US2374153A - Basket - Google Patents

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pri 1945- J. H. HOLTVOIGT ,3 ,153. I

BASKET Filed June 20, 1941 eluding .small :toy baskets .knonmio Jbh a reinforcing and stiffening member and sarily the only form of emon --"vention,-

Fig. 1 isa perspective view 'of an -assembled basket, partly broken away, embodying the preseirt inven-tion. V -Fig. *2 isa perspective view of "portions-of "the disassembled parts; Q Fig-3 5 a detaiil sectional view illustrating the manner of assembly of the parts shown in Fig.2.

Figul is aperspective view-of one of reinforcing and stiiTen-ing 'ri-ng.-

Patented Apr. 17, 1 945 v John 'injnoitvo gr, :rip masses to,

v F'TheDoIiy {loy corporation of Bhio Application uneau, a v I "z clam- Tlnsuiinvention :pertams to cmitainemand more pant'imilarlyto the and mode-of linannfacfture of basket of inexpensive type; line rtmde as Easter baskets. -"ilrlieretoiore, toy baskets, especially Japan at notoriously vlow prices. present invention i an endeavor to provide a basket which can compete with the Japanese products,

and-which, therefore, can be: economically rmanufactuned, which will be zstrong and sturdy, andzof pleasingappearan'ce.' I l v Av-further object of the invention is do provide a basket construction which may be rapidly and easily assembled by gunskilled. operators. 5 Aiurther object of the invention is to prov-ide integral bottom and side slats for such basket. tunther object of the invention is to provide means -fior interlocking it'wlth the basket 'struotur 1A further object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive means and method of pivotal-2y connecting :a handle with the basket J A father object of the invention is to-provme -method of weaving the basket sides with a "series of loop members for such purpose.

1 k fillli'bhel object of the invention is to 'pmvlde 1a, ibasket having the advantageous -featnres :and 'inherent "meritorious "characi meizistics and method of assembly herein mentionedW- I L with the above primary and'other incidental obit-acts in viewas will more Tully-appear in the spec ifica-tion, the invention intendedto protested by Letters "Patent consists of the iiewtures of -':construction,- the parts and combinations --thereof and the mode of operation, orftheir equ'ivalents, as hereinafter describe d 'or illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

In the accompanying drawing, 'y'vl'iere'in --is shownthepreferred, but obviously not necesd-iment of "the inth bands to be interwoven in the basketjsides;

. 'Fig; is a. perspective view of a. modification assiar --t:he. Easter trade, have been imported .isom" mns i iim- (01. 211-422) r in. constructing the Lil-86m; basket, ithereris empl yed :8- lihmk, preferably: of, -.ca-rdboard or :cther ,.;.ilbmus material, oomprismg the ,bottmn @seotinf1, mind a plurality of integral radially exfiendim relatively spaced arms v2. The

iblankrwisscoredzat diet jut-return of the arms .2; with the {bottom :ito-enable-the arms 2 to be bent upright into substantially perpendicular relation with ,the .bottom J; The ends :of the 10 arm vhare mednoed and donned withterminal vvenom .4. Interlaced or woven :aboutthe srmscr slats 2 are flexible strips 15,

which; manrdimnlly :of, paper or thelike, and

wheel-rare variously colored. .fl'he interwoven vstnipe mayybe @Qhfiili-HOUS and interlaced round androundthebasket, r v .'.;1' HQw/revers as an economical and rapid method qof'ixrepfleotamg ;sueh; assembly, thev interwoven strips idpreferably, but not necessarily, compriseendless, bands, aszshown in fig. 4. Such bands one "produced by first forming :a tube of I slotsm- .momtises I is positioned over the-tenons :1.- Thiamine is relatively and greatly reinforces and strengthens 'the ba'sket structure. reinforcement ring i is locked in place by .asband or strip fl interlaoed over and under v succeeding teams 14 of the slats *2 and secured thereto rat spa or of vene'e'rflor other thin flexible material which will afford a finished appearance to thebashe't. Likevdise'the bottom I and slats 2 may. b iformed-rrom wood veneer or other ii- 40 brous material-finned of being cut from cardboard I A handle bow ill-maybe fixedly-attached to body of the basket, but is preferably 131V- ot'dliy connected thereto.

to opposite slat 2 of the basket body by eyelets or'oth'er pivotal couplings. However, as an inexpensive mode of assembly capable .of being quicklyefiedteithe' opposite body slats Z are formedwith holes I 1 therein, which are punched simultaneously with the initial cutting offthe blank. The ends of'fthe handle bow in are studied "through suc'h'hole to abit-of ;cardboard -=or-'-washer-l'2 inside the basket, by an ordinary stationery staple ll-"thrust'jthroug'h the end of the handle and idly I tin-cash the enlargedholes ced intervals by stapling as at 8.; 5:Ilhe-Jflnai .stri-piorfband 8 maybe of cardboard It may "be attached I! and thence through the washer i2 and clenched. This enables the handle to be oscillated from upright to a retracted position in either direction. In such movement the staple i3 merely rotates to and fro within the 5 hole Ii in the basket slat. Such stationery staplesare less expensive than eyelets and are more easily inserted-by an ordinary stapling device.

