Patent ID: 7383963

Claim:
A wire basket comprising: an inverted rectangular, frusto-pyramidal rigid wire frame comprised of: a substantially-rectangular, rigid-wire upper frame having a first interior dimension between first and second opposing rigid wire sides and having a second interior dimension between first and second opposing rigid wire ends, intersections of the first and second sides and the first and second ends forming first, second, third and fourth rigid wire corners of said upper frame; a substantially-rectangular, rigid-wire lower frame having a third interior dimension between third and fourth opposing rigid wire sides and a fourth interior dimension between opposing third and fourth rigid wire ends, intersections of the third and fourth rigid wire sides and the third and fourth rigid wire ends forming corresponding first, second, third and fourth rigid wire corners of said lower frame, which correspond to the first, second, third and fourth wire corners of said upper frame, the third interior dimension being less than the first interior dimension and the fourth interior dimension being less than the second interior dimension; a rigid handle having a predetermined length and being formed from a plurality of joined-together rigid wires, said rigid handle including a first continuous rigid wire that extends away from the rigid handle in a first direction, at a predetermined location along the length of the handle to form; a first corner segment of rigid-wire that extends between the first corner of the lower frame and the first corner of the upper frame; said first continuous rigid wire extending away from the rigid handle in a second direction, opposite the first direction, at the predetermined location along the length the handle to form; a second corner segment of rigid-wire and that extends between the second corner of the lower frame and the second corner of the upper frame; said basket further including: a third corner segment of rigid-wire and that extends from the third corner of the lower frame to the third corner of the upper frame; and a fourth corner segment of rigid-wire and that extends from the fourth corner of the lower frame to the fourth corner of the upper frame; and an inverted rectangular, frusto-pyramidal wire mesh basket, sized and shaped to fit within the rectangular, frusto-pyramidal wire frame, said wire mesh basket being mounted within the inverted rectangular, frusto-pyramidal rigid wire frame such that the wire mesh basket is not removable there from.