Basket and basket-frame construction

A foldable basket that is bag shaped when the rectangular opening section thereof is open, and that has handle construction, comprising:

• two common hinges that are located in the center of the two opposing sides in the lengthwise direction of the opening section;
• two opening-section frame members and two bottom-section frame members, each having two arm sections and a connecting section that connects the two arm sections, and with the tip ends of both arm sections being respectively attached to the common hinges so that the members can rotate;
• two handle frame members, each having two arm sections and a connecting section that connect the two arm sections, and with the tip ends of both arm sections being respectively attached near the tip ends of both arm sections of the opening-section frame members so that they can rotate;
• and
• soft flexible material that is attached to the opening-section frame members and the bottom-section frame members, and that forms a basket shape when open.

Basket frame construction comprising:

• two common hinges;
• two opening-section frame members and two bottom-section frame members, each having two arm sections and a connecting section that connects the two arm sections, with the tip ends of both arm sections thereof being respectively attached to the common hinges so that the members can rotate;
• and
• two handle frame members having two arm sections and a connecting section that connects the two arm sections, with the tip arm sections of both arm sections thereof being attached near the tip ends of both arm sections of the opening-section frame members so that the members can rotate;
• and wherein
• the basket can be folded by arranging both arm sections of the handle frame members, both arm sections of the opening-section frame sections and both arm sections of the bottom-section frame members so that they are parallel and face in the same direction from the common hinges, and can be opened by rotating each of the frame members around the common hinges from the folded state;
• and
• the open state of the basket can be maintained by stopping rotation of the two opening-section frame members at a horizontal position that forms a flat opening section of the basket, extending both arm sections of the bottom-section frame members downward and forming two opposing sides in the width direction of the bottom section of the basket by the connecting sections of the bottom-section frame members, and stopping rotation of the handle frame members at a position so that they are adjacent to each other in the center.