US1999461A

US1999461A - Basket

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Publication number: US1999461A
Application number: US753032A
Authority: US
Inventors: Benjamin F Kells
Original assignee: Container Corp
Current assignee: Container Corp
Priority date: 1934-11-14
Filing date: 1934-11-14
Publication date: 1935-04-30
Anticipated expiration: 1952-04-30

Description

ApriE 30, 1935. B. F. KELLs 1,999,46

BASKET Filed Nov. 14, 1934 5 Sheets-Sheet l B. F. KELLS April 30, 1935.

BASKET Filed Nov. 14, 1934 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 r y@ m m f PT 30, 1935. B. 1FA KELLS. I 1,999,461

BASKET Filed Nov. 14, 1934 I5 Sheets-Sheet 5y" g, 0d. MAJ/MM Patented AApr. 30, 1935 UNITED STATES BASKET Benjamin F. Kelle, Cincinnati, h10.

assigner to Container Corporation of America.' Chicago,`

lll., a corporation of Delaware Application November 14, 1934, Serial No. 753,032

16 Claims.-

T'his invention relates to handle boxes or baskets and more particularly to a box or basket adapted to be made from paper or flbreboard.

One object of the present invention is to provide a simple and economical paperboard box or basket which can be shipped in a collapsed condition to the user and can be readily set up by him without requiring the use of any special erecting or assembling equipment.

Another object of the invention is to provide a box or basket of lstrong and sturdy form, having a relatively smooth interior and exterior, particularly avoiding raw or rough edges along the tops of the side walls.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a reinforced top edge construction for the walls of the basket and to provide an arrangement by which the parts of the basket may be effectively secured together by means which also serves as a strong and durable handle for the basket.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an alternative construction of handle which may be united with the basket by simple stapling operation. f

An additional object is to provide a cover for a basket of the type described which cover will not be likely to become readily displaced during handling of the basket.

To these and other ends the invention resides in certain improvements and combinations of parts, .all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being` pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a perspective view, partly in section of a preferred embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a. plan view of the blank;

Fig. 3 is a detail view illustrating a preferred form of handle;

Fig, 4 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating how the basket is to be folded in the process of assembly;

' Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank forming a cover for the basket;

Fig. 6 is a detail view of a modified form of handle;

Fig. 'I is a detail view illustrating the method of assembly of the handle shown in Fig. 6 with the box;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view, partly in section of a modied form of the invention; and

Fig. 9 is a detail view of another modified form of handle.

Similar reference numeralsy throughout the several views indicate the same parts.

REISSUED 'Ihe present invention provides a simple and convenient basket construction having reinforced side walls and a rim portion at the upper edge thereof serving additionally to reinforce and stiifen the basket and includes the use of a handle adapted to serve both as a carrying means and a means for securing the basket in its assembled form.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the basket, indicated as a whole at 5, in Fig. 1, may be formed of'any cheap material, such as fibre or paper board, which is capable of being folded or bent without appreciable breaking.

A preferred form of the blank is illustrated in Fig. 2. This blank comprises a. central panel 6 forming the bottom of the basket, side panels l, l, forming the side walls and

end panels

8, 8 forming the end walls. End wall flaps are preferably of such a length as to substantially meet when folded inwardly against the side walls.

In order to strengthen and stiifen the upper edges of the side and end walls and also for the purpose of providing a smooth upper edge for the basket walls there is preferably provided at each end of the blank a strip Il). These strips, in the present instance, extend the entire length of the end wall panel 8 and the

end wall flaps

9, 9. In order to facilitate bending of the strips I0 around the corner of the basket, die-cut openings II, II are preferably cut in the blank where the corners of end wall 8 and end wall flap 9 meet the strip I 0.'

The end wall panels may be secured to the side walls in any desired manner but in the present instance it is preferred to employ a handle member so constructed and assembled with the side walls and end wall flaps as to'maintain said walls and iiaps in assembled condition. For this purpose the handle member I2 is employed, see Figs. 1 and 3.

