‘Dec..8 1942.
H. w. FINN HAL
HAMPER MANUFACTURE
Filed ‘July :51, 1940
2,304,683
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2 Sheets-Sheet 1
Dec. 8, 1942.
H. w. FINN ETAL
2,304,683
HAMPER MANUFACTURE
Fmdé July 51. 1940
2 Sheets-Sheet 2
sachets
nan MANUFA a - r:
Harry W. Finn and William H. Gray, Monroe,
Mich, assignors to Consolidated Paper Com
pany, Monroe, Mich, a corporation of Michigan
Application done 31, 1940, Serial No. 3%,7'78
3 Claims. -(Cl. 224-45)
cutout H, which in the set-up position for these
scorings t as adjacent permits the de?ned por
tion I!) to swing out of its opening i2 through the
cutout il in providing a complete hand hold for
‘This invention relates to compartment-provid
ing carriers of the portmanteau form, especially
for isolating separate containers of the type of
beverage bottles.
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the grip. .
This invention has utility when incorporated in
partition and stalls with a grip upwardly there
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Referring to the drawings:
Fig. i is‘a perspective viewin set-up position
beyond the grip portions 8 are partition portions
10 "adapted to come into parallelism in the set-up
of an embodiment of the invention in a carrier,
say for a half dozen beverage bottles;
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank or strip for
the hamper or carrying case of Fig. l;
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Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the assembled
' collapsed strip in readiness to be set up into the
carrier of Fig. 1;
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Fig. 1i is a fragmentary detail view showing the
spread between the partition sections in shifting
the wing toward stall forming position;
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of an embodiment
of the invention as a hamper for cylindrical type
of container in lieu oi special double swell type
to which the device of Fig. 1 is more particularly
adapted;
Fig. 6 is a plan view of the strip or ‘blank for
the hamper of Fig. 5;
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the scoring 5 in the shoulder regions ‘i there are
dows or cutouts i3. From the scoring t as
ward abutting relation to provide bottle spacing
ram.
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Adjacent the scoring 5 and extending toward
paper board strip units with the ends foldable to;
hereunder. As these partition portions it are
opposite or depend from the grip portions 8 there
is register therebetween for window is in the re
gion of the windows is, thus leaving relative
’ clearway in the hamper above the sides ii. The
extent of this partition it may be that of the
vanes 01’ the shoulders ‘5 plus the sides ii, there
by abutting the scoring i in'the position for the
bottom sections 3, d, to be in a common plane
with a row way on each side of this two ply pan
tition it. This partition it has wing-defining
portions It with hinge ll, locking tongue l8,
past such hinge as de?ned. Cutout it permits
access to this wing it to swing it out of its win
dow 2d and as so swung outward thetongue it
will ride on the companion partition, is until
this tongue in may snap against the face ‘of the
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companion wing it. Accordingly, as the pair of
wings adjacent are moved into position at approx
Fig. '7 is a view of the strip of Fig. 8 in col~
imately right angles to thepartition portions id,
lapsed assembled position ready to be set up into 30 there is an automatic locking of these wings as ,
the hamper of Fig. 5, parts being broken away;
stall-providing portions so coacting that contain
and
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er or bottle it may not be in direct contact, and ,
Fig. 8 is a detail view showing the bottle in
position and with the swinging oi’ the wing at
spreading partition for the wing to co
to stall
there isthus avoidance of any rubbing action to
forming position.
In the instance of ‘the special type of container
‘it having bottom enlargement 22, there is sup
plemental holding action against shifting of the
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m the carrying out of the invention herein,
strip stock, say of paper board, box board or the
like, may be used as the basis for the blank. In
mar the container, bottle, or any marking which
may be thereon.
container as to the row. This, at the base 22,
practice two ply pasted paper board of .036" has 40 may be e?ected by windows or ports 23 cen
been found acceptable not only for the formation
trally of the respective stalls and from the score
but in the calendared base, at least one thereof to
receive advertising or printing notation. This
strip sheet stock blank of paper board may have
scoring i medially thereof, with parallel scorings
2 therefrom in locating row portions 3 for the
bottom. Thereirom parallel opposing riser sides
1 I’d extend to scoring 5. Parallel with the scoring
‘ b is scoring 6 and between these scorings 5, 6 are
located shoulder portions ‘i, which, in set-up posi
tion, may be inclined toward each other to meet
at the scoring 8 and there have grip portions b
extend from such scorings t. One of these grip
portions 8 has hinge 8 for de?ning tongue it.
Gompanion or complementary grip portion a has be
lines 2 rising away from the bottom and along
the sides 43 for rigidly keying or holding the bot‘
tles apart. This means that this enlarged por
tion 22 of the bottle it is seated in the port 253
against readily shifting outward even in careless
handling of this charged hamper. Upwardly ex
tending or reduced neck portion 2% of the con- '
tainer 2i may extend through the window is of
the shoulder and thereby provide adequate hold
ing means for the bottles or containers, in the
event the more accurate holding attained by the
ports 23 be omitted.
