US2054045A - Basket cover and the like - Google Patents

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p 1936. A. H. SCHMIDTKE 2,054,045

BASKET COVER AND THE LIKE Filed Aug. 16, 1934 Patented Sept. 8, 1936 UNITED STATES BASKET COVER AND THE LIKE' Albert H. Schmidtke, St. Joseph, Mich., assignor to St. Joseph Iron Works, St. Joseph, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application August 16, 1934, Serial No. 740.106

9 Claims.

My invention relates tostructures such as bushel basket covers wherein thin materials are secured to a marginal hoop, and has reference more particularly to the manner of fastening the '5 thin material to the hoop and also the type of hoop that may be employed therewith.

It is theprevailing practice in using bushel baskets and similar containers for shipping products, to pack the basket or container heaping full and force the cover down over the heaping contents producing what is known as a bulge pack, the basket cover being held in place by fastening same at suitable intervals therearound to the rim of the basket. Such covers are usually made of thin panels or slats of wood secured to the top of a marginal hoop by staples which are driven downwardly through the thin cover material intothe hoop and this not only necessitates the use of rather substantial hoop stock to receive and hold the staples, but even then the staples frequently pull loose'on account of the strain and pressure imposed on the cover panels or slats by reason of the bulge pack.

The principal objects of my invention are to provide an improved fastening for securing thin cover material to a marginal hoop; to engage the fasteners with the cover panels or slats sufliciently far from the ends thereof to insure a strong dependable connection; to arrange the fasteners so that they pass diagonally o-r outwardly through the hoop; to anchor the outer ends of the fasteners to the hoop so that the hoop is effectively locked against movement both outwardly and downwardly from the cover materials or panels; to

provide panel and hoop attaching facilities which may be advantageously utilized to secure the ends of the hoop in proper relationship; to permit a laminated hoop to be readily and satisfactorily employed; and in general to provide a simple construction for basket covers and the like which insures adequate strength to withstand the severe strains and abuse to which such structures are ordinarily subjected,-these and other objects being accomplished with the construction shown in the accompanying drawing in which,

Fig. 1 is a top view of a basket cover constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the cover with a por- 50 tion broken away at one side;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.; V

Fig.4 is a fragmentary outside view of the cover edge showing the joint of the outer hoop 55 strip;

Fig. 5 is a similar view from the inside shpwing the joint of the inner hoop strip;

Fig. 6is a View similar to Fig. 3 showing a one piece hoop and a modified arrangement of the fastener; and I I Fig. '7 is a bottom view of the structure of Fig. 6 showing the hoop joint. r

The cover shown in the accompanying drawing is of a type commonly used with bushel baskets and comprises a plurality of crossed panels I of 10 thin material which are secured at their ends to the upper edge of a hoop 2, a top slat 3 also being employed which has the ends projecting outwardly beyond the hoop 2 for engagementwith the basket handles in the usual manner for hold- 15 ing the cover in place on the basket,- said slat 3 being preferably secured to the panels I and these panels being held together by the staples 4 which are clinched against the under side of the lowermost panel. a

For securing the panels I and slat 3 to the hoop 2, staple like fasteners 5 are employed which are engaged diagonallythrough the panels I and slat 3 at the inner side of the hoop 2 and have the legs 6 extended outwardly and downwardly or ,25 diagonally through the hoop'2 so that they project outwardly from said hoop 2 somewhat above the lower edge thereof, and the outer extremities I of these legs 6 are clinched downwardly and inwardly against the lower marginal portion of the 30 hoop as shown in Fig. 3 so that the hoop '2 is firmly secured to the panels I and slat 3 and locked by the clinched ends 1 against displacement both. downwardly. and outwardly from the ends of the panels I and slat 3. Any desired form of hoop may be employed, as for example a pre-formed lapped and stapled hoop similar to those commonly used in making basket covers, but I prefer a two ply construc' tion such as shown in Figs. 1 to 5 in which the .40 hoop, which is indicated as a whole at 2, comprises inner and outer bands 8 and 9 respectively which are fastened together in the form of a laminated hoop by the diagonal staples 5, said bands or laminations 8 and 9 being clamped together between the panels I and slat 3 and the clinched ends I of the staples. The ends of the bands 8 and 9 are butted together, preferably at diametrically opposite sides of the cover as indicated at 8 and 9 respectively, and the ends of each band are preferably stapled to the other band as indicated at H]. Obviously the: ends of the inner band 8 will fit within and be held in place by the outer band 9 and to insure holding of the ends of the outer band 9 firmly against the inner band 8, a fastener 5 is preferably located in straddling relation at the joint 8 so that one of the ends of the band 9 is held firmly against the band 8 by the clinched outer end. I of one of the fastener legs and the other end of said band 9 is likewise held firmly against the band 8 by the clinched outer end I of the other leg of the fastener.