The handle I2 may be constructed in one piece if desired but in the present instance is illustrated as comprising two sections, I2' and I2. As each section is identical, a description of one will sufce. Each section comprises a shank I3 substantially parallel with the bottom of the basket. A hook portion I 4 is provided at the free end of the shank I3, such hook portion lying substantially in the plane of the side walls. The inner end of' the shank terminates in a downwardly exr tending portion I5 which is connected at its lower end with a bifurcated basket-engaging hook I 6 having prongs I1, I1 bent downwardly and 01T- set inwardly from a horizontal portion I8 con,-

' nected to the vertically extending part I5.

Registering openings I9, I9 in the side walls; 20, 20 in the end wall flaps, and 2 I 2| in the strip extensions thereon are preferably provided to receive the bifurcated ends of the handle.

Registering Ventilating.

openings

22, 22 in the side Walls and 23, 23 in the end wall flaps are provided to afford adequate ventilation of the basket.

In the assembly of the basket the blank will be furnished flat and the first step will be to bend back the strips I0 along their attached end Wall and end wall flaps. The end wall flaps are then bent to a position substantially at right-angles to the end walls and the side walls are bent upwardly to a position wherein they will lie in the plane of the end wall flaps. The end wall flaps Will then be swung downwardly causing the end wall to assume a position at right-angles to the bottom and preferably causing the side walls to be engaged between the end wall flaps and the strips I0.

When the

end wall flaps

9, 9 are resting with their lower edges adjacent the bottom of the basket the openings I9, 2D and 2l will be in substantial registration. 'Ihe bifurcated ends of the handle members are then inserted through these registering openings preferably through the outside of the basket. When both sections of the handle are in place they may be firmly and practically permanently secured by rst engaging one shank I3 in the hook I4 on the opposite shank then twisting such shank around the other as indicated in Fig. 1 and then fastening the hook on this shank around the opposite shank.

It will be obvious that, if desired, the bifurcated ends of the handle sections may be bent reversely to the manner shown so that they may be inserted from the inside of the basket instead of from the outside.

In the modified form of basket illustrated in Figs. 6 and '7, the basket is made from a blank similar to that shown in Fig. 2, one side wall being indicated at 12, the end wall flaps at 9a, 9a and the strip extensions at Illa, Ia.

The handle I2a, on this form of the invention is preferably formed in a single piece having a shank I3a joined at each end with a downwardly extending portion Ida, terminating in laterally extending sections I5a.

The handle I2a is assembled with the basket b first folding the basket as described above, then inserting the handle so that the sections I5a, I 5a engage beneath the fold between the strips Illa and the side Walls 9a. Securing means such as staples IGa, IIa are then inserted so as to hold such strips firmly in position.

The basket cover of the present invention is preferably constructed so as to prevent accidental displacement and at the same time allow the cover to be somewhat raised when desired for inspection of the contents of the basket.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 5, the cover 25 has a top panel 26 and depending

flanges

21, 27 at the sides thereof and 28, 28 at its ends.

In order to provide ready assembly of the cover on the basket, the cover is preferably provided with a transversely extending slot 29 somewhat offset from thecenter line of the cover and having additional longitudinally extending

slots

30, 30 extending substantially to or slightly past the central transverse line of the cover. The

longitudinal slots

30, 30 form between them what may be termed a tongue 3|.

In the use of the cover it is first placed so that the basket handle passes up through the transverse slot 29 until the flange 28 at one end of the cover rests upon the top edge of the basket. In this manner the tongue 3I is brought to a level below the horizontal shank I3 of the handle, after which the cover may be slid longitudinally of the basket so that the upright parts of the handle are received respectively within the

slots

30, 30. When the handle is substantially in contact with the end of the slots 30,' 30 the flange 28 will have dropped down over the end wall of the basket thus causing the cover to be rmly positioned thereon.

