US1524014A

US1524014A - Attachment for baskets

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Publication number: US1524014A
Application number: US675194A
Authority: US
Inventors: Boorstin Mendle
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1923-11-16
Filing date: 1923-11-16
Publication date: 1925-01-27
Anticipated expiration: 1942-01-27

Description

Jan. 27, 1925. 1,524,014.

M. BOORSTIN ATTACHMENT FOR BASKETS Filed Nov. 16, 1923 INVENTOR WITNESS AITORHE';

Patented Jan. 27, 1925.

UNITED STATES MENDLE BOORSTIN, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

ATTACHMENT FOR BASKETS.

Application filed November 16, 1923. Serial No. 675,194.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MENDLE BOORSTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Baskets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for a letter basket, the general object of the invention being to provide means for holding letters and other papers in a basket.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby the device is hingedly attached to the basket so that it may be easily swung out of the way when letters are to be placed in the basket or removed therefrom.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illus trated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a view of a basket showing my invention in use.

Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the device itself.

Figure 3 is a view showing the device in tilted position on a b'asket.

Figure 4 is an enlarged side view of the free end of the device.

In these views, A indicates the basket and B the device for holding letters or other papers therein. This device is formed of wire and consists of the stem 1, the base 2 and the fingers 3 which carry the coils 4 for pressing against the papers in the basket. The base is provided with the loops 5 for engaging a part of the basket so as to hingedly connect the device with the basket. The base is also provided with a finger-engaging part 6 so that it can be tilted on the edge of the basket. This part 6 also acts as a stop for preventing the device from falling over backwards when tilted as it will hold the device at an angle of about 120 so that letters and papers can be placed in the basket without holding the device in raised position.

I prefer to form the device of several strands of wire, one of which is looped to form the base and is then twisted with another strand to form the stem with the ends of the strands separated to form the fingers. One finger is straight and the others are curved, as shown, so as to provide holding means for the coils which are widely separated to engage large areas of the papers.

By forming the coils on the fingers the fingers have sufficient weight to hold the papers in the basket and the device can be cheaply manufactured as connecting means between the coils and the fingers are eliminated.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the device c'an be easily and quickly attached to a basket and that it is a simple matter to tilt the device in order to place papers in the basket or remove them therefrom.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, I claim 1. A device of the class described c0mprising a stem, a base connected with the stem and having loops thereon for engaging a part of a basket, said b'ase having an extension for forming a finger-engaging part, fingers on the stem and resilient members depending from the fingers,

2. A device of the class described comprising a stem, a base connected with the stem and h'aving means for pivotally engaging a basket, fingers on the stem and coils carried by the fingers.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

MENDLE BOORSTIN.