Folding basket for laundry and other uses
OwnerFlorence M. Longinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a collapsible laundry basket comprised of two end walls and two side walls, each of which are hinged at their bottoms to a base member. Each wall member has a snap lock extending along the entire length of each verticle edge allowing the wall members to be locked in an upright position when the basket is assembled for use.
Claims5
A collapsible laundry basket comprising a bottom portion having hinges attached to or molded with the bottom portion, two side wall members which fold under the bottom portion and two end wall members which fold on top of the bottom portion when the basket is in its collapsed position and snap locks on the vertical edges of said end and side wall members extending the entire length of said wall member edges for locking the wall members in an upright position when assembled for use.
A collapsible laundry basket for transporting laundry comprising a base portion having hinges integrally attached or molded to the two sides and two ends, two inwardly folding side members and two outwardly folding end members, said side members folding on top of the base portion and said end members folding on the bottom of the base portion when said basket is in its collapsed position and cooperating snap locks extending the entire length of the edges of the vertical end and side wall portions for holding the wall members in a locked upright position when said basket is erected for use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.