In removing the cover, it is necessary to both lift it and slide it longitudinally of the basket so that it is apparent that the cover cannot be displaced except by positive intention. If it is desired to inspect the contents of the basket the cover may be lifted from either end so that the end of such cover is slightly above the top of the basket.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Figs. 8 and 9 the basket 5b is formed from a blank identical in shape with the blank shown in Fig. 2 and comprises, as shown, end walls 8b, 8b and side walls 1b, 1b. The stiip or rim IIJb is folded downwardly as in the previously described forms and apertures 2 Ib, 2 Ib are provided in the strip I 0b to receive the ends of the handle, as previously described. Other registering apertures, as previously described,'are also provided in the side walls 1b, 1b. i

The handle utilized in this form of the invention is designated as a whole at I2b and comprises two identical sections I2c and I2d, one of which is indicated in detail at Fig. 9. Each section of the handle comprises a shank I3b, a hook portion I4b at the free end thereof and a vertical portion |51) terminating in a bifurcated basketengaging` hook IGb having prongs I'lb, I 1b offset inwardly from a horizontal portion I8b connected with the vertical extending portion I5b, all similar to the handle previously described above.

The difference in the handle of the present modification resides in the formation of a retaining member 35h, which, in the present instance is in the shape of a downwardly'bent portion or kink in the horizontal shank I3b of each handle section and near the point of juncture of the shank I3b and the vertical extending portion I5b. The purpose of the retaining member I3b is to retain the handle sections in assembled position as indicated in Fig. 8.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 8. the cover 25h is in the form of a flat sheet scored at 2Gb to permit either end of the cover to be raised for inspection of the contents of the basket. The cover 25h is preferably provided with end flaps 28h which may be tucked in at the ends of the basket.

In the use of the embodiment just described, the basket will be set up and the hook portions of the handle inserted in the apertures therefor, in the same manner as previously described. However, instead of engaging the handle sections in assembled position as shown in Fig. 8 the sections are brought together so that the hooks Mb, Mb engage the complementary shank portions inside of the retaining members 35h. It is apparent that the engagement ofthe handle sections in this manner will cause the side walls oi' the basket to be somewhat ared outwardly. After the contents of the basket have been packed therein the cover is placed on the basket and the ilaps 23h, 28D are inserted. After the cover is in place, the handle sections are brought to final position as indicated at Fig. 8 by exerting inward pressure on each side of the basket. This inward pressure will cause the hooks Ilb, lllb to slip past the retaining members h and the hooks will then be retained between these members and the vertical portion i519 of the handle sections. The cover Zlib is preferably made of such a width as to be engaged by the vertical portion I5b of the handle sections, thus providing for a frictional retention of the cover member adjacent the midportion thereof.

From th-e foregoing it is apparent that the present invention provides a basket of paper or bre board which is admirably suited for the handling of small quantities of fruit and vegetables such as grapes and tomatoes and which can be shipped to the packer in a flat, compact form to be readily set up by him.

The side walls of the basket are particularly strong and sturdy as they are of double thickness and additionally reinforced by the outer strip extending around the top of the basket which, at the same time, is advantageous for use with relatively delicate fruit such as grapes and tomatoes due to the smooth and practically unbroken upper edge of the basket which is formed by the downwardly folded rim. The downturned rim at the top of the basket also insured proper ventilation of the baskets when piled in a car or store-room, due to the fact that the rims contact each other and hold the body portions of the baskets out of close Contact, thus permitting the free circulation of air both around the baskets as well as into the baskets through the Ventilating openings -provided in the side walls.

The form of the invention as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 8 is particularly well suited for a fruit packer who does not have any form of stapling or riveting equipment. Due to the particular form of handle shown in detail in Figs. 3 and 9 it is possible to set up the basket in a practically permanent form by the mere act of assembling the handle therewith. By proper proportioning of the bifurcated ends ll, il of the handle it is possible to cause these ends to be somewhat imbedde'd into the material of the end Wall flaps ll, 9 forming the interior face of the basket to thus minimize any roughness which would otherwise exist due to the exposed ends ll, ll on the inside of the basket.

