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US 9,586,718 B2Granted
Storage basket
OwnerWei-Lun Tsaiinventor
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Abstract
A storage basket is provided, including a bottom meshwork and a side meshwork. The side meshwork formed with at least one mesh element extends transversely and upwardly from and surrounds the bottom meshwork. Each mesh element is an expanded metal mesh and includes a top frame portion disposed at a top end and a meshed portion located between the bottom meshwork and the top frame portion, and the expanded metal mesh is formed by using die stamping to expandedly mesh a solid metal plate. The top frame portion and the meshed portion of each mesh element are formed integrally.
Claims11
A storage basket, comprising:
- a bottom meshwork;
- a side meshwork, formed with at least one mesh element, extending transversely and upwardly from and surrounding the bottom meshwork, each mesh element being integrally formed of one piece, each mesh element being an expanded metal mesh and including a top frame portion which is a solid frame and disposed at a top end and a meshed portion located between the bottom meshwork and the top frame portion, the expanded metal mesh being integrally formed of one piece by using die stamping to expandedly mesh a single solid metal plate, the top frame portion and the meshed portion of each mesh element being integrally continuously formed of one piece and are not additionally assembled with each other;
- wherein the meshed portion of the at least one mesh element is directly expanded and stretched from the single solid metal plate without removing any materials of the single solid metal plate, and a portion of the single solid metal plate without mesh holes is the top frame portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.