US2829778A - Utility stand for suction cleaner tools - Google Patents

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April s, 1958 G. F. CARABET 2,829,778

UTILITY STAND FOR SUCTION CLEANER TOOLS Filed Feb. 10. 1955 1 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 April 8, 1958 G. F. CARABET UTILITY STAND FOR SUCTION CLEANER TOOLS Filed Feb. 10. 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 .wR .1 ,3 Q g m m m mklillll- NQG mm km UTILITY STAND FOR SUCTION CLEANER TOOLS George F. Carabet, North Canton, Ohio, assignor to The Hoover Company, North Canton, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application February 1955, Serial No.-487,252 1 Claim. (Cl. 2119-60) The present invention relates to tool kits and more particularly to a container for storing nozzles and wands used with suction cleaners.

An object of the invention resides in constructing a tool kit with a front wall opening for insertion of cleaning tools within the kit and an exposed top shelf to receive other cleaning tools. Another object is to provide a tool kit formed from a single blank having few score lines to fold the blank into a kit' having an opening for inserting cleaning tools onto a shelf enclosed within the kit. Other objects and advantages of the invention will ired States Patent become apparent from the following description and drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly broken away, of the assembled tool kit, and

Figure 2 is a plan view of the blank showing the cuts and scored lines prior to forming into a tool kit.

The embodiment of the invention herein disclosed is constructed from a single blank 10 of corrugated or other suitable paperboard. The blank is scored along longitudinal lines 11, 12, 13 and 14 parallel to theedges 15 and 16 of the blank, and is cut at 17, 18 and 19 to provide fivepanels 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25.

Arear wall 26 is formed in theback panel 21 between theblank edge 15, fold line 11 and spaced transverse score lines 27 and 28. Aback bottom wall 29 is hinged to therear wall 26 at the fold line 27 and is separated from the side panel 22 'by the cut 17. Formed in the interior surface of theback wall 26 is a lanced locatingrecess 39. Attached to therear wall 26 at the fold line 28 and above theedge 30 of theside panel 22 is ahandle forming portion 31 formed in twoparts 32 and 33 by a perforated score line 34, along which the parts are folded and stapled together at 35 to form a doublewalled handle 36. Each of the parts 32-33 is provided with an opening 37 which are aligned when the parts are secured together to provide an opening 38 for the users hand to grip thehandle 36.

Aside wall 40 is formed from theside panel 22 between itsupper edge 30, the longitudinal fold lines 11 and 12, and alower fold line 41, the latter providing a hinged connection for aside flap 42 formed by the cuts 17 and 18. Asimilar side wall 43 is formed in thepanel 24 between itsupper edge 44, longitudinal fold lines 13-14 and alower score line 45. Anotherside flap 46 is hinged by the fold line to theside Wall 43 and is separated from thepanel 24 by aout line 19.

Afront wall 48 is formed in thepanel 23 between the longitudinal fold lines 12-13 andtransverse fold lines 49 and 50, the latter being perforated score lines. Abottom wall 51 is hinged to thefront wall 48 by thefold line 49 and is separated from the side panels 22-24 by thecuts 18 and 19 respectively. An opening 53 for access to the interior of the kit is formed by arectangular portion 54 removed from thefront wall 48 by threecut lines 55, 56 and 57, and is hinged to the front wall by aperforated score line 58. A slit score line 59 forms ice . 2 theportion 54 into two sections 60 and 61, thesection 6.0 being folded on theline 58 and arranged along the interior of thefront wall 48, and the section 61 folded on the line 59 and arranged between thebottom walls 29 and 51.

The portion of thefront panel 23 above thefold line 50 is formed in threesections 65, 66 and 67 by lanced and scoredlines 63 and 64. Thesection 65 is folded on thelines 50 and 63 for arrangementalong the interior of thefront wall 48, and thesection 66 folded on the lines 63 and 64to form ashelf 68 between thefront andrear walls 48 and --26 respectively. In thefold line 64 is acut tab 69 which seats in the locatingrecess 39 to position theshelf 68 during assembly. Thetop section 67 is folded on theline 64 to project upwardly from theshelf 68 and along the interior surface of theback wall 26 to the fold line 28.

A plurality of openings 71 and 72 are formed at opposite ends of theshelf 68 for passage of cleaning wands into engagement with the base of the kit. Openings 71 and 72 are formed byarcuate cuts 73 and 74 which join thefold lines 63 and 64 respectively, and thecut material 75 of the hole 72 projects downwardly along theflap panel 25, and theother material 76 along thefront wall 48. Twoother openings 77 and 78 are cut in theshelf 68.

In order to form the tool kit the blank 10 is folded along the lines 11, 12, 13 and 14 and theside panel 25 is secured bystaples 80 or cement to and inwardly of therear wall 26 along theedge 15 to form a rectangular body which can thereafter be collapsed fiat to consome less shipping space. The opening 53 is formed by folding the portion 60 on theline 58 along the interior of thefront wall 48. Theside flaps 42 and 46 are folded on thelines 41 and 45 respectively inwardly of theside walls 40 and 43, and therear bottom wall 29 is then folded on the line 27, thereafter thefront bottom wall 51 and the portion 61 are folded along thelines 49 and 59 respectively to complete the base of the kit. The bottom wall structure is then secured together bystaples 81. The upper portion of thefront panel 23 is folded along thelines 50, 63 and 64 to arrange theportion 65 along the interior of thefront wall 48, theportion 66 forming theshelf 68, and theportion 67 extending along therear wall 26 to the fold line 28 and overlying the upper portion of theside panel 25. During this folding operation the locatingtab 69 engages therecess 39 to position theshelf 68 and thus theportion 67 so that the latter can be secured to theback wall 26 bystaples 82.

It will be noted that theshelf 68 is supported from thefront wall 48 by theportion 65 depending from thefold line 50 and also provides a barrier above the shelf to retain the cleaning tools thereon. Thebottom walls 29 and 51 form abase 84 to support the kit vertically and also provide a support for the cleaning tools inserted through the openings 71 and 72 in theshelf 68 and through the front opening 53 into the kit. The cleaning nozzles are supported on thebase 84 and theshelf 68, and the defining edges of the openings 71 and 72 support the wands in upright position on thebase 84. Thehandle 36 may be folded on the line 28 to overlie theshelf 68 for shipping purposes and to retain the tools on the shelf.

While I have shown and described but one embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that this embodiment is to be taken as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense. I do not Wish to be limited to the particular structure shown and described but to include all equivalent variations except as limited by the scope of the claim.

3 I claim: A kit adapted to store suction cleaner tools and formed .from a single blank of paperboard comprising a rear wall, a first side wall, a front wall and a second side inwardly therealong and then extending rearwardly to said back wall to form an exposed shelf for tools and a doubled wall portion above said shelf, and said upper front wall portion attached to said back wall.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 940,451 Ferry Nov. 16, 1909 1,352,759 Markert Sept. 14, 1920 2,043,791 Barron June 9, 1936 2,324,232 Pantalone July 13, 1943 2,617,578 Fischer Nov. 11, 1952 2,688,408 Binggely Sept. 7, 1954

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