US2901016A

US2901016A - Clothes pin basket

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Publication number: US2901016A
Application number: US744996A
Authority: US
Inventors: Arthur E Wilbricht
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1958-06-27
Filing date: 1958-06-27
Publication date: 1959-08-25
Anticipated expiration: 1976-08-25

Description

Aug. 25, 1959 2,901,016

CLOTHES 'PIN BASKET Filed June 27, 1958 FIG. 2.

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United States Patent 2,901,016 CLOTHES PIN BASKET Arthur E. Wilbricht, San Antonio, Tex.

Application June 27, 1958, Serial No. 744,996

1 Claim. (Cl. 150-13) This invention relates to clothes pin receptacles, and more particularly to an improved clothes basket adapted to be suspended on a clothes line.

The main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved collapsible clothes pin basket adapted to be suspended on a clothes line and adapted to contain a relatively large number of clothes pins Within convenient reach for use as required, the basket being simple in construction, being relatively compact in size, and being collapsible to a relatively small volume.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved collapsible receptacle adapted to be employed as a clothes basket or for any other purpose, said receptacle being inexpensive to manufacture, being durable, and being easy to take apart for cleaning the main receptacle body portion, whenever required.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claim, and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of an improved collapsible clothes pin basket constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a bottom view of the clothes pin basket of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the rigid frame member employed with the clothes pin basket of Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is a horizontal cross sectional View taken on the line 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is an enlarged vertical cross sectional detail view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, the improved clothes pin basket is designated generally at 11 and comprises a rigid generally rectangular frame, such as a square frame,

shown at 12, said frame being provided adjacent its corner portions with respective inwardly projecting apertured lugs 13 which are disposed in the manner illustrated in Figure 3. Thus, a pair of opposing side elements of the frame 12 are provided with the

respective lugs

13, 13 adjacent the corner portions of the frame 12.

Designated at 14 is a generally rectangular receptacle of flexible material, such as heavy fabric material, said receptacle having substantially the same horizontal cross sectional shape as the frame 12 and receiving said frame at its upper marginal portion, said upper marginal portion being formed with the

respective flaps

15, 15 and 16, 16, which are engageable over the respective arms of the square frame 12 to define hems at the top portions of the respective sides of the receptacle 14, said hems receiving the respective arms of the square frame 12. The

flaps

15, 15 and 16, 16 are provided with snap fastener elements 17 which are lockingly engageable with cooperating snap fastener elements 18 provided on the upper portions of the respective walls of the receptacle 14, whereby the receptacle is detachably secured on the frame 12 with the arms of said frame received in the hems defined inwardly adjacent to the downwardly folded

flaps

15, 15 and 16, 16.

The

flaps

15, 15 are formed with suitable apertures 20 ice through which the horizontal apertured lugs 13 extend, as shown in Figure 5.

Connected to the respective pairs of

apertured lugs

13, 13 at each side of the receptacle 14 are the respective upwardly converging

cable elements

22, 22, said cable elements being knotted at their lower portions, as shown at 23, to engage beneath the lugs 13, the cable elements passing upwardly through said lugs and being connected at their top ends to

rings

24, 24, as shown in Figure 1. Similarly connected to the

rings

24, 24 are a pair of

additional cable elements

25, 25 which extend convergently upwardly and are connected at their top ends to a snap hook 26, whereby the snap hook may be engaged on a clothes line 27, or other similar object, to suspend the receptacle therefrom.

The respective cable elements are provided at their ends with sleeve-like ferrule members 28 of metal, or other relatively rigid durable material, to prevent unraveling of the cable elements at their ends.

Designated at 30 is a rigid bottom board which is detachably secured in the bottom of the receptacle 14 so as to rigidify the receptacle, said board being substantially similar in shape to the receptacle so that it maintains the receptacle in an expanded condition. The bottom board 30 is formed with a plurality of apertures 31, distributed over said bottom board generally in the manner illustrated in Figure 4. The bottom wall 32 of the flexible receptacle 14 is formed with eyelets 33 which are arranged so that they will register with corresponding apertures 31 of the board 30. A flexible cord 35 is laced through the registering apertures 33 and 31 in the manner shown in Figures 2 and 4, and the ends of the cord 35 are knotted together at the upper surface of the board 30, whereby to fasten the board to the bottom wall 32 of the flexible receptacle 14.

As will be readily apparent, the receptacle 14 may be readily unfastened from the bottom board 30 and from the frame 12, so that it may be laundered, as required. To replace the receptacle, it is merely necessary to engage same on the rigid frame 112, fasten the cables 22 to the lugs 13 and insert the bottom board 30, securing said bottom board to the bottom. wall 32 of the receptacle by lacing the flexible cord 35 through the registering apertures 31 33, as above described. The apertures 33 are preferably reinforced by suitable grommets.

As will be readily apparent, the clothes pin basket assembly may be readily attached to a clothes line 27 by engaging the snap hook 26 on the clothes line, as illustrated in Figure 1. The basket may be similarly attached to any other horizontal cable or rod-like member in the same manner so that the basket may be employed not only for supporting clothes pins, but also for supporting other objects, if so desired.

While a specific embodiment of an improved clothes pin basket has been disclosed in the foregoing description, it will be understood that various modifications Within the spirit of the invention may occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, it is intended that no limitations be placed on the invention except as defined by the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A clothes pin basket comprising a rigidsquare frame, a square receptacle of flexible material provided with a hem at its top margin receiving the frame, respective inwardly extending apertured lugs secured to opposite side elements of said frame adjacent the corners of the frame and extending through said hem, flexible cable members secured to said apertured lugs, respective additional flexible cable members connected to the outer ends of op- 3 posing, pairs of the firstrnamed-cablemembers, a snaphook member secured to the outer ends of the last-named cable members, a plurality of spaced eyelets in the bottom wall" of: the, receptaele; a square rig-id bottom boardin said receptacle, said bottom board being formedawith aperturesregistering with said'ey'elets; and' a flexible cord member laced througll said registering apertures and eyelets and fastened theretcr'so as to' detachablyisecuresaidi bottomiboardi to the'bottommwallbf the receptacle and to; 'rigidify' same.

ReferencesGited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Jones Feb. 3, 1903 Hepner May 23, 1905 Allen July 1, 1913 Lifton 2. June 28, 1927 Shipman Feb. 9, 1932 Roberts- Nov. 24, 1942 Brady -1 Apr, 24, 1951