US446579A - Linger and william c - Google Patents

Description

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L A BROWN BASKET HAMPER.

Patented; Peb. 17,1891.

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No. 446,579. Patented Feb. 17,1891.

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IIEVIS A. BROWN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO ALFRED P. BOH- LINGER AND IVILLIAM O. BAOKOROF SAME PLACE.

BASKET-HAMPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,579, dated February 1'7, 1891.

Application iiled April 9, 1890. Serial No. 347,285. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEWIS A. BROWN, aciti- Azen of the United States, residing in the city basket having more than two sides, and I einploy a clothes-basket, a hamper, and a threecornered basket to illustrate it; but I do not desire to be confined to those forms of baskets, as the improvement can be embodied in other forms, as above stated.

My improvement relates to that class of bas- Y kets which are adapted to be transported in a knockdown form; and it consists, partly, in the construction of the sections of which the basket wall or body is composed, partly in the construction of the basket wall or body of a number of these sections removably secured together, each section consisting of a series of slats secured together by wire ties and having the ends of the slats and the ends of the ties secured in bars forming a frame for the slats, as hereinafter described, partly in the construction ot the cover, and partly in the construction of the bottom, and removably securing the bottom in all cases, all with the object of producing a slat basket that can be readily taken apart and put together again when desired for convenience in handling and packing and to lessen freight charges, the particulars of all which will appear from the following description of myimprovement and claims therefor and the drawings mentioned, in which- Figure l is aperspeetive view of the clothesbasket. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the clothes-basket with parts detached. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hamper. Fig. 4E is a perspective view of the hamper with parts detached. Fig. 5 is a detailed perspective view of the hamper, showing the cover open.

Fig. G is a detailed perspective view of the horizontal bars, showing the manner of securing the vertical slats. Fig. 7 is a detailed perspective view showing the corner-joint. Fig. S is a detailed perspective section through the vertical bar in the line of the bindingwire. Fig. 9 is a horizontal perspective section showing the manner of securing the vertical bars. Figs. 10 and ll are modifications showing wire passing through the slats. Fig. l2 is a cross-section of a bar in a modification, showing the bar grooved to receive the ends of the slats. Fig. 13 is a perspective view of a three-cornered basket. Fig. 14 is an elevation in a modification of one side of a basket, showing the slats made horizontal.

Si mlar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views and iigures.

A is a series ot' slats, the slats being of any desired shape, wired together by one or more ties a in any suitable manner.

Figs. S, l0, and 1l show some of the ways in which the slats can be wired together. Fig. S shows the manner of doing so used and shown in the baskets shown in the drawings, which consists of looping two lengths of wire, one of which passes on each side of the slats, tightly around the slats by twisting the wire at each edge of the slats in the usual manner; and Figs. lO and 1l show the wires passing through the slats to bind them together. I do not desire to be coniined to these methods, however, and I prefer lthat shown in Fig. S, and used in the basket shown.

B and B are top and bottom horizontal bars, respectively, having suitable openings b to receive the ends of the vertical slats A; but grooves n, Fig. 12, may be used for that purpose, in which case the ends of the slats not necessarily, but preferably, are to be firmly secured in place therein in a suitable manner. I prefer brads, and I also prefer the use of the openings. iVhere the shapes of the slats used are such that suitable openings for their ends cannot be made by machinery in a sin- 9 gle strip, I prefer to make the bars B and B of two strips, as shown in Fig. 6, and recess one or both said strips, as the4 shape of the slats may require, to receive the ends of the slats; but where suitable openings 4can be IOO made ina single strip by machinery I prefer the use of a single strip.

C are vertical bars, having beveled outer sides Dthe bevel being such that when two ot them are brought together in place they form a miter-joint, as shown in Fig. 9. These vertical bars, when the ends of the slats are in place in the openings b in the horizontal bars B and B', are secured by their ends to the ends of the horizontal bars B and B' in any suitable manner to hold the vertical slats securely between the horizontal bars, the vcrtical bars being of suitable lengt-h for that purpose, and the ends of the ties a are secured through, in, or to the vertical bars in any suitable manner to give firmness to the panel formed by the sla-ts and ties in the frame formed by the horizontal and vertical bars. I prefer, however, to secure the ends of the ties in the vertical bars in the manner shown in Fig. 8, in which the ties pass through openings c, made through the vertical bars C, into a groove d in the beveled outer edge of the vertical bars, in which they are clamped by a staple c. The slats may be made horizontal, as shown in A', Fig. 14, in` which case the vertical bars C, instead of the horizontal bars B and B', are constructed with openings b to receive the ends of the slats, and the sla-ts are secured therein, in the manner hereinbefore described, for securing them in the horizontal bars when the slats are made vertical, and thelends of the ties are then secured through, in, or to the horizontal bars B and B', instead of the vertical bars C, in the manner hereinbefore described for securing them through, in, or to the vertical bars when the slats are made vertical; but I prefer making the slats vertical. Y

rlhe series of slats A and ties u, the horizontal bars B and B', with their openings b, and the vertical bars C form one section of the wall or body of the basket. In case the slats are horizontal, however, it is manifest the openings b will be in the vertical bars C, instead of the horizontal bars B and B', and the openings c, the grooves d, and the staples e in the horizontal bars B and B', instead of the vertical bars C, andthe whole wall or body is composed of a number of these sections, not less than three, secured together in any suitable manner that will admit ot their being readily taken apart and put together again; but I prefer the manner shown in the drawings, Figs. 9, 7, 1,2, 3,4, 13, and 14:,inwhich they are secured together by corner-plates E and screws f, and when the height of the basket or additional strength required demand it by screws g at intervals along the bars.

