an integral pocket formed by flaps at the two ends and along one side of the base portion of the section. A plurality of carbon sheets can be held in each pocket. In use, the two sections are separated from one another by tearing away the connecting tear strip; and both sections can then be stored on the tilted partitions of a typist's desk drawer for ready access to and return of the carbon sheets to the box section.

Inventors:	Geary; Joseph E. (Rochester, NY)
Assignee:	Knee Lox Manufacturing Company (Rochester, NY)
Appl. No.:	04/768,741
Filed:	October 18, 1968

Current U.S. Class: 229/120.011 ; 206/215; 229/238

Current International Class: B42F 7/14 (20060101); B42F 7/00 (20060101); B65d 005/54 ()

Field of Search: 229/51Div,51As,51Is 206/57,63,45,11 229/72,73

References Cited [Referenced By]

U.S. Patent Documents


900751	October 1908	Lockwood
1151442	August 1915	Crull
1906742	May 1933	Coulapides
2046484	July 1936	Ringler
2085649	June 1937	Gluck

Primary Examiner: Leclair: Joseph R.
Assistant Examiner: Garrett: James R.

Claims

I claim:

1. A box for holding carbon paper comprising:

two sections connected by a tear strip;

each section comprising a rectangular base portion, two parallel sidewalls projecting perpendicularly above two parallel marginal edges of the base portion of the section, a sidewall projecting perpendicularly above one of the other two marginal edges of the base portion, and frame portions extending from said sidewalls part way only over said base portion to form with said sidewalls and base portion a pocket for holding carbon paper, which pocket is open along the fourth marginal edge of the base portion; and

said tear strip connecting the two sections along said fourth marginal edge of the two base portions, whereby removal of said tear strip leaves two separate containers, each for holding carbon paper.

2. A box for holding carbon paper comprising:

a single sheet scored intermediate its ends along two parallel lines to form two sections and a tear strip connecting the two sections;

each section having a base portion of generally rectangular shape and being folded upwardly along two parallel marginal side edges of its base portion and along a third marginal edge thereof remote from the tear strip to provide two parallel sidewalls connected by a third wall remote from said tear strip;

each sidewall being folded to form a flap thereon overlying only the parts of the base portion of the respective section, which are adjacent the respective marginal edges thereof whereby said sidewalls and flaps form with the base portion of each section a pocket open at the fourth marginal edge of the respective section; and

said tear strip connecting the two sections along these fourth marginal edges of the two base portions, whereby removal of the tear strip leaves two separate containers, each for holding carbon paper.

3. A box as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

the flaps on the two parallel sidewalls of a section are parallel to one another and disposed at opposite ends of perpendicular to, the other flap of the section;

each of the two parallel flaps of a section has a generally triangular portion at the end remote from the perpendicular flap; and

the triangular portions of the two sections being connected to their respective flaps along score lines so that the triangular portions may be bent under the section or torn away.

Description

The present invention relates to containers and more particularly to containers for carbon paper.

The conventional box for holding carbon paper has a bottom section in which perhaps 50 sheets of carbon paper are held, and a top or cover section, which encloses the bottom section around all four sides and the top when the box is closed. The top section is usually scored transversely so that part of it can be bent up onto the rest of the top section so that the typist can readily have access to the carbon paper in the box. This kind of box, however, does not lend itself readily to use in the modern typist's desk where the paper, which is to be typed, and the carbon paper are stored in drawers on slanting partitions for ready access. With this type of box, the typist has to remove the carbon paper from the box to store it in such a drawer.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a container for carbon paper which will permit the paper to be stored readily in a desk drawer on a slanting partition, and will allow ready access to the paper for use, and quick and easy return of the carbon paper, after use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a container of the character described which will be convenient to use, and relatively inexpensive.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent hereinafter from the specification and claims particularly when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a box or container made according to one embodiment of this invention, and showing the box or container in partially opened position;

FIG. 2 is a plan view on an enlarged scale showing the box fully opened;

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary plan view on a still further enlarged scale showing how the box may be separated into two separate sections; and

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary section on the line 4-4 of FIG. 3 looking in a direction of the arrows.

Referring now to the drawing by numerals of reference, 10 designates generally a box made according to this invention. This box comprises two identical sections 11 and 12 which are united along their adjacent marginal edges by a tear strip 14.

Each box section comprises a base portion 16, and integral sidewalls 17, 18 and 19. The walls 17 and 19 are parallel to one another, and the wall 19 is perpendicular to the walls 17 and 19 and connects both.

Overlying each base, and spaced therefrom, to form a pocket therewith is a three-sided framelike portion 20 formed by flaps 22, 23 bent over from the base to be spaced therefrom. Flap 22 overlies flaps 23 and 25; but flaps 23 and 25 project parallel to one another beyond the intermediate flap 22 at opposite ends of the flap 22. The framelike portion 20 is integral with the walls 17, 18 and 19. In fact, the box may be made from cardboard or plastic, all in one piece.

At their free extremities, the flaps 23 and 25 have inclined end surfaces 27 and 29; and adjacent their end surfaces 27 and 29 the flaps 23 and 25 may be scored along lines 31 and 33, respectively, so that the approximately triangular portions formed between lines 27 and 31 and the adjacent portion of the wall 17 and by the surface 29 and score portion 23 and the adjacent portion of the wall 19 may be torn away or bent underneath an opened section 11, 12 to tilt the section in a drawer and allow greater freedom of access to the carbon paper C which may be kept stored in the box section.

The box sections themselves will preferably be made of cardboard. The tear strip 14 may also be made of cardboard, and be, as manufactured, integral with the base portions 16 of the two sections of the box. In fact, the box may initially be made all in one piece with the tear strip connected to the base portions 16 along score lines 35, 36. The tear strip, however, will be preferably reinforced with a piece of fabric 37, one end, at least, of which 38, may project beyond the adjacent ends of the box sections so that it can be grasped by the typist to tear the tear strip, along the scored lines 35 and 36 away from the box sections, thereby to separate the box sections from one another.

The box section will be sold with a plurality of carbon sheets C in each box section, held therein by the pocket formed by the retaining frame 20 and the base 16 of the section. For sale the box sections will be disposed one on top of the other; and the thus closed box may be encased in a closely fitting polyethylene or other clear plastic wrapper.

For use, the tear strip 14 is torn away by pulling on the fabric end 38, to divide the box into its two sections, each of which can be placed on a slanted partition in a drawer of the typist's desk for ready access to the carbon paper which is in the box section. As previously stated, the triangular-shaped tear portions 32 and 34 at the top and bottom of each retaining frame 20 can be torn away, or they can be bent underneath their respective separated sections to tilt the section more in the drawer so that the carbon paper can more readily be removed from and returned to each box section.

While the invention has been described in connection with a specific embodiment thereof, it will be understood that it is capable of further modification, and this application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice in the art to which the invention pertains and as may be applied to the essential features hereinbefore set forth, and as fall within the scope of the invention or the limits of the appended claims.

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Current U.S. Class:	229/120.011 ; 206/215; 229/238
Current International Class:	B42F 7/14 (20060101); B42F 7/00 (20060101); B65d 005/54 ()
Field of Search:	229/51Div,51As,51Is 206/57,63,45,11 229/72,73