Fruit picker's supported container

A fruit picker's supported container having a picked fruit receiving volume, and when picked fruit is in this picked fruit receiving volume it is well protected by the like protection offered by using a bucket, and yet this container is comparatively light in reference to the lightness and comfort offered by using a bag, comprising:

• a) upright portions of this container's picked fruit receiving volume which are bag-like back, sides, and front of this fruit receiving volume;
• b) a rigid, firm, fixed, non-yielding, formed plastic material, serving as a laminate, which s preformed on an arc and which is then secured to the entire sides and entire front of these upright portions, and covers the entire sides and entire front, serves to protect the picked fruit in the picked fruit receiving volume from forces occurring, if a ladder or a tree branch is struck;
• c) foldable skirt portions, which are secured to and depending form the upright portions, which when unfolded form a discharge passageway from the picked fruit being released form the picked fruit receiving volume of this container, and when folded form a bottom of the picked fruit receiving volume;
• d) straps and fasteners, which are secured to this container, and which are conveniently reachable within arms length at all times when this container is supported are, used by a fruit picker to keep the foldable skirt in place, then serving as a bottom of the picked fruit receiving volume of this container during the picking time, and to thereafter, after the picking time, to release the skirt in seconds of time, when this container is being emptied, and to reestablish the bottom of this container in seconds of time;
• e) shoulder straps, which are secured to the upright portions at the back of this container for passing over the shoulders of the fruit picker during the fruit picking time and the fruit discharging time;
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• f) a zipper extending from the top of the upright portions of the back of the container, and down to the bottom of the skirt in the released position thereof, and when the zipper is released, this container is arranged essentially flat, except as constrained by the rigid, firm, fixed, non-yielding, formed plastic material serving as a laminate formed on an arc, thereby facilitating the cleaning, storage, and shipping of this container.

A fruit picker's support container, comprising:

• a) a container with an upright portion having upper and lower end portions;
• b) a skirt portion foldably connected to said upright portion at said lower end portion thereof serving as a bottom when enfolded, and serving as a fruit guiding chute when unfolded;
• c) said upright portion including front, rear and sides;
• d) said front, rear and sides comprising initially only a pliable material and forming with the folded skirt portion a bag-like configuration;
• e) said front, rear and sides with the folded skirt portion defining a volume for receiving the picked fruit;
• f) said front subsequently also including rigid, firm, fixed, non-yielding means completely covering the entire front side, for protecting the picked fruit received in said volume;
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• g) wherein said upright portion of the container is rigid, firm, fixed, non-yielding in the front and pliable in the rear.