US913885A - Handle for baskets. - Google Patents

Description

E. G. HANNON.

HANDLE FOR: BASKETS.

APPLICATION I'ILED n13.2s, 190s.

913,885, Patnted Mar. 2, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD G. HANNON, OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA.

HANDLE FOR BASKETS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD G. HANNON, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New Albany, in the county of Floyd and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles for Baskets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more especially to handles forcheaper grades of baskets or carrying receptacles and has for its objects to provide handles for such receptacles which will be superior to the usual type of splint handle, but which will nevertheless be cheap and easy of attachment and at the same time will be collapsible or foldable for convenience when the handle is not in use, as for instance, at time of shipment.

My invention comprises a grip preferably of wood or equivalent rigid material which may be cut to the desired length in very large quantities, and straps of metal or other equivalent pliable members for connecting the ends of the grip with the basket or receptacle which may also be provided at comparatively small expense in large numbers by merely cuttin a suitable grade of sheet metal into stri s of suitable width and length. The rigi grips afford a comfortable handhold through which to support the receptacle and the pliable connectm stra s, being of e ual len th, automatica 1y a just themse ves under the tension imposed by the weight of the receptacle so that the handle assumes a pro er position relatively to the receptacle, an retain the form into which they are bent, sufficiently to prevent disen- 'agement of the loo ed end from the staple, by moving inward rom the end or drawing the short end of the loop through the staple. Whena pair of such handles is used, as is preferabl the case in most uses for which the ban e is adapted, the positions of the two handles are automatically rendered symmetrical under the weight and support the receptacle in horizontal position.

The straps are preferably secured to the grips through the medium of staples inserted a s ort distance from the ends, in the u per surfaces of the grips and loops formed by bending the ends of the straps upon themselves, and engaging the staples with the short ends of the loops impinged between the bodies of the straps and the end of the grip beyond the staple thereby preventing them from drawing out under an excessive load.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 28, 1906.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Serial No. 803,480.

The sustaining ower of the grips is augmented and the loa on the staple largely relieved by having the grips of such length that the weight of the receptacle bends the portions of the straps extending to the receptacle sharply across the ends of the grips when the handle is used. The straps are connected to the receptacle pivotally and the relation of the oint of attachment and their length is such that the handles may be folded over the ends of the receptacles and it tightly thereto for convenience in nesting the baskets for shipment or packing the baskets in crates when in use and the length of the grips is also selected with regard to this condition of use so as not to protrude far enough at the ends to provide objectionable shoulders or projections.

The invention will be fully understood upon reference to the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a side View of a basket having a pair of handles constructed in accordance with my invention and in position for use in supporting the receptacle; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with one of the handles extended vertically and the other folded around the end of the basket; and Figs. 3, 4, and 5, are detail perspective views showing respectively the end of the grip with its attaching staple, the loop end of one of the straps, and the attachment of the strap to the grip.

A. represents a receptacle which, for purposes of illustration is shown in the form of a common type of splint basket and B rep resents handles applied thereto and constructed in accordance with my invention.

Each handle B comprises a grip 1, and

straps 2 connecting the grip to the receptacle. The grip is preferably of wood or eqliluvalent rigid material, and provided a s ort distance within its ends and upon its upper surface with staples 8, referably passing through the grip and clenc 16d upon its under side, while the straps are provided with loops 4 with short ends 5 that are passed through the staples 3 in position to be impinged between the body of the strap 2 and the ends 6 of the grip which extend beyond the staples 3. The connection of the straps 2 with the receptacle is preferably through the medium of rivets or nails 7. The points of attachment 7 are so located as to afford steady support to the receptacle and the length of the straps 2 is so selected with regard to the points of attachment as to permit the handles to fold down over the ends of the basket and cause the grips l to be held closely to said ends when the handles are thus folded.

The length of the grip 1, as will be seen in the drawing, is such th'at it will not protrude far enough at the'ends of the basket to make objectionable projections or shoulders but is of sufiicientlength to cause the metal straps to form a bight over the ends of the grip, under the weight of the receptacle and in addition to increasing the security of the loop, to greatly relieve the staple from the load.

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

1. A basket comprising a suitable receptacle, a grip, staples projecting from the upper face of the grip and arranged transversely thereto at points inward from the ends thereof, and sheet-metal straps each secured at one end to the basket and free at the other end, said straps being pliable to adapt said free ends to be passed over and through the staples and clamped to the grip between the body of the strap and the end of the grip by I means of the weight of the burden,

. 2. A receptacle having a fiat grip, staples projecting upward from points thereof within its ends, and flat pliable straps pivotally connected at one end with the receptacle and having their outer free ends passed over and through said staples, thence outwardly between the ends of the grip and the bodies of the straps in such manner as to clamp the straps to the grip by means of the weight of the receptacle.

3. A basket comprising a suitable receptacle, the thin hand grip extending transversely of the basket and restricted in length to within the width of the basket, and the thin pliable straps each having one end piv otally connected with the basket and the other end attached to the upper face of the grip at a point within the ends thereof, said attachment being maintained automatically by the pull on the straps, said straps extending from the points of attachment outward over the ends of the grip, and downward to form a bight between which and the ends of the grip, the outer free ends of the straps are.

clamped.

The foregoing specification signed at Louisville, Ky., this 19th day of February, 1906.

EDWARD G. HANNON.

In presence of two witnesses DANIEL P. YOUNG, HENRY W. SANDERS.

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