Where the fruit packer desires to avoid any possible contact oi' the fruit with the metallic parts of the handle,lthe basket and handle illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 may be employed, it being only necessary, in using this form of invention, to have a stapling or riveting machine for the purpose of securing the bent-over strip against the outside of the basket.

lDue to the particular form of cover employed, the contents of the basket may be effectively protected during storage and transportation and at the same time the basket contents may be inspected for condition by tilting the cover at one end or the other as has been described. The cover construction is such that it will not be likely to become readily displaced due to the fact that it requires a combination of vertical and longitudinal movements to remove it.

While the present description sets forth a preferred embodiment of the invention, numerous changes may be made in the construction without departing from the spirit of the invention, and it is therefore desired that the present embodiment be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A breboard basket comprising a bottom and end walls, side walls integrally connected to the bottom, flaps on said end walls adapted to be folded so as to lie against the side walls when the basket is set up, a strip extending from the edge of the end wall flaps and adapted to be bent over the upper edge of the side wall adjacent said aps, and securing means passing through said strips and adjacent side wall at each side of the basket for holding same in set-up condition.

2. A breboard basket comprising a bottom and end walls, side walls integrally connected to the bottom, flaps on said end walls adapted to be folded so as to lie against the side walls when the basket is set up, a strip extending from the edge of the end wall iiaps and adapted to be bent over the upper edge of the side wall adjacent said flaps, said end wall aps and stripshthereon being of a length so as to substantially met centrally of the basket, and a single securing means passing through said strips and adjacent side wall at each side of the basket for holding same in set-up condition.

3. A breboard basket comprising a bottom and end walls, side walls integrally connected to the bottom, iiaps on said end walls adapted to be folded so as to lie against the side walls when the basket is set up, a strip extending from the edge of the end wall flaps and adapted to be bent over the upper edge of the side wall adjacent said naps, said end wall flaps and strips thereon being of a length so as to substantially meet centrally of the basket, and a handle for the basket having means projecting through said strips and adjacent side wall at each side of the basket for securing the handle in place and at the same time holding the basket in set-up condition.

4. A breboard basket comprising a bottom and end walls, side walls integrally connected to the bottom, lflaps on said end walls adapted to be folded so as to lie against the side wall when the basket is set up, a strip extending from the edge of the end wall and end wall flaps and adapted to be bent over to lie against the outside of the end wall and the side walls to provide a single rim extending around the corners of the basket, and means for securing the basket in set-up condition.

5. A breboard basket of relatively heavy nbreboard, comprising a bottom and end walls, side Walls integrally connected to the bottom, iiaps on said end Walls and defined therefrom by score lines to adapt said flaps to be folded so as to lie against the side wall when the `basket is set up, a strip extending from the edge of the end wall and end Wall iaps and defined therefrom by score lines so as to adapt said strip to be bent over to lie against the outside of the end wall and the side walls to provide a single rim extending around the corners of the basket, means forisecuring the basket in set-up condition, and die-cut openings formed at the intersection of the score lines above mentioned adapted to facilitate bending of the strip against the outside of the basket.

6. A flbreboard basket comprising a bottom and end walls, side walls integrally connected to the bottom, flaps on said end walls adapted to be folded so as to lie against the side walls, when the basket is set up, a strip extending lili Cil

from the edge of each of the end wall flaps and adapted to be folded over the upper edges of the side walls adjacent said flaps, said iiaps and the strips thereon being of a length so as to substantially meet centrally of the side walls, a handle for the basket, said handle including a pair of vertically extending portions, and horizontally extending portions at the lower ends of each vertically extending portion, said horizontally extending portions being disposed respectively beneath the folds formed between the end wall ilaps and the extended strips thereon.

7. A handle section for a collapsible breboard basket, said section comprising an upstanding portion, a laterally extending shank joined thereto and terminating at its outer end in a hooked portion adapted to engage beneath a similar laterally extending shank on another handle section, said upstanding portion terminating at its lower end in a basket wall engaging hook.

8. A handle section for a collapsible breboard basket, said section comprising an upstanding portion, a laterally extending shank joined theretoand terminating at its outer end in a hooked portion adapted to engage beneath a similar laterally extending shank on another handle section, said upstanding portion terminating at its lower end in abifurcated hook adapted to extend from the outside of the basket through the basket wall and contact the inner face of the basket.

