Nestable fruit harvesting container
OwnerWilliam S. Carsoninventor
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Abstract
A nestable fruit harvesting container is formed from a metal basket-like frame and a flexible bag which is supported within the frame. The frame is generally frusto-conical in shape and includes vertically spaced top and bottom rings and a plurality of side braces which extend between the top and bottom rings. The bottom ring is smaller than the top ring, and the side braces diverge outwardly and upwardly from the bottom ring to the top ring. The bag includes a generally frusto-conical side portion which is confined within the side braces and a bottom portion which closes the bottom of the bag. The upper edge of the bag is secured to the top ring, and a reinforcing strip is secured to the inside of the bag opposite each of the side braces.
Claims10
A nestable fruit harvesting container comprising a generally frusto-conical frame and a flexible bag supported within the frame, the frame comprising a top ring and a bottom ring and a plurality of brace strips which extend between the top and bottom rings and which are secured thereto at circumferentially spaced locations therearound, the diameter of the bottom ring being less than the diameter of the top ring and the brace strips extending outwardly and upwardly from the bottom ring toward the top ring, the outside of the bag engaging and being supported by the brace strips, and a reinforcing strip secured to the inside of the bag opposite each of the brace strips, whereby a plurality of containers can be nested within each other and the reinforcing strips of a container protect the bag of the container from chafing between the brace strips of the container and the brace strips of the next higher container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.