Another form of hoop that may be used advantageously is shown in Figs. 6 and '7 and comprises a single strip of material II, the ends of which are held in the abutting end to end relation as indicated at II by a fastener 5 which straddles the joint and has the legs thereof engaged respectively with the ends of the hoop II as shown in Fig. 7, it being understood that there are other fasteners 5 at intervals around the hoop I I which serve in the same manner as in the structure of Figs. 1 to 5 to secure cover panels I and slat 3 to said hoop and to hold the hoop II in the circular form.

Instead of clinching the outer ends of the staples 5 so that they are turned inwardly into the wood of the hoop 2 as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, said ends may be clinched under the lower edge of the hoop as shown at I2, in Figs. 6 and 7, it being understood, of course, that either clinched end arrangement "I or I2 may be used with the one piece hoop or the laminated hoop or any other desired form of hoop.

With this diagonal fastening of the panels to the hoop, the middle portion of the staple is engaged with the panel or slat sufficiently far from the end to insure a strong, dependable connection. Moreover the staples may be driven diagonally with little danger of splitting the hoop and when the staple ends are clinched into the outer side of or under the hoop they serve to reinforce the hoop and the panels or slats are locked so securely to the hoop that they do not pull away therefrom when separating strains are imposed therein as in the case of the bulge pack.

.While I have for the purpose of illustration shown and described my invention in connection with a particular type of basket cover, it is not intended to be limited thereto, but may be used with other types of covers as well as in any other structure, as for example certain types of basket bottoms, wherein thin material is secured to a marginal strip or band, and it is to be understood, therefore, that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the principles of the invention, the scope of which is to be determined by the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a structure of the class described the combination of a circular mat of thin material, a marginal hoop having one edge thereof overlapped by the edge portion of the mat, and fasteners anchored to the mat at the inner side of the hoop and extending obliquely through the hoop and having ends thereof that project at the outer side of and are clinched against said hoop.

2. In a structure of the class described the combination of a circular mat of'thin material, a marginal hoop having one edge thereof overlapped by the edge portion of the mat, and staples at intervals along the hoop and having their middle portions engaged over the mat at the inner side of the hoop and having legs that extend obliquely through the hoop and have projecting ends at the outer side and near the other edge of the hoop and clinched thereagainst.

3. In a structure of the class described the combination of a circular mat of thin material, a laminated marginal hoop having the laminations engaged edgewise against the edge portion of the mat, and fasteners that extend through and clamp the laminations together and secure the mat to the laminated hoop.

4. In a structure of the class described, the combination of a flat element of thin material having a marginal reinforcing strip extending along and engaged edgewise against one side of said flat element, and fasteners extending obliquely through the strip, said fasteners being anchored at the inner side of the strip to the thin material and having projecting ends at the outer side of and clinched against the strip.

5. In a structure of the class described, the combination of a fiat element of thin material having a marginal reinforcing strip extending along and engaged edgewise against one side of said fiat element, and fasteners extending ob liquely through the strip, said fasteners being anchored at the inner side of the strip to the thin material and having projecting portions at the outer side of the strip which are clinched against and have the ends thereof embedded in the outer face of the strip.

6. In a structure of the class described, the combination of a flat element of thin material having a marginal reinforcing strip extending along and engaged edgewise against one side of said flat element, and fasteners extending obliquely through the strip, said fasteners being anchored at the inner side of the strip to the thin material and having portions which project at the outer side of the strip and are clinched under the edge of the reinforcing strip remote from the flat element.

'7. In a structure of the class described, the combination of a flat element of thin material having a marginal reinforcing strip extending along and engaged edgewise against one side of said flat element, and fasteners anchored to the thin material at the inner side of the reinforcing strip and extending obliquely across the corner space between the flat element and the reinforcing strip and projecting through the strip at the outer side thereof, the fastener portions which project through as aforesaid being clinched against the reinforcing strip.

8. In a structure of the class described, the combination of a fiat element of thin material having a marginal reinforcing strip extending along and engaged edgewise against one side of said flat element, and fasteners anchored to and extending through the thin material at the inner side of the reinforcing strip, each fastener having a pair of spaced legs extending obliquely through the strip and clinched thereagainst.

9. In a structure of the class described the combination of a flat element of thin material, a reinforcing strip extending along and engaged edgewise against one side of said flat element, and fasteners extending sidewise through the strip, said fasteners being anchored at one side of the strip to the thin material and having projecting ends at the other side of the strip clinched against the edge of the strip remote from the thin material.

ALBERT H. SCHMIDTKE.

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