Hampers, and other similar Articles.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Jan., 1887
Complete Left, 3rd Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 6th Dec., 1887
Hampers, and other similar Articles.
I THOMAS HARDEN of 21 Granby Row, Manchester, Skip Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:
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The object of this invention is the construction of a lock or fastening for baskets
or hampers and especially suitable for the present parcel post service and for
travellers hampers, which lock or fastening shall not project beyond the outside
limits of the lid or other part of the basket or hamper so as to be liable to catch
against anything in transit and which can be secured to the wicker work in an
efficient and durable manner.
In performing my invention I construct the body or casing of the lock or fastening
of malleable cast iron and of such a form as to be capable of being inserted between
the upright stakes and to be interwoven with the wicker work in the forming of the
basket or hamper and which is secured in position by two or more bolts passing com-
pletely through the lock and also through the wicker work on both sides thereof.
The locking mechanism consists of a horizontally pivoted spring lever having a
claw at its upper extremity which enters a slot formed in the staple of the lid when
the same is in the closed position. This staple by preference is supported upon and
hinged to the outside stick of the lid and is capable of locking itself by pushing past
the claw of the spring lever before mentioned until the claw, being released, enters
the slot and so locks itself.
The opening of the lock is effected either by a suitable key which being turned in
the lock so throws back the spring lever, or the same can be effected by means of a
stud capable of being depressed so as to act upon a suitably mounted spring lever.
For parcel postal purposes this stud can be sealed by having a suitable hollow formed
in the escutcheon to receive the seal or stamp of the postal officials and which stamp
or seal is thus protected from all abrasion or damage.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Locks or Fastenings for the Lids of Baskets,
Hampers, and other similar Articles.
I THOMAS HARDEN of 21 Granby Row, Manchester, Skip Manufacturer do
hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
The object of this invention is the construction of a lock or fastening for baskets or
hampers and especially suitable for the present parcel post service and for travellers
hampers, which lock or fastening shall not project beyond the outside limits of the
lid or other part of the basket or hamper so as to be liable to catch against anything
in transit and which can be secured to the wicker work in an efficient and durable
manner.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a hamper with
my improvements in locks or fasteners applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a front Fig. 3
a side and Fig. 4 a plan view of the improved lock or fastening and Fig. 5 is a
similar view to Fig. 2 but with the front of the casing removed.
I construct the body or casing a of the lock or fastening of malleable cast iron
and of such a form in cross-section as illustrated in Fig. 4 as to be capable of being
inserted between the upright stakes and to be interwoven with the wicker work in
the forming of the basket or hamper and which lock is secured in position by two or
more bolts bb passing completely through the escutcheon c-through the holes c¹ in
the body of the lock and also through the wicker-work on both sides thereof and
secured on the inside by screw nuts d d.
The locking mechanism consists of a horizontally pivoted spring lever e having a
claw at its upper extremity which enters a slot g formed in the staple h of the lid
when the same is in the closed position. This staple h by preference is supported
upon and hinged to the outside stick i of the lid and is capable of locking itself by
pushing past the claw f of the spring lever e until the claw being released enters the
slot and so locks itself.
The opening of the lock is effected either by a suitable key which being inserted
in the key-hole j and turned in the lock so throws back the spring lever e or the same
can be effected by means of a stud jl as illustrated in the modification represented by
a front, side and plan view respectively in Figs. 6, 7 and 8 capable of being
depressed so as to act upon a suitably mounted spring lever k. For parcel postal
purposes the head of this stud j¹ can be sealed by having a suitable hollow m formed
in the escutcheon o to receive the seal or stamp of the postal officials and which stamp
or seal is thus protected from all abrasion or damage.
In Figs. 9, 10 and 11 are severally illustrated a front view, side sectional view and
sectional plan of another arrangement of my improved fastening in which the slot is

page_text: formed in the front of the staple p and which staple is designed to lock itself in
position by passing over the fixed stud 7 projecting from the back of the casing and
under the action of a spring as seen more clearly in Fig. 10. In this position the
fastening is secured either by a string passed through the holes in the fixed stud 7
and sealed if required or a padlock or other fastening might be substituted for the
string.
The grooves (see Fig. 11) formed in the sides of the casing are designed to
receive the upright stakes of the basket or hamper on either side and thus assist in
securing and steadying the lock in position.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
The improved constructions and arrangements of locks or fastenings for the lids of
baskets, hampers and other similar articles substantially as herein before described and
illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.