A New or Improved Device for Securing the Lids or Covers of Hampers, Baskets, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 10th Mar., 1894
COMPLEIE
DIECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Securing the Lids or Covers of
Hampers, Baskets, and the like.
I, DORA HELEN DIANA TURNER of, Shrublands West Bergholt Colchester,
no calling, 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 :-
My invention relates to a new or improved device for securing the lids or covers
of hampers, baskets, and the like, and has for its object to provide a small device
for securing the lids of the abovementioned articles without recourse being had to
the somewhat lengthy method of sewing same, which is now so generally used for
securing the lids of picnic, flower and other hampers or baskets.
My improved device while being very easily and cheaply constructed will
effectually fulfil the object in view and can be used over and over again, so that
after the first cost no further expense would be incurred.
In carrying my invention into practice my improved device which is constructed
of thin wire, with a straight limb the wire being then curved over same and the end
twisted to form a loop with which the free end of the straight limb engages, while,
according to a modification of my invention my improved device consists of a straight
limb to one end of which is hinged a curved or bowed piece constructed of any springy
metal, the free end of the straight limb is furnished with a hollowed or recessed
portion and the corresponding end of the curved or bowed piece is provided with a
suitable projection entering same and forming a clip.
In order to secure the lids of hampers, baskets, or the like by means of my
improved device the straight limb is passed through the edge of the lid and the top
of the basket and the free end placed in the loop formed to receive it, or in the
case of the modification the projection on the end of the curved or bowed piece is
sprung into the recessed end of the aforementioned straight limb.
My improved device can be made in various sizes to suit all kinds of hampers,
baskets and the like.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a side view of my improved hamper fastener, Fig. 3 is an underside
view and Fig. 4 a front view.
Fig. 2 shows a modification of the device and
Fig. 5 shows a portion of a basket secured by my improved device.
My new or improved hamper fastener which is constructed of thin wire or other
suitable material is formed with a straight limbs the wire being then bowed or
curved over as at b and the end twisted into a loop with which the free end f
of the straight limb engages. According to the modification shown in Fig. 2
the bowed or curved piece bis hinged at h to one end of the straight limb s
the free end being furnished with a recess into which enters the projection p
formed on the corresponding end of the bowed or curved piece b, the said
projection being sprung into position where it will remain until forcibly removed.
In order to secure the lid of a hamper, basket, or the like by means of my
improved hamper fastener, the straight limbs of the device d (Fig. 5) is passed
through the edge of the lid e and the top of the basket or hamper t the free end
5 engaging with the loop / formed for that purpose, or in the case of the modification,
the projection p is sprung into the recess > (Fig. 2) as herein before described.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
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1. The new or improved device for securing the lids of hampers, baskets, and the
like, arranged and constructed 'substantially as herein described, and shown in
Figs. 1, 3, and 4, of the accompanying drawings.
2. The modified form of hamper or basket fastener arranged and constructed
substantially as herein described, and shown in Fig. 2 of the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this on day of coal)
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.