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US 6,601,723 B1Granted
Method and system for providing an easily assembled rigid-walled wicker hamper
AssigneeLamont Limited
InventorPaul S. Ziglar
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a multi-paneled hamper where adjacent panels are coupled to one another via an exposed hinge-like pivoting coupling.
Claims14
A method of assembling a hamper comprising the steps of:
- providing a hamper back with a bottom pivotally coupled thereto;
- providing a first panel, a second panel and a wicker front panel;
- providing each side of each of said hamper back, said first panel, said second panel and said wicker front panel with a top hinge knuckle and a bottom hinge knuckle;
- coupling each one of said hamper back said first panel, said second panel and said wicker front panel to another of said hamper back, said first panel, said second panel, and said wicker front panel, by pushing one of four separate rods through a top pair of hinge knuckles and a bottom pair of hinge knuckles;
- wherein each of said top pair of hinge knuckles and said bottom pair of hinge knuckles is formed by a knuckle on one of said panels and a knuckle on another adjoining panel;
- wherein a substantial portion of each of said four separate rods is exposed between said top pair of hinge knuckles and said bottom pair of hinge knuckles;
- and
- wherein each of said first panel, said second panel, said hamper back and said wicker front panel have disposed thereon an equal number of hinge knuckles.
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A wicker hamper comprising:
- a wicker back hamper panel, having a top side, a bottom side, a right side and a left side;
- said wicker back hamper panel having a back hamper panel right side top hinge knuckle, a back hamper panel left side top hinge knuckle, a back hamper panel right side bottom hinge knuckle and a back hamper panel left side bottom hinge knuckle;
- a wicker right panel, having a right panel right side top hinge knuckle, a right panel left side top hinge knuckle, a right panel right side bottom hinge knuckle and a right panel left side bottom hinge knuckle;
- a wicker front panel, having a front panel right side top hinge knuckle, a front panel left side top hinge knuckle, a front panel right side bottom hinge knuckle and a front panel left side bottom hinge knuckle;
- a wicker left panel, having a left panel right side top hinge knuckle, a left panel left side top hinge knuckle, a left panel right side bottom hinge knuckle and a left panel left side bottom hinge knuckle;
- and a bottom pivotally coupled to said wicker hamper back panel;
- and
- four pins, each of which is configured to pass through a pair of top hinge knuckles and a pair of bottom hinge knuckles where each of said pairs is formed by a knuckle on one of said panels and a knuckle on another adjoining panel;
- wherein each of said four pins has a substantial exposed portion and wherein each of said wicker right pane, said wicker left panel, said wicker hamper back panel, and said wicker front panel have disposed thereon an equal number of hinge knuckles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.