Combination liner and lid for wirebound container

Claim 2

A lined wirebound container having a rectangular framework of cleats at each end with faceboards stapled to the outer faces of said cleats and extending across the front, bottom and back sides of said container, and end panels stapled to the upper cleats at each end and folded downwardly to close the ends of said container, a drop-in liner member comprising a unitary piece of foldable sheet material divided by transverse lines of scoring into five sections including, in order, three liner sections, a lid section and a closure flap section, said lines of scoring being spaced to coincide with the four corners of said container and said three liner sections having a width (measured transversely of the liner member) approximately equal to the inside length of said container, said liner member being inserted into the open top of the assembled container with said three liner sections lying against the inner faces of the front, bottom and rear side sections, said lid section foldably projecting beyond the upper rear corner of said container, said lid section having a width approximately equal to the outside length of the container and a length (measured lengthwise of the liner member) at least substantially equal to the width of the top of said container, said lid section being folded downwardly to close the top of said container, with the ends of said lid supported on the tops of the upper cleats at the container ends, and said closure flap section being folded down along the front side of said container to close said container.

Claim 3

A container as described in claim 1 in which the width of said flap section (measured transversely of said liner member) is less than the insiDe length of said container whereby said flap portion can be tucked down inside the front side section of said container.

Claim 4

A lined wirebound container having a rectangular framework of cleats at each end with faceboards stapled to the outer faces of said cleats and extending across the front, bottom and back sides of said container, and end panels stapled to the upper cleats at each end and folded downwardly to close the ends of said container, said container being encircled near each end by a binding wire secured to the several container sections by staples driven astride said binding wire, through the face material and into the cleats, with the two ends of each of said binding wire being formed into loop fasteners which are interengaged at the upper front corner of the container, with an intermediate binding wire extending around the front, bottom and rear side sections of the container and secured thereto by staples driven astride said intermediate binding wire and through said face material and clinched against the inner surface thereof, the free end of said intermediate binding wire at the upper edge of the front side section being formed into a loop fastener, a drop-in liner member comprising a unitary piece of foldable sheet material divided by transverse lines of scoring into at least four sections including, in order, three liner sections and a lid section, each of said liner sections having a width (measured transversely of the liner member) approximately equal to the inside length of said container and said lines of scoring being spaced to coincide with the two lower inside corners and the upper rear inside corner of said container, said liner member being inserted into the open top of the assembled container with said three liner sections lying against the inner faces of the front, bottom and rear side sections, said lid section foldably projecting beyond the upper rear corner of said container, said lid section having a width approximately equal to the outside length of the container and a length (measured lengthwise of the liner member) at least substantially equal to the width of the top of said container, whereby said lid section can be folded downwardly to close the top of said container, with the ends of said lid supported on the top of the upper cleats at the container ends, said closure flap being folded downwardly against the outer surface of the front side of the container and having a central hole through which said loop fastener on said intermediate binding wire may be extended and bent downwardly to secure said closure flap section.

Claim 5

A lined wirebound container having a rectangular framework of cleats at each end with faceboards stapled to the outer faces of said cleats and extending across the front, bottom and back sides of said container, and end panels stapled to the upper cleats at each end and folded downwardly to close the ends of said container, said container being encircled near each end by a binding wire secured to the several container sections by staples driven astride said binding wire, through the face material and into the cleats, with the two ends of each of said binding wire being formed into loop fasteners which are interengaged at the upper front corner of the container, with an intermediate binding wire extending around the front, bottom and rear side sections of the container and secured thereto by staples driven astride said intermediate binding wire and through said face material and clinched against the inner surface thereof, the free end of said intermediate binding wire at the upper edge of the front side section being formed into a loop fastener, a drop-in liner member comprising a unitary piece of foldable sheet material divided by transverse lines of scoring into at least four sections including, in order, three liner sections and a lid section, each of said liner sections having a width (measured transversely of the liner member) approximately equal to the inside length of said container and said lines of scoring being spaced to coincide with the two lower inside corners and the upper rear inside corner of said container, said liner member being inserted into the open top of the assembled container with said three liner sections lying against the inner faces of the front, bottom and rear side sections, said lid section foldably projecting beyond the upper rear corner of said container, said lid section having a width approximately equal to the outside length of the container and a length (measured lengthwise of the liner member) at least substantially equal to the width of the top of said container, whereby said lid section can be folded downwardly to close the top of said container, with the ends of said lid supported on the top of the upper cleats at the container ends, said closure flap being folded downwardly against the outer surface of the front side of the container and having a central hole through which said loop fastener on said intermediate binding wire may be extended and bent downwardly to secure said closure flap section.

Claim 6

A container as described in claim 3 in which said loop fastener on said intermediate binding wire normally projects upwardly beyond the upper edge of said front side and said hole is located substantially in alignment with the line of scoring at the upper front corner of said container.

Claim 7

A container as described in claim 3 in which the end portions of said closure flap section at each end of said container are cut away to expose the interengaged loop fasteners at the upper front corners of the container.