An Expanding Trellis Cover for Overhandled Baskets.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 19th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 16th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Expanding Trellis Cover for Overhandled Baskets..
1, CHARLES JAMES WATTS of 13 Saumarez Street, Guernsey, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of a simple form of cover for baskets, used to convey fruit
and vegetables to the London markets, and for like purposes.
It consists of several strips of thin wood or lathwood, laid accross each other and
connected by pins, nails or rivets at their point of intersection.
Open spaces occur between each strip, when the cover is expanded, and the cover
is so constructed as to expand width ways and contract lengthways.
The ends of each strip are not connected, but are allowed to project beyond the
points of intersection, and this form of construction enables the cover to be
contracted lengthways or elongated, and thus be brought between the handles.
On expanding it widthways, the projecting ends will engage with the handles, so
that the cover cannot fall off. It is then tied down for transit. It can be easily
removed when untied.
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S. S. BROMHEAD,
97 Newgate Street, London, Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Expanding Trellis Cover for Overhandled Baskets.
I CHARLES JAMES WATTS of 13 Saumarez Street, Guernsey, Engineer, 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 refers to baskets used to convey fruit and vegetables to the
London markets, and for like purposes, and consists of a simple form of expanding
cover formed of several strips of thin wood or lathwood, laid across each other and
connected by pins nails or rivets at their points of intersection.
Open spaces occur between each strip when the cover is expanded, and the cover
is so constructed as to expand width ways and contract lengthways.
The ends of each strip are not connected but are allowed to project beyond the
points of intersection and this form of construction enables the cover to be
contracted lengthways or elongated, and thus be brought between the handles,
which keep it in place.
On expanding it widthways the projecting ends will engage with the handles, so
that the cover cannot fall off. It is then tied down for transit.
It can be easily removed when untied.
I will now describe the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in
which,
Fig. 1 shows my expanding trellis cover for baskets, in the open position.
The dotted lines shew the outline of the basket.

page_text: a, a, are the strips of wood, connected to each other by means of,piùs ʊ, b.
1 preferred six or more strips of wood can be used instead of four as shewn so as
to make the interstices smaller.
In this case the strips would be narrower or the basket larger.
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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An expanding trellis or lattice cover for overhandled baskets, as herein described
and set forth.
Dated this 16th day of October 1895.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97 Newgate Street, E.C., Patent Agent.