Improvements in the Construction of Baskets, Skips, and Hampers.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 5th June, 1893-Accepted, 1st July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Baskets, Skips, and Hampers.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM SKINNER of 48 Tipping Street, London - Road
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster Basket and Skip Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the construction of baskets, skips and hampers, and the
object of this invention is to increase the utility and durability of said baskets,_
skips, and hampers.
In this invention I construct wood handles preferably of a tubular form, which I
attach to the skip, hamper or other basket, by passing a strip of hide through or
over the handle, and securing the same to the wicker portion of the skip or hamper
by interlacing.
I attach the straps for fastening the lid of the basket or hamper, to the lid, and
also to the sides, by a metallic staple of a U form, which I pass through the strap
and wicker work, and clamp on the inside.
I secure the clogs or battens to the underside of the basket or skip, by passing
hide through the wicker work and through or over said clogs or battens.
Dated this 2nd day of September 1892.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53, Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Baskets, Skips, and Hampers.
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 fittings employed in the construction of baskets,
skips and hampers, and the object of this invention is to increase the utility and
durability of said baskets, skips and hampers.
I attain this object by the means hereinafter described and as illustrated in the
accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is an elevation of a skip or basket, Fig. 2 is an inverted plan, and Fig. 3
a sectional elevation of a part of the same.
In these views similar letters refer to similar parts.
In this invention I attach the straps 6 for fastening the lid a' of the basket or
hamper a, to the lid a¹ and also to the sides or ends, by a metallic staple c of a
U form, which I pass through the strap and wicker work, and clamp on the inside
as shown at d, Fig. 3.
I secure the clogs or battens e to the underside of the basket or skip a, by
passing strips of hide for other suitable material, through the wicker work and
through or over said clogs or battens. In Figs. 1 and 2 these strips are shown in a
groove e formed longitudinally in the batten e and passed through said batten and
through the underside of the basket.

page_text: 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 the construction of baskets, skips, and hampers, the means employed for
attaching the straps to the lids and sides, by the use of metallic staples that are
passed through the strap and through the wicker work, and clamped on the inside
in the manner substantially as herein before described.
2nd. In the construction of baskets skips and hampers, the use of clogs or battens
that are formed with a groove, in which the strip of hide or other material that
secures the batten to the bottom of the skip is placed, in the manner and for the
purpose substantially as herein before described and illustrated.
Dated this ind dor of June 1803
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53, Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.