A New Basket or Receptacle for Holding or Carrying Food, Knives, or other Articles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 16th June, 1897-Accepted, 24th July, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New Basket or Receptacle for Holding or Carrying Food,
Knives, or other Articles.
I, HUGO GARBRECHT of 76 Alexandrinenstrasse, Berlin, S.W. in the Empire of
Germany, Merchant, 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::-
The present invention relates to a basket the novelty or improvement in which
consists in the fact that a separate inset of stoneware, porcelain or enamelled
sheet metal or the like forms a vessel for the transport of meat and other articles
of food whilst a basket frame or, skeleton or an open work frame provided with a
handle of wicker or cane work or it may be of wire serves to receive the said vessel.
The frame is provided with a handle which may either be fixed or folding and also
with one or more covers for covering the vessel. The vessel may either form a
single undivided space or it may be divided into a number of different spaces by
means of partitions and bottoms.
This construction has the great advantage that the inset may be removed and
cleaned with great convenience. Neither wet nor discolouring nor dirty articles
can permanently soil the basket inset as is the case with the baskets composed
of wickerwork as hitherto used. Those are cleaned with difficulty and are damaged
by scrubbing. Consequently in the wickerwork there remain behind matter and
impurities which become putrid and are transferred to other articles of food and
the like. Now in the present basket no such transmission of germs injurious to
health can take place because such germs can be readily washed off from the
smooth walls. This arrangement of basket may also be employed for purposes
other than that of a market basket, for example as a basket for receiving knives
and forks after use.
The drawings show the basket for example as a market basket.
Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of the basket.
Figure 2 is a section of a basket with transverse partition and intermediate or
false bottoms.
A frame a of cane or wickerwork carries the covers b b which are either as shown
in the drawing fastened to the sides or are made in one piece and are simply laid
on. A handle c which may form one piece with the frame or may be jointed
thereto serves for the purpose of holding the same and for carrying the basket.
The vessel which may be provided with any desired ornamentation is placed in
the basket framing.
Figure 2 shows the vessel d with divisions. The transverse partition e may be
fixed or sliding and may be of more or less height. Further a false bottom f
may be provided which is fitted with a knob or with a handle and can be lifted
out at any time.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is: •
A basket adapted for use as a market basket or as a knife basket consisting of a

page_text: frame of cane, wicker or wire work a and of a vessel d of stoneware, porcelain,
metal or the like which may also be provided with a transverse partition e and
with a false inset bottom f and is inserted in the frame for the purpose of obviating
the soiling and infection of the articles to be placed therein.
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MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.