2,374,153 r l I? engaged seated on the stop shoulders, and a. swinging bail of fiat strip material pivotally connected with the basket and engageable in the peripheral notches of the reinforcement ring for adjustably supporting said ball in upright posi-- tion.

3. In abasket construction, a receptacle ineluding integral bottom and side walls, a flat swinging'handle bail therefor, the side walls of In lieu of the flat reinforcement ring 6, such the receptacle having enlarged holes therein member may be formed into channel shape, as shown at 5' in Fig. 5, with the slots or mortises i to receive the tenons 4 in the crown of the channel. Due to the fact that when in annular form the inner wall of such'inve'rt'ed channel is of less length than the outer wall thereof, it W is desirable to form such channel-ring from softened or moist material under pressure.

From the above description it will be apparent that there is thus provided a device of the char- 0 'acter described possessingthe particularfeatures of advantage before enumeratedas desirable, but

which obviously is susceptible of modification in 'its form, proportions, detail construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the principle involved or sacrificing any of its advantages. I

While in order to comply with the statute, the

invention has been described in language more or less as to structural features, it is tobe understood 3 that the invention is not limited-to the specific features shown, but that the means and construction herein disclosed comprise the preferred form of several modes of putting the invention into i effect, and the invention is therefore claimed in "2 ny of its forms or modifications withinthe'legitimate and validscope of the appended claims. Having thus described my invention, I claim:

Y 1.- A- basket, comprising a body portion and '9. handle therefor including a bottom section 40 p t a series of d ss pap r bands interand integral spaced upstanding slats formed from a single piece of fibrous'material, a filling of strip material interwoven inalternating direction be- 4 tween. and about the slats, tenons comprising" reduced ends: of. the slats, stop shoulders on the slats afforded by. the reduced ends thereof, arezinforcement ringof fibrous material disposed in a plane substantially perpendicular to the slats having spaced slots therein through which the reduced endspf-the' slats extend, both above and below which reinforcement ring the filling .of

interwoven strip material is disposed, certain opposite slats having holes therein, a flat bail han- .dle strip, the endsof which-exteriorly'overlap" .the holes in the slates, washers interiorlyoverlapping the holes in the slats, wire staples interconnecting the ends of the handle strip and the washers through the holesiin the. slatsindependentlyof the slats, and peripheral notches inthe 1 reinforcement ring within which the bail, handie is engageable for releasably maintaining the bail in upright adjusted position, the construction and arrangement being such that the staples 1 freely rotate in the holes upon disengagement from the notches-of the bail handle for swinging o5 movement thereof.

'which are overlapped by the ends of the fiat swinging handle bail, wire staples having relatively spaced legs extending through the ends 3 of the bail and thence freely through the enlarged holes in the sides of the basket without engagement therewith, and stop members overlying the holes of the side walls opposite the ends of the ball through which the staples are extended and with which they are secured, the construction and arrangement being such that the bail is mounted on the receptacle for free pivotal motion wherein the wire staples rotate to and fro within the enlarged holes in the receptacle wall.

A. A basket including a bottom, upstanding spaced slats formed integrally therewith, a series of fiat endless bands interlaced one above another about succeeding slats, tenons formed on the ends of the slats, a flat ring disposed in transverse plane substantially perpendicular to the slats and having spaced 'mortises therein through which the slat tenons extend, and an endless fiat band interlaced about the slat tenons above the flat ring.

5. As an article of manufacture, a paper and cardboard basket, including a bottom and integral relatively spaced slats cut from a cardboard sheet, the slats being upturned into substantially perpendicular relation with the bottom woven in alternating relation between and about the spaced slats, terminal tenons formed on the slats, stop shoulders formed on the slats adjacent to the terminal tenons, an endless reinforcement ring of cardboard having therein a succession of slots through which the tenons of the slats project disposed in a plane substantially perpendicular to the slats and resting on the stop shoulders in superposed relation with the interwoven endless paper bands, and an additional endless ring interwove between and about the 5 ends of the tenons projecting above the reinforcement ring, opposite slats of the assembly having enlarged holes therein, a handle bail, the ends of which .exteriorly overlap the enlarged holes in the opposite slats, separate pieces of material interiorly overlapping the enlarged holes, and wire staples transfixing the handle bail and the pieces overlapping the holes at the inner sides thereof independently of the slat containing the hole.

I 6. As an article of manufacture, a. basket structure including a bottom, substantially upright relatively spaced slats connected to the margin of the bottom, a plurality of separate independent endless filler bands interwoven reversely between and about the slats, a flat reinforcement member having therein a succession of slots through which the ends of the slats project disposed in a plane perpendicular to the slats, and an endless band interwoven between and about -the ends of the slats projecting beyond the reinforcement member.

"I. A container having a bottom and side walls, the latter being provided with oppositely disposed enlarged openings, a handle ball the ends of portions through the holes independently of the holes containing side walls, the construction and arrangement being such that the wire staples freely turn within the holes andinterconne'ct the said interior hole overlapping pieces positively with the handle bail for unison oscillatory motion.

JOHN H. HOLTVOIGT.

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