Cable and parts container

• US 5,642,812 A
• Filed: 08/25/1995
• Issued: 07/01/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Leon A. Hale
• Original Assignee: Leon A. Hale
• Inventors: Hale, Leon A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gehman, Bryon P.
• Application Number:
  US08/519,388
• Time in Patent Office: 676 Days
• Field of Search: 206/395, 206/396, 206/397, 206/389, 206/408, 206/410, 206/303, 242/588.2, 242/588.4, 242/588.6, 242/590, 229/120.15, 229/120.16, 229/120.22
• US Class Current: 206/396
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/5004 formed as an extension of the end closures hollow or recessed end closures B65D5/0245
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/676 on cores
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/5112 Paper or plastic sheet material
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 49/322 Enclosing boxes with supporting means for the package or reel during unwinding

Abstract

A right regular container for mounting a cable reel also includes a flexible integral tongue portion for retaining, securing and protecting small parts and subassemblies to be used when installing a hardwired network such as typically used with computers.

Claims

1. A box for containing parts and a cable reel with cable thereon, the box comprising

a box member having interconnected sides folded to form the box, the box member further comprising a bottom, a top, a front wall, a back wall and a left-side wall and a right-side wall interconnecting with said bottom and said top, a first spindle portion protruding into the interior of the substantially try right regular hollow container through a first hole in said left-side wall, and a second spindle portion protruding into the interior of the substantially right regular hollow container through a second hole in said right-side wall,

a flexible tongue connected to the box member and contained within the box upon folding of the interconnected sides forming the box,

the flexible tongue dividing the box into a first compartment and a second compartment,

the first compartment for holding the cable reel,

the second compartment for holding the parts, and

the second compartment comprising an enclosed space apart from the first compartment, the flexible tongue positioned for retaining the parts in the second compartment.

2. The box of claim 1 wherein the flexible tongue has a length and a plurality of fold lines along its entire length and a plurality of panels formed between the fold lines along its entire length.

3. The box of claim 2 wherein the flexible tongue is flexible along its entire length to assume a shape corresponding to a shape of the cable reel.

4. The box of claim 1 further comprising

a movable access door formed in the box member providing access to parts in the second compartment.

5. The box of claim 1 further comprising

hanger holes formed in and through the box member.

6. The box of claim 1 wherein the left side wall has a center and the first hole is off center in the left side wall and the right side wall has a center and the second hole is off center in the right side wall.

7. The box of claim 1 further comprising

a movable access door formed in the box member providing access to a cable reel in the first compartment.

8. A box for containing parts and a cable reel with cable thereon, the box comprising

a box member having interconnected sides folded to form the box,

a flexible tongue connected to the box member and contained within the box upon folding of the interconnected sides forming the box,

the flexible tongue dividing the box into a first compartment and a second compartment,

the first compartment sized and configured to hold the cable reel,

the second compartment for holding the parts, and

the second compartment comprising an enclosed space apart from the first compartment, the flexible tongue positioned for retaining the parts in the second compartment,

the flexible tongue having a length and a plurality of fold lines along its entire length and a plurality of panels formed between the fold lines along its entire length, the flexible tongue flexible along its entire length to assume a shape corresponding to a shape of the cable reel,

a movable access door formed in the box member providing access to parts in the second compartment,

hanger holes formed in and through the box member,

the box member further comprising a bottom, a top, a front wall, a back wall and a left-side wall and a right-side wall interconnecting with said bottom and said top, a first spindle portion protruding into the interior of the substantially right regular hollow container through a first hole in said left-side wall, and a second spindle portion protruding into the interior of the substantially right regular hollow container through a second hole in said right-side wall, wherein the left side wall has a center and the first hole is off center in the left side wall and the right side wall has a center and the second hole is off center in the right side wall, and

a movable access door formed in the box member providing access to a cable reel in the first compartment.

9. The box of claim 8 wherein said flexible tongue is formed integrally with said box member, said spindle portions are formed as an integral part of said box member, and further including a cable reel mounted on said spindle portions.

10. The box of claim 9 wherein said flexible tongue has a plurality of holes for securing said parts thereto and a plurality of punch and fold-out panels for securing said parts thereto.