F, Fig. Q, isa plain solid bottom of any suitable material-I prefer wood-of such shape that it [its neatly in the space between the lower horizontal bars B' when the sections forming the basket-wall are set up and secured in place, and it is secured in place to the lower horizontal bars B' in any suitable manner that will admit of it being readily re-I moved and replaced; but I prefer screws 7L, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3. I do not desire to be confined to such a bottom in case-of a hamper, for which I prefer a bottom F', Fig. 4, constructed of slats, ties, and bars in the same manner as described for constructing the sections of the basket-wall, except that all the bars are horizontal and secured in place in the same way as the plain bottom.

G is a cover, having trout and back bars t' and t", the end piecesj and j', and the center piece 7c, and the top Z, consisting of a series of slats wired together in the same manner as the slats in the sections of the basket-wall, the end pieces being recessed to receive the ends ot the slats, and the ends ot' the ties being secured to the front and back bars, as described, for securing them to the vertical bars of the sections of the basket-wall. The strips m are secured over the end and center pieces to hold the slats in place. The cover may be secured to the baskets by hinges H in any suitable manner, and a chain or strap attached to the end pieces of the cover and side of the basket in the usual way to hold the cover in position when opened, as shown in Fig. 5.

The shape of the basket is varied by changing the length and shape of the horizontal and vertical bars and the length ot the slats and by changing the angle of inclination of the vertical bars fromthe perpendicular and of the horizontal bars from their horizontal planes in such manner as to produce the shape desired, and this may be done by making some of the changes mentioned or all of them.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. To form the wall or bodyof a basket, the combination of a number of sections, each consisting of a series of slats A, one or more IOO ITO

ties a, horizontal bars B and B', having openings b, and vertical bars C, substantially as described.

2. In a knockdown basket, the combination of a VYnumber of sections to form the wall or body of a basket, each consisting of a series of slats A, one or more'ties a, horizontal bars B and B', having openings or recesses b, ver tical bars C, the bottom F, and any suitable means for securing the sections and bottom together that will permit of their being readily taken apart and put together again.

3. In a knockdown basket, the combination ot a number of sections secured together in any suitable manner to form the basket wall or body, each consisting of a series of slats A, one or more ties a, horizontal bars B and B', having openings h, vertical bars C, the angleplates E, screws f, the bottom F, removably secured in place in any suitable manner, and the cover G, all substantially as described.

4. The combination, for a cover, of the front and back bars z' and c" and the end pieces j and j', the center piece k, a top consisting ot a series of slats Z, wired together' in any suitable manner, reeessesin the end pieces j and j', and the strips in, which bind the slats to the center piece K, all substantially as described.

5. In a knockdown basket, the combination of a number of sectionseaeh consisting of a series of slats secured together in any suitable manner by wire ties, a frame consisting of horizontal and vertical bars, the ends of the series of slats being secured in any opposite bars and the ends of the Wire ties in the remaining bars of each section, substantially as described, and a bottom, all removably secured together and all substantially as described.

(i. In a knockdown basket, the combination of a number of sections7 each section consisting of a series of slats A, one or more ties a to secure the slats together, horizontal bars B and B', having openings l) to receive the ends of the slats A, vertical bars C to unite the horizontal bars together to hold the slats in place in the openings l), having beveled outer edges or sides D for uniting the several sections coinposing the walls of the basket, as required, and having openings c for the ends of the slats to pass through and grooves d to receive the ends of the ties after they have been brought through the openings e, staples c to hold the ends of the ties in place in the grooves (I, angle-plates E, screws f and g to secure the sections removably together, the bottom F, and the screws 7L to secure the bottoni removably in place, all substantially as described.

7. A knoehdown basket consistingy ot' a bottonrand side walls, each side wall consisting of a series of slats A, one or more ties ato secure the slats together, horizontal bars B and B', and vertical bars C, with suitable openings in any two opposite bars to receive the ends of the slats, with the horizontal bars secured by their ends to the ends of the Vertical bars when the slats are in place in the openings in the two opposite bars containing such openings, with the ends of the ties secured through, in, or to the remaining opposite bars to give iirinness in the frame to the panel formed by the slats and ties, and With the vertical bars having their outer sides or edges D beveled to join, as required, the beveled sides or edges of other like side Walls to form the whole wall orbodyof the basket/the said side walls being secured together luy angle-plates of any suitable material passing around the corners, all substantially as described.

In testilnonywhereof I atx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` LEWIS A. BROWN. Witnesses:

P. BEARDsLEE, Jr., GEO. J. CHAPMAN.

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