US 11,919,674 B2Granted

Multi-piece nestable basket set and methods

AssigneeAmerican Accessories International LLC

InventorDavid Zeanah

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Abstract

Multi-piece nestable basket sets are disclosed. In some embodiments, the basket sets comprise a handle component and a basket component. The present disclosure describes a system of shipping the components separately and assembling the components into a basket set prior to retail sale to customers. Exemplary basket components are configured to allow a first basket component to nest within a second basket component. In some embodiments, the basket sets herein can provide a centrally-located handle so that the set may be carried with one hand. A connecting mechanism is described wherein a handle component is connected to a basket component to create an integrated basket set that resists disassembly. Multiple embodiments of connecting mechanisms are described. One exemplary connecting mechanism comprises a handle component having two flanges that snap onto the base of a basket.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A nestable shower and/or bath basket storage system, comprising:

a first basket set comprising:
a first basket comprising:
a first wall defining a perimeter of the first basket;
an upper rim proximate an upper side of the first wall and defining a first upper rim perimeter;
a first base having disposed therein (i) a centrally located connecting hole and (ii) at least one drain hole for allowing fluid to drain out from the first basket, the at least one drain hole separate and set apart from the connecting hole;
and
a lower rim proximate a lower side of the first wall and adjoining the first wall and the first base, the lower rim defining a first lower rim perimeter, the first upper rim perimeter being greater than the first lower rim perimeter;
a second basket set comprising:
a second basket comprising:
a second wall defining a perimeter of the second basket;
an upper rim proximate an upper side of the second wall and defining a second upper rim perimeter;
a second base having disposed therein (i) a centrally located connecting hole and (ii) at least one drain hole for allowing fluid to drain out from the second basket, the at least one drain hole separate and set apart from the connecting hole;
and
a lower rim proximate a lower side of the second wall and adjoining the second wall and the second base, the lower rim defining a second lower rim perimeter, the second upper rim perimeter being greater than the second lower rim perimeter;
a first handle insertable into the connecting hole of the first base or the connecting hole of the second base and selectably detachably attachable to the first base and the second base via an applicable connecting hole;
and
a second handle insertable into the connecting hole of the other of the first base or the connecting hole of the second base and selectably detachably attachable to the first base and the second base via an applicable connecting hole,
wherein the basket of the first nestable basket set is nested in the basket of the second nestable basket set.

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A method of transporting nestable baskets, comprising:

providing a first basket set comprising:
a first basket comprising:
a first wall defining a perimeter of the first basket;
an upper rim proximate an upper side of the first wall and defining a first upper rim perimeter;
a first base having disposed therein (i) a centrally located connecting hole and (ii) at least one drain hole for allowing fluid to drain out from the first basket, the at least one drain hole separate and set apart from the connecting hole;
and
a lower rim proximate a lower side of the first wall and adjoining the first wall and the first base, the lower rim defining a first lower rim perimeter, the first upper rim perimeter being greater than the first lower rim perimeter;
and
a first handle detachably attachable to the first base of the first basket;
and
a second basket set comprising:
a second basket comprising:
a second wall defining a perimeter of the second basket;
an upper rim proximate an upper side of the second wall and defining a second upper rim perimeter;
a second base having disposed therein (i) a centrally connected connecting hole and (ii) at least one drain hole for allowing fluid to drain out from the second basket, the at least one drain hole separate and set apart from the connecting hole;
and
a lower rim proximate a lower side of the second wall and adjoining the second wall and the second base, the lower rim defining a second lower rim perimeter, the second upper rim perimeter being greater than the second lower rim perimeter;
and
a second handle detachably attachable to the second base of the second basket;
and
nesting the first basket of the first nestable basket set into the second basket of the second nestable basket set to create a nested basket system.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/735,486Filed 3 May 2022 · division
Priority: 8 Nov 2018
Published: US 2022/0258917 A118 Aug 2022
Granted: 5 Mar 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A47K 3/004
Accessories for baths, not provided for in other subgroups of group A47K3/00; Insertions, e.g. for babies; Tubs suspended or inserted in baths;…:…
B65D 21/0233
Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together: nestable containers
B65D 25/2823
Fixed, i.e. non-swingable, handles: centrally located in open container
A47K
Sanitary equipment

Family

Application62/757,436Us provisional application · filed 8 Nov 2018
Application16/678,481Parent of this division · filed 8 Nov 2019
US 2022/0258917 A1Pre-grant publication · published 18 Aug 2022
US 11,319,111 B2Parent of this division
US 2020/0148418 A1Published application
US 11,919,674 B2This patent

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