US800038A - Frame for trunks, &c. - Google Patents

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PATENTBD SEPT. 19, 1905.

0. D. WHITE.

FRAME FOR TRUNKS, (50.

umlmlllllhl No. 800,038'l PATENTED SEPT. 19. 1905. 0. D. WHITE.

FRAME POR TRUNKS, 65o. APPLIUATION Hmm JUNI: 10,1904.

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y with my invention.

UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

-ORVANDO D. WHITE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, VASSIGrNOR TO ANGELINA SYBILLA WHITE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FRAME FOR TRUNKS, &G.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 19, 1905.

Application led .Tune 10, 1904. Serial No. 211,908.

T0 a/ZZ w'tmrz, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORvANDo D. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Frames for Trunks, &c., of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatesto frames for trunks, boxes, and like articles; and the object of the invention is to provide a light and cheap but strong and durable construction of this character which may be of standard dimensions and sizes and which may be made in sections to be shipped in knockdown form, so that it may be readily assembled by the manufacturer with panels or boards forming the body of the completed article.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings and then pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a trunk or box made in accordance Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View through one of the corner-posts and showing in plan view one of the associated bottom strips. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing a portion of a bottom strip and panel in connection with a form of corner-plate that may be employed. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the top strip of the lid associated with its vertical and horizontal panels. Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the bottom of the lid. Fig. 7 is a detailview showing the top of the body of the trunk or box. Fig. 8

vis a sectional view of a modied form of bottom strip for the body of the device with its vertical and horizontal panels. Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view of the form of strip of Fig. 8 in connection with a suitable cornerplate. Fig. 10 is a sectional view of another modified form of bottom strip in connection with the associated panels. Fig. 11 is a detail perspective view of the bottom strip of Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a sectional view of still and Fig. 15 is a detail perspective view of the Strip of Fig. 14.

In the accompanying drawings the trunk or box is composed of a suitable body and'lid 55 of any desired size and shape, it being understood that the lid is suitably secured to the body by means of the usual hinges.

The frame of the body of the device is provided with suitable corner-posts 18, which are preferably metallic, such as malleable iron or cast-steel, and each having wings 19 disposed at right angles at its inner corner and provided at its ends with suitable studs 20, preferably adapted to be headed over in the form of-rivets, all as more fully set forth in application, Serial No. 211,907, filed by me June l0, 1904.

The bottom fra-me of the body is made up of angular corner-plates 21 and suitable intermediate metallic strips. Each of the an-` 7o guiar corner-plates is composed of a rightangular strip, each end portion 22 of which extends preferably six or eight inches from the angle thereof. Each of the angular cornerpieces is provided with a hole or bore 23 in the 7 5 axis of the angle. Each of the end portions thereof is provided with a slot 24, which is open at the free end of the angular portion.

In assembling the parts the studs 20- of the corner-posts are passed through the bores 23 80 of the angular corner-plates and then headed over to secure the parts together, the angular portions of the corner-plates extending in the same direction as and parallel with the wings 19 of the associated corner-posts. The 85 side and end pieces of the bottom frame of the body are composed of suitable metallic strips adapted to coperate with the associated horizontal and vertical panels. These strips may be of various shapes, and in the drawings I have illustrated several different forms thereof. For example, in Figs. 2, 3, and 4 I have shown a strip suitable for this purpose, which comprises an outer vertical flange 25, a lower horizonal portion 26, and an inner vertical fiange 27, these parts forming a substantially open-top groove or channelof such width as to receive the lower edge of the side or end panels t and b, respectively, and of such length as to extend between the several corner-posts to form a receptacle of the size desired. The material at the top of the inner vertical flange 27 is bent bacli: upon itself, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4,

to substantially the level of the portion 26, where it is again bent at a right angle to form the inner horizontal flange 28, adapted to receive the bottom panel or board c of the receptacle. The grooves or slots 24 in the ends of the angular cornerplates 21 are adapted to fit over and receive the vertical flanges 27 of the bottom strips, and the end portions 22 of the corner-plates are of such width as to correspond substantially with the width of the horizontal portions 26 and 28 of the bottom strips. ment of the parts is such that when the bottom strips are assembled in connection with the angular corner plates and posts the inner vertical fianges 27 will be in line with and substantially in extension of the wings 19 of the associated cornerposts and the outer vertical flanges 25 will lie slightly beyond the planes of the outside edges of the corner-posts, as shown in Fig. 8,so that when the side and end panels are in place they will rest in the opentop grooves or channels of the bottom frames with their outer faces substantially flush with the outer faces of the posts, their lower edges resting upon the end portions 22 of the corner-plates. Ihile for economy of production I prefer to cut these bottom strips with all of the ends of their various portions in the same line, Iit is obvious that for completeness of finish it may be desirable to make the outer vertical fianges 25 somewhat longer than the other portions, in practice making them as much longer as is measured by the width of the wings 19` in order to close what would otherwise be gaps between the ends of the flanges 25 and the corner-posts 18. For this purpose the flanges 25 may be provided with extensions 29, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

The upper edges of' the side and end panels of the body of the device may be provided with angular protecting-strips 30, if desired, or they may be left unprotected or otherwise finished.