9. A handle section for a collapsible flbreboard basket, said section comprising an upstanding portion, a laterally extending shank joined thereto, means associated with said laterally extending shank for connecting same to the'shank of a similar handle section, said downwardly extending section terminating at its lower end in a basket wall engaging hook.

10. A breboard basket comprising a bottom, end walls and side walls cooperating therewith, a reinforcing member lying at against each side wall to stiffen and strengthen same, said reinforcing members having a strip extension thereon adapted to fold over the upper edge of the adjacent side wall, and handle means for the basket including means for securing said extended strip to side wall.

11. A collapsible breboard basket of relatively heavy fibreboard material comprising bottom, side and end walls, flaps on the end walls adapted to lie against the inner faces of the side walls, and a downturned rim extension integral with the end walls and end-wall flaps and lying on the outside of the basket to provide a smooth un` broken rim around the corners of the basket, a portion of the basket being cut away at the upper corners of the basket to facilitate bending of the rim extension.

12. A breboard basket formed of a single blank of sheet material, a bottom panel, side walls hingedly connected thereto, end walls on the ends of said bottom panel, end wall flaps extending laterally from the end walls, said end wall aps being adapted to lie against the inside surface of the side walls, an extended strip on the outer edge of the end wall and end wall aps, said strip being dened from the end wall by a score line and being adapted to be bent over to lie against the outer surface of the side walls, said side wall having handle-receiving apertures centrally thereof and the end wail flaps as well as the'strips thereon having apertures that register respectively with one of the apertures in the side wall, and a handle member having bifurcated end portions at each end adapted to engage through said registering apertures whereby the end -wall iiaps and the strip extensions thereon are held in xed relation to the side walls.

13. A breboard basket comprising a bottom, side and end walls, a handle for said basket, said handle having upstanding portions extending substantially from the top edges of said walls, a transverse portion of the handle connecting said upstanding portions, a cover adapted to close the upper side of said basket, said cover having a depending flange around its outer edges and being provided with a transversely extending slot adapted to allow passage of the handle therethrough, said slot being oiset from the center of the cover, additional slots'formed in the cover at each side thereof and communicating with said first-mentioned slot and extending to substantially the transverse center of the cover, whereby the cover after being placed on the basket through the first-mentioned transverse slot, may be slid lengthwise to allow the anges of the cover to engage around the basket.

14. A cover adapted for use with a basket having a handle disposed centrally and transversely of its length, said cover having a depending flange around its outer edges and being provided with a transversely extending slot adapted to allow passage of a basket handle therethrough, said slot being offset from the center of the cover, additional slots formed in the cover at each side thereof and communicating with said first-mentioned slot and extending to substantially the transverse center of the cover, whereby the cover after being placed on the basket through the first-mentioned transverse slot, may be slid lengthwise to allow the anges of the cover to engage around the basket.

15. A fibreboard basket comprising a bottom,

end and side walls, a handle comprising two sections engaged respectively with the opposite side walls and each section including an upstanding portion, a horizontal portion connected thereto and a hook at the outward extremity of the horizontal portion, a retaining member formed on each horizontal portion adjacent but spaced from the upstanding portion, said retaining member on each handle section being adapted to retain the hook of the opposite handle section against displacement in a direction toward the mid-portion of the handle.

16. Av breboard basket comprising a bottom, end and side walls, `a handle comprising two sections engaged respectively withthe opposite side walls and each section including an upstanding portion, a horizontal portion connected thereto and a hook at the outward `extremity of the horizontal portion, a retaining member formed on each horizontal portion adjacent but spaced from the upstanding portion, said retaining member on each handle section being adapted to retain the hook on a side thereof remote from the upstanding portion of the opposite section while the basket is being filled, and being further adapted to permit the hook portions to pass thereby when pressure is exerted at opposite ends of the handle, whereby the hooks will snap into place and be retained between the upstanding portions vof the handle and the retaining members.

1 BENJAMIN F. KELLS.