U.S. patent application number 12/219707 was filed with the patent office on 2009-11-19 for foldable basket.
This patent application is currently assigned to YOUNG MAX ENTERPRISES CO., LTD.. Invention is credited to Hsien-Jui Yu.
Application Number | 20090283521 12/219707 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 41315167 |
Filed Date | 2009-11-19 |
United States Patent
Application |
20090283521 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Yu; Hsien-Jui |
November 19, 2009 |
Foldable basket
Abstract
A foldable basket includes a rectangular frame a front plate, a
rear plate, a left plate, and a right plate, and a bottom plate.
The rectangular frame has four frame pieces, and the front, rear,
left and right plates have their top edge pivoted on the frame
pieces respectively. The bottom plate has an edge pivoted on a
bottom edge of the rear plate. The bottom plate has a lock portion
on a distal edge thereof to be engaged with a hook portion on a
bottom edge of the front plate, and two slots to be engaged with
bottom edges of the left plate and the right plate
respectively.
Inventors: |
Yu; Hsien-Jui; (Chang Hua
Hsien, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
BACON & THOMAS, PLLC
625 SLATERS LANE, FOURTH FLOOR
ALEXANDRIA
VA
22314-1176
US
|
Assignee: |
YOUNG MAX ENTERPRISES CO.,
LTD.
CHANGHUA COUNTY
TW
|
Family ID: |
41315167 |
Appl. No.: |
12/219707 |
Filed: |
July 28, 2008 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
220/6 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D 7/26 20130101; B65D
7/20 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
220/6 |
International
Class: |
B65D 8/14 20060101
B65D008/14 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
May 16, 2008 |
TW |
97208614 |
Claims
1. A foldable basket, comprising: a rectangular frame having four
frame pieces; four plates including a front plate, a rear plate, a
left plate, and a right plate having top edges thereof pivoted on
the frame pieces of the rectangular frame respectively, wherein the
plates are swung downwardly; and a bottom plate, which has an edge
pivoted on a bottom edge of the rear plate, having a lock portion
on a distal edge thereof to be engaged with a hook portion on a
bottom edge of the front plate, and two slots to be engaged with
bottom edges of the left plate and the right plate
respectively.
2. The foldable basket as defined in claim 1, wherein one of the
front plate and the rear plate has a stop device extending toward
the other one thereof and touching the left plate and the right
plate respectively.
3. The foldable basket as defined in claim 1, wherein the bottom
further has two stop walls projected from outer edges of the slots
respectively.
4. The foldable basket as defined in claim 1, wherein at least a
pair of the opposite plates have handles on the top edges
thereof.
5. The foldable basket as defined in claim 1, wherein the plates
have a tube on the top edge respectively to be engaged with the
frame pieces of the rectangular frame.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates generally to a container, and
more particularly to a foldable basket.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] Typically, conventional foldable baskets have a plurality of
plates for fold or collapse that the basket may be folded to reduce
the size for storage.
[0005] U.S. Pat. No. 5,443,173 discloses a collapsible basket,
which consists of a plurality of individual plates constructed of
iron pieces. The plates are capable of being inter-lockedly
assembled to form the basket or being collapsed for storage.
However, to assemble or collapse that basket of the patent, user
must get well understanding of the inter-lock mechanism. In other
words, the basket of the patent has a difficult way of assembly and
collapse that user has to learn it for a time. In addition, the
plates may be get lost when the basket is collapsed that will cause
the basket may not be assembled again.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide
a foldable basket, which has a plurality of members pivoted
together for fold and no individual member.
[0007] According to the objective of the present invention, a
foldable treadmill includes a rectangular frame a front plate, a
rear plate, a left plate, and a right plate, and a bottom plate.
The rectangular frame has four frame pieces, and the front, rear,
left and right plates have their top edge pivoted on the frame
pieces respectively. The bottom plate has an edge pivoted on a
bottom edge of the rear plate. The bottom plate has a lock portion
on a distal edge thereof to be engaged with a hook portion on a
bottom edge of the front plate, and two slots to be engaged with
bottom edges of the left plate and the right plate
respectively.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0008] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of
the present invention;
[0009] FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of FIG. 1, showing the bottom
plate;
[0010] FIG. 3 is a first operative diagram of the preferred
embodiment of the present invention, showing the separating bottom
plate and front plate;
[0011] FIG. 4 is a second operative diagram of the preferred
embodiment of the present invention, showing the engaged bottom
plate and front plate;
[0012] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of
the present invention, showing the basket being assembled; and
[0013] FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a part of FIG. 5.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0014] As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a foldable basket 10 of the
preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a
rectangular frame 11, four plates 21, and a bottom plate 21.
[0015] The rectangular frame 11 has four frame pieces 12 on four
edges thereof.
[0016] The plates 21 include a front plate 211, a rear plate 212, a
left plate 213, and a right plate 214. Each of the plates 21 has a
tube 22 on a top edge thereof to pivotally engage the frame pieces
12 of the rectangular frame 11 respectively that the plates 21 are
perpendicular to the rectangular frame 11. At least a pair of
opposite plates 21 have handles 24. On an edge of the front plate
211 has a stop device 26 extending toward the rear plate 212 and
touching the left plate 213 and the right plate 214.
[0017] The bottom plate 31 has an edge pivoted on a bottom edge of
the rear plate 212. The bottom plate 31 has lock portion 32 on a
distal edge thereof. The front plate 211 has a hook portion 28 on a
bottom edge thereof to be engaged with the lock portion 32. The
bottom plate 21 has two slots 34 on left and right sides and two
stop walls 36 projected from outer edges of the slots 34. The left
plate 213 and the right plate 214 have their bottom edges engaged
with the slots 34 and restricted by the stop walls 36 for not
swinging outwardly.
[0018] As shown in FIG. 3, to assemble the basket of the present
invention, the left plate 213 and the right plate 214 are swung
inwardly first, and then engaging the lock portion 32 of the bottom
plate 31 with the hook portion 28 of the front plate 211, as shown
in FIG. 4, that the rear plate 212, the bottom plate 31 and the
front plate 211 are connected together. And then, as shown in FIG.
5 and FIG. 6, swinging the left plate 213 and the right plate 214
outwardly to engage the bottom edges thereof with the slots 34 of
the bottom plate 31 that the basket of the present invention is
assembled.
[0019] To fold the basket of the present invention, the left plate
213 and the right plate 214 are swung inwardly to disengage the
slots 34 first, and then the bottom plate 31 is swung upwardly to
disengage the lock portion 32 with the hook portion 34. Now the
plates 21 are disengaged with each other except the bottom plate 31
and the rear plate 212. At last, all of the plates 21 are swung
upwardly to stack on the rectangular frame that the fold of the
basket of the present invention is completed. The size of the
folded basket is small for storage.
[0020] In conclusion, the functions of the present invention
include that the basket of the present invention is foldable, and
all of the plates 21 are pivoted on the rectangular 22 and the
bottom plate 31 is pivoted on the rear plate 212 that all members
of the basket of the present invention are connected together,
therefore, no individual member will lose to affect the assembly of
the basket.
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