It is obvious that when the parts thus far described have been assembled in the manner described they constitute an open-top box or receptacle, and it is equally obvious that this device may be provided with a lid or cover of any suitable form. There itis desired to provide a lid or cover other than of flat or plain form, as where some depth is desired, the side and end panels CZ and e, respectively, may be connected together by suitable corner-posts corresponding in outline with the posts 18 of' y the body.

The lower edges of the side and end panels of the lid or cover may be suitably protected, if desired, as by the angular strips 31, which, in effect, are merely the reversal of the strips 30. The side and end panels are united to the top panel by suitable connecting-strips, which may be of any suitable configuration for the purpose in view. In the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, and these connecting-strips are formed with a top vertical wall 32 and a horizontal side wall 33 of greater width than the thickness of the top panel, the material of the horizontal side wall being then bent back upon itself` for a part of the width The relative arrang-V and then bent at a right angle to form a second horizontal wall or fiange 34, the distance between the fianges 32 and 84 being substantially the thickness of the top panel. The parts are assembled in the manner shown in Figs. 2 and 5, the top edges of the side and end panels CZ and @resting .within the angular seats formed by the portions 33 and 34. and the edges of the top panel f resting within the open grooves or channels between the horizontal strips 32 and 34.

It is obvious that the configuration of the various frames may be varied without departing from my invention. For example, in Figs. 8 and 9 I have shown another form of bottom strip which is substantially T-shaped in cross-section. the rib or vertical portion 3 5 of which is adapted to pass within the slots of the associated corner-plates, and the wings or horizontal portions 36 of which are adapted to receive the end portions of the cerner-plates and the edges of the associated panels, as clearly shown in Fig. 8. Also in Figs. 10 and 11 I have shown another form of bottom strip and one which may be employed where it is desired to bring the lower edge of the bottom wall or panel c out fiush with the outer face of the associated vertical panel. In this form the outer portion of' the strip is bent to form an inner horizontal fiange 37 and an inner vertical fiange 38, the material then being bent back upon itself to a level with the flange 37, where it is again extended laterally toform a second horizontal fiange 39, at the outer edge of which the material is again bent parallel with the flange 38 to form a second vertical flange 40, the material then being carried back 39 equal to the thickness of the bottom panel, where it is again bent inwardly and angularly to form the lower flange 42. In this form the anges 38 and 40 form a substantially opentop groove or channel for the vertical panels, as b, and the flange 42, in conjunction with the portions 37 and 39, forms a substantially openside groove or channel for the bottom board or panel c. Another form of bottom strip is shown in Figs. 12 and 13 and which is similar in all respects to the form shown in Fig. 2, except that the bottom fiange 28 is projected inwardly a little farther than inthe form of Fig'. 2 and is there provided with an upturned rib 43, adapted to a suitable groove or kerf in the lower face of the bottom panel, as clearly shown in Fig. 12.

The strips for the top frame of the lid or cover may be varied, and as one illustration of such change I show a form in Figs. 14 and 15. In this construction the strip consists of a substantially horizontal portion 44, adapted to rest upon the top edges of the side and end panels of the cover or lid and provided at its fianges or wings 45 and 46 at substantially right angles thereto and adapted to be assemedges or margins with oppositely-directed IOO upon itself, as at 41, to apoint below the fiange IIO ' posts, corner-plates attached thereto, and

bled in connection with the panels in the manner shown in Fig. 14. p

It is obvious that when rivets or other suitable fasteners are passed through the ends of the strips they will engagek the material of the panels and in most cases also engage two portions of the strips. The corner plates and strips may of course be riveted or otherwise secured together, and thus securelyconnect the entire structure to the corner-posts.

The strips are preferably composed of light band or sheet metal and providel an inexpensive but strong and serviceable frame.

Having described my invention, I claim l. In a device of the class described, cornerstrips connected to the ends of said plates.

2. In a device of the class described, cornerposts, corner-plates attached thereto, and having slots, and strips having ribs adapted to said slots and connected to the plates.

3. In a device of the class described,`corner posts, corner-plates attached thereto, and having open-end slots, and strips having ribs adapted to said slots andco'nnected to the plates. f

4. In a device of the class described, a corner-post having inner wings, a corner-plate attached thereto and having angular ends each provided with a slot, and strips having ribs adapted to said slots and in alinernent with the wings. Y

5. In a device of the class described, cornerposts having inner wings, strips provided with vertical flanges in alinement with the wings and forming seats, and associated horizontal and vertical panels adapted to the'seats.

6. In a device of the class described, cornerposts having wings, vertical and horizontal panels, and a frame having a vertical channel and a horizontal flange for the associated vertical and horizontal panels, one of the walls of the channels being in alinement with the wings.

7. In a device of the class described, cornerposts having inner angular wings, cornerplates having angular ends parallel with the wings, and strips connected to said ends.

8. In a device of the class described, cornerposts having wings, cornerplates having slotted ends, and strips providing a vertical channel and a horizontal flange or shelf, one of the walls of each vertical channel adapted to a slot of the end in alinement with the wings.

9. In a device of the class described, a post, a strip for connecting vertical and horizontal panels bent to form a vertical and a horizontal channel, and a corner-plate connecting the post and strip.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ORVANDO D. WHITE.

Witnesses:

ELIZABETH MoLrroR, J. MoRoBERTs.

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