Hand-carryable safety package and method of making the same
AssigneeSafety Issue Corporation
InventorPaul T. Jones
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Abstract
A hand-carryable package of metal railroad spikes and method of making the same, wherein the spikes are stacked in layers with the spikes in alternate layers at right angles to each other, providing an interlocking package contents, and a package container comprising a flexible material in a central portion of which the contents are placed and opposed edge portions of the container material are folded upwardly and inwardly to form container top and side walls, a terminal portion of a pair of opposed, inwardly folded edge portions being twisted and connected together to form a bail-like handle for lifting and carrying the package.
Claims35
A method for hand-carrying railroad spikes of the type having a generally square shaft tapered to a wedge-shape at one end thereof and having on the other end an elongated head in the form of a truncated ellipse projecting from a first side of the shaft in the form of a nose having a length about one-half the longer dimension of the truncated ellipse, the head also extending outwardly from a second, opposite side of the shaft in the form of a lip having a length substantially less than the length of the nose, the head having an upper, striking surface and a lower surface provided with a strengthening rib of generally truncated pyramidal shape extending from a junction of the head with the first side of the shaft, outwardly thereof, underneath the nose, and decreasing in thickness outwardly of the spike shaft to a rib terminus adjacent an outermost extremity of the nose, which method comprises:
- a. forming a number of layer of spikes with the projecting noses of the spike heads facing upwardly, away from the bottom of the container;
- b. in each layer, juxtaposing to each other the heads of alternate spikes, whereby at least a portion of the wedge-shaped ends of the spikes are juxtaposed to the lower surfaces of alternate spikes in that layer;
- c. juxtaposing the shaft of an outermost spike in each alternate layer to the strengthening ribs of alternate spikes forming a side wall of an adjacent layer;
- d. in each layer above the lowermost layer of spikes, juxtaposing the lips of the spike heads against an upper and outer corner of the two outermost spikes in the next lower layer, and
- e. packaging the thus-formed layers of spikes, whereby locking together of the layered spikes is facilitated and integrity of the package is maintained during transport and handling.
A method of making a hand-carryable container, comprising:
- a. providing a parison consisting of a container blank of flat, flexible material,
- b. upwardly folding at least two pairs of opposed edge portions of the blank for a distance greater than that required for forming container side walls of a height sufficient to accommodate a solid article or articles contents to be packaged,
- c. then inwardly folding an upper part of each upwardly-folded blank portion to an extent that a leading edge of each inwardly-folded portion of the blank reaches a point substantially coincident with the point of the contents most remote from such leading edge in unfolded condition of the blank, thereby forming container side walls and a container top wall,
- d. twisting each of at least one pair of opposed inwardly folded portions of the blank into a generally cylindrical form, and
- e. detachably securing together such twisted portions to form a handle for hand carrying the container.
A method of packaging articles in a hand-carryable container comprising:
- a. providing a container parison consisting of a flexible sheet material having the shape of a circle or a polygon with an even number of sides;
- b. arranging, in a generally central portion of the sheet, at least one layer of articles to be packaged, thereby providing a package contents having a bottom, top and side wall surfaces defined by exposed surfaces of the articles;
- c. folding opposed edge portions of the sheet first upwardly of the sheet and then inwardly toward the package contents to form package side and top walls;
- d. twisting portions of a pair of inwardly-folded diagonally opposite edge portions of the sheet into a form of handle portions, and
- e. detachably securing together the handle portions to provide a bail-like handle for carrying the package.
A method for making a hand-carryable package for transporting and handling railroad spikes, comprising:
- a. stacking the spikes in a plurality of layers;
- b. arranging the spikes in alternate layers in opposite directions with spike heads forming side walls of the stacked layers, and
- c. enclosing the stacked spikes in a hand-carryable container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.