Basket liner
OwnerSusan M. McDermott, Mary J. Ellisinventors
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Abstract
A basket liner is designed for use with various types of baskets. A first liner is designed for a basket with a single handle, and includes a sheet of fabric with forward and rearward edges, and opposing side edges. The forward and rearward edges of the fabric are wrapped around the forward and rearward legs of the handle, and fastened in place to connect the liner to the basket. Another embodiment of the invention is designed for use with baskets of the type having two handles thereon. In this type of basket liner, the fabric sheet has a pair of first and second aligned cuts in the front and rear edges of the sheet, and a second pair of aligned third and fourth cuts spaced from the first and second cuts, in the front and rear edges of the sheet.
Claims7
In combination:
- a basket having front and rear upstanding panels, opposing upstanding first and second side panels, a bottom, and a handle having a front leg projecting upward from said front panel and a second leg projecting upward from said rear panel;
- said front leg having an inward face, an opposing outward face, and opposing right and left sides,
- said second leg having an inward face, an opposing outward face, and opposing right and left sides,
- a basket liner connected to said basket handle, comprising:
- a sheet of fabric having front and rear edges, opposing first and second side edges, an upper surface and a lower surface;
- first means adjacent the front edge of said sheet for connecting said sheet to said first leg of said handle;
- said first connecting means including a portion of said front edge of said sheet wrapped around said first leg with a right portion extending outwardly around the right side of the front leg and a left portion extending outwardly around the left side of the front leg, and first fastener means for connecting the right and left portions of the wrapped portion of the front edge together adjacent the outward face of the front leg;
- second means adjacent to the rear edge of said sheet for connecting said sheet to said second leg of said handle;
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- said second connecting means including a portion of said rear edge of said sheet wrapped around said second leg with a right portion extending outwardly around the right side of the second leg and a left portion extending outwardly around the left side of the second leg, and second fastener means for connecting the right and left portions of the wrapped portion of the rear edge together adjacent the outward face of the second leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.