Improvements in the Means of Attaching to Skips, Hampers, and the like the Rings employed for Fastening thereto the Lids or Covers.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 11th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 13th Jan., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Means of Attaching to Skips, Hampers, and
the like the Rings employed for Fastening thereto the Lids or
Covers.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM SKINNER, of 48 Tipping Street, London Road,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Basket and Skip Maker do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the means of attaching to skips, hampers, and the like,
the rings that are employed for fastening the lids or covers to the body of the skip
or hamper.
The object of this invention is to attach said rings thereto in such a manner that
they may lie down flat on the surface in lieu of projecting therefrom as hitherto.
In this invention I form bent loops of wire rod, or rod iron, with long straight
ends;
I insert a ring into the loop which is bent in a form to permit the ring to lie
down flat on the wicker work, both on the sides and ends and also on the covers,
when the aforesaid rods are built into the skip or hamper by the side of the sticks,
which are placed vertically in the sides and ends, and longitudinally in the covers;
by these means the rings are free to be moved so as to lift up or down, and do not
get wedged between the wicker work.
Dated this 9th day of March 1893.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53, Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Means of Attaching to Skips, Hampers, and
the like the Rings employed for Fastening thereto the Lids or
Covers.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM SKINNER, of 48 Tipping Street, London Road,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Basket and Skip Maker, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to the means of attaching to skips, hampers, and the like,
the rings that are employed for fastening the lids or covers to the body of the skip
or hamper.
The object of this invention is to attach said rings thereto in such a manner that
they may lie down flat on the surface, in lieu of projecting therefrom as hitherto.
I attain this object by the means hereinafter described, and as illustrated in the
accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1, is a front view, and Fig. 2 is a side view of a loop formed in a metallic
rod over a ring as shown, by which means the said ring may lie flat against the rod
to which it is connected :
Fig. 3 is a plan view, and Fig. 4, is a side view of a loop formed in a metallic rod
over a ring as shown, by which means, said ring and the rod to which it is connected
may both lie in a horizontal position.

page_text: Fig. 5 is a front view of a portion of a basket, and Fig. 6 is a plan of a portion
of the cover of said basket, showing my invention applied.
Fig. 7 shows the same invention employed when two or more baskets are required
to be fastened together.
In the several views shown on drawing, similar letters refer to similar parts.
In this invention rods such as a with loops d as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 are built
into the vertical sides and ends, and end portions of the cover, of a skip or hamper,
and rods such as a' with loops d' as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, are inserted into the
front portion of the cover of said skip or hamper by the side of the sticks c, which
are placed vertically in the sides and ends, and longitudinally in the covers. By
these means the rings 6 and 1 do not get wedged between the wicker work, but are
free to lift up or down and lie flat on the wicker work whether fastened or
otherwise.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. In a skip, hamper, or other basket, the means employed for attaching the
rings thereto, that are used for fastening the lids or covers to said skip, hamper or
other basket, in the manner and for the purpose substantially as herein before
described.
2nd. In a skip, hamper or other basket, the use of rings that are attached to
said skip, hamper, or other basket by means of rods having loops formed thereon,
in which said rings are inserted, in the manner and for the purpose substantially as
herein before described.
Dated this 9th day of December 1893
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53, Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.