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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM B. VAN HUTTON, OF BRENHAM, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-
FOURTH TO AUGUST C. H. SCHWEISS, OF SAME PLACE.
FOLDING CRATE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,877, dated September 12, 1882.
Applic nation filed July 42, 1882 . (No mode.)To all ivhom tt may concern:
Be it known that I, W. B. VAN HUTTON, of
Blenham, ill the county of Washington and
State of Texas, have invented certain new andi
5 useful Imuprovemients in Folding Crates; and
I do hereby declare that the following is a full,
clear, and exact description of the invention,
which will enable others skilled in the art to
which it appertains to make and use the same,
ro refet ence being had to the accompanying draw-
ings, which form a part of this specification,
and in which-
Figure I is a longitudinal vertical section of
my improved folding crate. Fig. 2 is a verti-
i5 cal Iralnsver.e section of tile same on line a x
in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view
of one corner of the crate. Fig. 4 is a longi-
tudinal sectional view of the crate knocked
down for shipping, and Fig. 5 is a cross-see-
20 tion through the folded crate on lille y y in
Fig. 4. .
Singular letters of reference indicate corre-
sponding parts in all the figures.
ily invention has relation to knockdown-
25 crates for shiping fruit, eggs, vegetables, and
other merchandise; and it consists in the im-
proved construction and combination of parts
of the same, as hereinafter more fully described
and claimed.
30 The bottom of my improved crate consists
of a shallow box, A. the ends a a of which pro-
ject slightly above its sides a' and a'. About
midway in the bottom of the box are cleats b
b, for the insertion of the removable partition
35 B, and at opposite ends of the box are cleats
or ledges e c, which form supports for a false
bottom, C, made in two pieces, and the inner
ends of which rest upon cleats ' on the cen-
tral partition, B. The sides D D of the body
40 of the crate are hinged to the fixed sides a' a'
of the bottom, so as to fold inwardly, and the
end pieces, E E, are similarly hinged to the
ends a a of the bottom. Both the sides and
ends are made with openings e, covered with
45 wire cloth or perforated metal, so as to permitof the ventilation of the interior of the crate
when desired ; but these openings may be
closed by shutters foa the inside, which, when
used, are held in place by turn-buttons or other
suitable means. The folding sides D D have 50
cleats g for holding tile central partition, 3,
in place, and are also provided in opposite ends
with hooks H, which etigage staples h, affixed
upon the folding ends E E.
F is the cover, the ltanges F' of n liich over- 55
lap the body of the crate, and is held in place
thereon by hooks I on the inside of its end
flanges, which engage eyes or staples i i on
the outside of the folding ends E E. When
the crate is knocked down for shipping the re- 6o
movable partition B is placed flat in one end
of the bottom, after tw hich the hinged sides D
D are folded down over it, and the hinged ends
E E are in turn folded down over these. By
reference to the cross-section, Fig. 5, It will be 65
seen that thefoldingends have cleat or flanges
E' E' on opposite sides, which, xwthen the crate
is knocked down, will bear against the hinged
ends of the sides D D, and thus relieve the
hinges from strain during transportation or 70
shipping. Finally tlihefllnged coverF is placed
over the whole and held in place by looking
its end hooks, I, into eyes or staples i' on the
outside of the fixed end pieces, a a.
Having thus described my invention, I claim 75
and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the
United States-
The combination of the box A, having trans-
verse bottom cleats, b, and cleats c upon the
inside of its ends, with the binged sides D, 80
having cleats g, the knockdown partition B,
having cleats ', and the false bottom pieces,
C, as set forth.
In testimony that I claim the fotegoing as
my own 1 have hereunto affixed my signature 85
in presence of two witnesses.
WILLIAMI BRlUNO YAN HUTTION.
Witnesses:
JAcoB NET,
S. VORDEPRKUNZ.
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Van Hutton, William B. Folding Crate., patent, September 12, 1882; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170408/m1/3/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.