US779878A - Basket. - Google Patents

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PATENTBD JAN. lO, 1905.

C. SBITZ.

BASKET.

APPLIQATION FILED 1330.3, 1903.

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CHARLES SEITZ, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

BASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.w7"/V'9,878, dated January 10, 1905.

' Application filed December 3,1903. Serial No. 183,659.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES SEITZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Baskets, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to improvements in baskets and pertains more particularly to that class used on automobiles or other vehicles.

The object of my invention is to provide a basket the cover of which iscurved or bowed upwardly from end to end, thus strengthening the same and preventing it from being mashed in, and at the same time a cover which will shed the water, thus making practically a water-tight basket which is more simple, cheap. and durable than any heretofore produced.

In the accompanying' drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of my 'improved basket.

Fig. Z is alongitudinal vertical sectional view taken on the line .fr of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional View. Fig. 4 is a detached perspective View of one of the strengthening-plates carried by the ends of the cover. Fig. 5 is an'enlarged vertical sectional view Vshowing the connection between the strengthening-plate and the longitudinal strips forming the cover.

Referring now to the drawings, A represents the main body portion of the basket, and B is the cover. As shown, the basket is of an elongated form and arranged in a hori- Zontal position and is preferably of the curvature shown, this being the form most commonly used on automobiles; butl do notl care to limit myself to any one form, as my invention is applicable to any form of a basket. The body portion, as shown, is made of asolid bottom O and woven ends D and sides E, which can be made of any desired material, but is preferably made of what is generally known as Lcane, as such material allows the same to be more tightly woven. The entire inner face of the basket is lined with cloth F; but any other material, such as canvas, might be used.

The rear wall G of the body of the basket is straight and which generally rests against the automobile or Vehicle to which it is to be attached. The said rear wall on its inner face, adjacent the upper end, is provided with ahorizontal longitudinally-extending strengthening strip H, thus producinga more rigid wall, to which the cover is hinged, as hereinafter more fully described. The said strip Hmay be made of any desired material and is entirely independent ofthe basket, or the said strip is secured thereto after the basket is completed, and, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, the same is secured to the side of the basket by a ligament of any description, which passes through the finished woven side of the basket.

The cover B, as clearly shown in Fig. l, is of a curvature to correspond with that of the body portion of the basket, and thus the same is adapted to completely cover the same. rlhe entire outer edge of the said cover is provided with the downwardly-eXtend ing leather flange I, which is adapted to overlap and snugly lit the upper edge of the body portion of the basket. This flange not only prevents the leakage of water around the edge of the cover into the basket, but it also prevents the dust from drifting into the basket. The rear portion Of said cover has three hinges J, which are of the double-leaf form and which have their upper leaves riveted to the inside of the leather fiange I at the rear of the cover, and the extreme upper ends are bent at right angles, and said bent ends are riveted to the top of the cover B. The lower leaves of said hinges J are riveted to the rear straight wall G of the body of the basket.

The cover B is, as clearly shown, formed of longitudinally-extending strips K, which are bowed upwardly, as clearly shown, and their ends rest against the L-shaped plates M, which are secured thereto by means of nails N. The said longitudinal strips are held or woven together by means of the transverse cane P, and thus it is clearly seen that the said longitudinal strips are held in their bowed position between thel plates M. By this construction it will be seen thatll have produced a woven top which will more readily shed the water and at the same time produces a cover which is considerably stronger and less liable to be broken IOO or mashed inwardly by any weight that might be placed thereon.

Connected to the inner side of the downwardly-extending ange I at each end of the cover between said iiange I and the plates M is a hinged hasp R, and the extreme ends of said hasp are bent over upon the horizontal portion of the plates M and riveted thereto. The ends D of the basket proper are provided with staples S, which are adapted to pass through the hasps, and thus the cover may be locked or held in its normal downward position. The staples S are driven into the body of the basket and are turned over or riveted on the inside, and thus they cannot be readily removed or pulled out.

Surrounding the upper edge of the flange I is a beading Q, which is nailed to said iange, and thus forms a finished upper edge.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Iatent, is

1. A basket, comprising a body portion, a cover formed of end plates longitudinally-extending strips sprung between said end plates and bowed upwardly and connected together by interwoven transverse members forming the top of said cover, means for securing the ends of the strips between the end plates and a downwardly-extending flange carried by the cover and extending' down around the body portion of the basket.

2. A basket, comprising a body portion, a cover formed of L-shaped end plates, upwardly-bowed longitudinal members having their ends bearing against and supported by said plates, transverse woven members connecting said longitudinal members, a downwardly-extending Flange carried by the cover and extending down around the body portion, a hinge connection between said flange and the body portion, a staple carried byl each end of said body portion, and a hinged hasp carried by each end of the cover and adapted to pass over the staple carried by the body portion.

3. A basket com prising a woven body portion, a cover of a shape and size to correspond with the upper portion of the body portion, and formed of L-shaped end plates, upwardlybowed longitudinal members having their ends bearing against and supported between said plates in their bowed position, transverse woven members connecting and holding said longitudinal members, a downwardly-extending iiexible flange carried by the end plates and sides of said cover, and extending down around the body portion of the basket, and a hinge connection between said cover and the sides of said body portion.

4. A basket comprising a body portion, a cover formed of inverted-L-shaped end strips which extend across the ends of the cover, upwardly-bowed longitudinal strips forming the cover and having their ends resting against the vertical portions of said inverted-L-shaped strips and held in a bowed position with the horizontal portion of the L-shaped strips resting upon the longitudinal bars, nails passing through said end strips and entering said longitudinal strips and a inishing-strip extend ing around the entire edge of the cover and covering the vertical portions of the inverted L-shaped lnetal end strips.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence oi' two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES SEITZ.

Witnesses:

CHAs. T. LEE, JNO. REID.

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