In the carrying out of this invention, the
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strip of Fig. 2 may have the blanking-out for the
approaching the scoring I. At such position, to
windows I3, H, is, as well as the ports 23 when
such are in order, the de?ning for the grip l0,
place in readiness for receiving the halt dozen
bottles, the operator may thrust hands in the
windows It and simultaneously shift the tour
wings I6 into perpendicular position as to the
partition H’. In so doing, the tongues I8, ll’,
of the respective hampers snap past the hinge
portions i1 01 the stalls and thus readily lock the
wings l8, and tongues l8, the scorings I, 2, 5,
6, l1.
Openings 59 leave full form for the re
spective wings l8.
Assembly is effected by ad- '
hesive 2‘? binding at the free or upper portions of
the grip portions and at binding 28 between the
portions M as opposing each other and adjacent
the score lines 6.
bottle carrier or carton in set-up position to
There is accordingly sealing
receive the bottles.
In this set-up the extent of
only at above and below the sides oi the region
the stalls is su?icient to space the bottles against
of the grip. In this set-=up, .the assembled
any rubbing action directly of one bottle as to an
hamper may be stored or shipped in the ?at
adjacent bottle, whether at the wing portions I!
or at the partition l4’.
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(Fig. 3). This is a compact, substantial, knock
down position for the assembled device. As 15' What is claimed and it is desired to secure by
occasion arises for use, one may take hold of
United States Letters Patent is:
the grip, thrust through to shift the portion III
1. A hamper strip comprising a medial bottom-'
providing portion, a. pair of opposing parallel
sides extending upwardly from the bottom, a pair
on its hinge 9 into the companion window or.
opening II in completing the hand hold. Then
by setting the container to bring the bottom 20 of shoulders inclined from the sides remote from
I portions 8, 3, into alignment, the hamper is in
the bottom, a pair 0! grip sections from adjacent
set-up position as to the partitions M. At this ' the strip termini beyond the shoulders, together
time it is proper to engage the wing 86 by way
completing a hand hold, and strip termini parti~
of the clearance opening l9 and swing the wings
tion portions dependable from the shoulders ad
as registering, outward into stall-forming position.
jacent the hand hold, said grip portions being
This springs the partition portions M away from
swingable out from the shoulders to leave a clear
each other until the tongues it come into reg
istering or looking holding position with the com
way window in the partition below the shoulders. '
2. A hamper strip comprising a medial bottom
panion wings.
providing portion, a pair 01’ opposing parallel
sides extending upwardly from the bottom, a‘
pair of shoulders inclined from the sides remote
The hamper is thus completed
' ready to have, the respective bottles inserted
through the windows l8, say three on each side
for the half dozen set-up oi’ this hamper. When
the delivery is completed, in the event it be de
sired to conserve the container, it is only neces
sary, as the bottles are removed, to collapse the
hamper into the ?at and retain such for subse
quent use.
In the instance there ‘be latitude for such type
- from the bottom, a grip section from each shoul
der beyond the shoulder, said two grip sections
being assembled to complete a hand hold, strip
termini beyond the grip sections forming abutting
partition portions dependable from theshoulders
adjacent the hand hold, and a pair of oppositely
swingable wings from the partition portions, a
of carrier as omits the ports 23, there may he
wing on one partition portion having a projecting
purpose in completing terminal stalls of the 40 tongue adapted to engage the opposite wing to
respective rows. To such end, the partition H’
hold the pair of wings at an angle away from
may have strips 29 therefrom anchored by ad
hesive 30 with the inner portions of the sides I
(Fig. 8). This means there is an effective re
tention against and spill of a terminal container
the partition.
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3. A hamper strip comprising a medial bottom»
providing portion, a pair of opposing parallel
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or bottle 3| even as non-swell or cylindrical as to
sides extending upwardly from the bottom, a
pair of shoulders inclined from the sides remote
its base portion.
- from the bottom, a grip section toward each
Cutout Ii’ (Figs. 5, 6, 7) oiiers resistance to
terminus of the strip from each shoulder beyond
the rounded end of the tongue is as thrust
the shoulder, said two grip sections being assem
through or out of its rounded end opening I 2 50 bled to complete a hand hold, “strip termini be
and into this cutout ii’. Accordingly, in this
yond the grip sections forming abutting partition
form there is this additional holding of the
portions dependable from the shoulders adjacent
tongue as thrust through into the three ply hand
the hand hold, and oppositely swingable' register“
hold portion 0! the grip. '
ing- wings hinged to the respective partitions,
Tongues it’ are desirably of rounded corners 55 there being a projecting tongue irornvone of the
at their free ends and of a transverse dimension
wings adapted to engage an adjacent wing tor
sui?ciently substantial to key the stall, and these
the pair of wings to extend at an angle to form,
may be even of dissimilar extent.
With the
loop inposition set up to have the grip upper~
most and the bottom portions 8, 3, in a common
plane, then the partition M’ is theretowardr 60
with the partition, stalls in the hamper for spac- I
ing articles.
HARRY W. FINN.
WILLIAM H. GRAY.