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ends of the fastener slat 10, which is not se-
cured in place until after the cover has been
placed in position as described, are then en-
gaged with the other pair of fastener loops
5 and the slat 10 is nailed or otherwise tem-
porarily fastened in place. As stated, the
length of the central post 8 is slightly
greater than the combined height of the
cover and the inner central portion of the
10 basket, so that when the parts are placed in
position as described, the projecting ends of
the fastener slats must be depressed when
engaged with the loops 11 and the central
portions of the cover and fastener cross slats
35 are bulged or bowed upwardly to a slight
extent, as indicated in Fig. 1. By reason of
this arrangement, the projecting ends of the
fastener slats are held in snug engagement
with the upper horizontal portions of the
20 fastener loops, and cannot be disengaged
therefrom without first removing the nails
or the like which hold the fastener slat 10 in
position.
With the improved construction, the bas-
25 ket cover is securely held in place so that
pilfering is prevented and the fruit is not
crushed when the baskets are piled upon one
another in shipment. Obviously, changes
may be made in the details set forth without
30 departure from the essentials of the inven-
tion as defined in the claims.
claim s my invention:
1. A basket having two pairs of diametri-
cally opposed loops secured to its rim and
35 projecting upwardly therefrom, a cover fit-
ting within said loops, two fastener slats
secured to said cover at right angles to eachother and having projecting ends engaging
said loops, and a center post secured to the
bottom of the basket and adapted to support 40
the central portion of the cover and main-
tain said fastener slats in snug engagement
with said loops, substantially as described.
2. A basket having two pairs of diametri-
cally opposed loops secured to its rim at 45
right angles to each other and" projecting
upwardly from said rim, a cover fitting
within said loops and provided with a fas-
tener cross slat permanently secured thereto
and having projecting ends adapted to be 50
engaged with one pair of said loops, a sec-
ond fastener slat adapted to be engaged with
the other pair of loops and temporarily se-
cured to said cover, and a cover-supporting
center post secured to the bottom of the bas- 55
ket and arranged to bow upwardly the cen-
tral portions of said fastener slats and main-
tain the ends thereof in snug. engagement
with the upper portions of said loops, sub-
stantially as described. 60
3. A basket having two pairs of diametri-
cally opposed loops secured to its rim at
right angles to each other and projecting
upwardly from said rim, a cover fitting
within said loops and provided with a fas- 65
tener cross slat permanently secured thereto
and having projecting ends adapted to be
engaged with one pair of said loops, and a
second fastener slat adapted to be engaged
with the other pair of loops and be tempo- 70
rarily secured to said cover, substantially as
described.WILLIAM L. PITTS.
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Pitts, William L. Shipping-Basket, patent, September 6, 1921; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259408/m1/3/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.