US45571A - Improved lady s work-basket - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SEYMOUR AINSWORTH, OF SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED LADYS WORK-BASKET. Y

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 45,5? l, dated December 27, 1864.

fo rtl/j whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, S. ATNSWORTH, ot' Saratoga Springs, Saratoga county, and State ot' New York, have invented certain new and uset'ul Improvements in Ladies7 VVork-Baskets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a i'ull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making partof this specification, and to the letters of reference thereon.

To enable others skilled in the art to con struct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

Ihe drawing is a plan view, looking from above, of my improved basket, which I construct of splints of wood ot' a peculiar char acter, cut by a machine designed especially for the purpose, and which, forming the subject of a separate application for a patent, need not be herein described.

The main splints A, which form the foundation or body of the basket, extend entirely across the basket from side to side. These splints are made very narrow at their middle portion, which forms the center of the bottom of the basket, from which point outward toward the sides of tle basket the splints A increase regularly in width until they reach the point a, where each ot' the splints A is divided or split into two, as shown in the drawing. In forming them into a basket these splints A are placed across each other at the center, and for a short distance from the center three of them are covered as one piece by the circular splints which areinterwoven with them. At c the splints A are separated, each one being interwoven separately, as shown, which process is continued to the point a., where each one is divided into two, and the process ot' interweaving continued until the basket is completed ot the required size, the main splints A being bent in au upright position to form the sides ot' the basketin the usual manner. By this means I construct a basket the bottom of which is nearly flat or smooth, with little or no projecting surface, and without inserting any foundation-splints, except such as extend entirely across the basket. Having thus formed the body of the basket, I then construct three (more or less, according to size) small oblong or oval-shaped baskes, B, which are securely attached to the inside of the large basket, as shown in the drawing. These are intended as pocket-s for the reception ot' scissors, thimbles, spools, thread, and similar small articles used by ladies in performing needle-work.

C represents a cushion, the body of which is a small basket ot' similar construction, though it may dii'er in shape, and being covered with velvet or other suitable material. This is secured in a manner similar to the small baskets B. An ordinary needle-book, D, is attached in a similar manner, as is also an emery-bag, E, and cake of wax, F.

I thus produce a very superior and convenient workbasket for ladies use, and provide it with conveniences not hitherto possessed by this class ot' articles, thus combining utility a and beauty, and furnishing an article that is both useful and ornamental and that commands a ready sale in the market. It desired, colors may be used to render the article more ornamental.

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

A ladys work-basket constructed substantially as herein described.

SEYMOUR AINSVVORT H.

YitnesseS v W. C. DODGE, 1t. D. O. SMITH.

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