claiin:- 1. A fruit basli:et having a handle arching over the basli:et, a cover for the basket, and s5 means for holdiiig the from endwise Col7er rnovement coinprisin(y up-wardly extendin(y prongs projecting -Lipivard from- the inside of the basket adjacent its 7Lipper edge aiid adapted to ei-igage in the cover. -r-Lii.t basl@et lial7ilIg t 2. A T h,@tllclle areliliii(y over the basket, the oppos ite side w all,9 of the b@isket ,tdjacei-it the handle bein-, provided on tl.ieir inside ]'aces a 'acent their i tipper eclges witli upavard.y extendin(,y @l 5 pi,ongs aiid projectin g sliglit, y tbove the ttpl)ei- edd-e of the b,,isl@et wal. the le s of 9 sala handle coiii,erg@ing up-ward iiain-iedi,itely ,tboi7e the Lipper edge of the ba-Qket@ whereby to preirent upivard inoveiiaeiit of ioo the cover. e 3. A 'Lruit bask t hal7ing a hanclle tral-iing, 6ver the middle of the basket and attachecl to the sicle iialls thereof, and sharp p.ointed ,nembers insei,ted throligh tl'le legs of the 105 ha-Lidle ancl the tipper margiias of the side walls o'L the basket and, tipwardly ttirned to project slightly above said sicle Avalis to th.ereby eiigage t'hc- lid of the basket. zi. A friilt bisli@et havino- side iaalls aiid iio shirp I)oiDted..iiieinbers iiase-rted tbroi-i,,);h the tippeim@ti-gins of the sido -walls Ind haltiiig tlleir pbintg tti.rne(I tipav.,trd i.nside the side walls aiid I)i,ojectiilo, 9]io,btly above tl-ie tipper iiiai-giii of' tlio and beiiii, 115 Lliereb3T -,tdal)(ed to liold the cover iii place. 5. A fruit basket 1-tai,iilg i,einfoi--ei,il, strips applied to the o-Litside and insicle faces at its upper n-i,,irgin, a handle ai@ching. over the basket and attached to the sicle - walls 120 thereof- and sharp pointed iiiembers I disposed througli said haildles ancl said strips at the uppei- mar(yi n of the basket and turned tipward a.ndi,3rojecting slio-l-itly above the Lipper ii-iaro-iii of' the basket to thereby 125 engage the co@'er ancl hold it in place. 6. A f-rliit basltet h,,tving reinforeint, stri s applied to its o-Liter a'nd iuner f n p %Ces at the tippei- edge, of the bas].@CL-, ,t haiidle tn 6 over tli(- I)asket an(-l having its leos 130

1,425,262 attaclied to the side -walls tliereof, and sharp pointed members disposed thro-Ligh the h,tiidle and through the reinf-oreed upper iii,,trgin of the basket, the inner ends of the sharp pointed men-lbers being turned Lipwarct alid adapted to engage a cover the liandle liai,ino, its leo,s coni,ergiiig iipwardly imniediately above Che upper edge of the basket -whereby to hold the cover from upi o w.,Lrd movement. 7. A fruit basket h,,iving reiiiforeing strips applied to its outer and inner faces acljacent the upper edge of the basli:et, a handle arching over the basket and I-iaving its legs att,,iched to the side -walls thereof, 15 double pointecl staples disposed throtig]-i the handle and through the reinforced Lipper edge of the basket, the inner ends . of tl-ie staples exteiidinu upward and the points of the staples being dispo,,ed slightly ,Lbove 20 the upper edge of the basket aild adapted t6 engage a, cover. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature. JOIIN B. KENNY.

D TL@ JOHX'B. EENIVY, OF GEI\,TEVA, NF,,W YORR. :FRUIT BASKET. i., ti 2 C, 2. .Lpplicatioii filed March 11, 1922. Serial No. 54P,927. Be 't kno-@vn tha' 1, JOIIN P). ',@l-,N!,'Y, ',t 'tizo ted Stp@te-1, at cl n of the Uni Geneva, i@q -the couiity of Ontai-io ai-id Stttc, of Ne-@v Yorl,:, hlve invented certain new and use'Lul Improvemen'us I'n Frui,'@ Basi@:ets, of -which the following is a specification., reference being h,,Ld to the accomp,,Lnyiiig cirawinols. 10 This invention i-elates to i@rult baskets, aiicl parti-c-Lilarly to means for holcling the cover of a fruit b,,tsli:et in place. In the ordinary fruit basket ,vhich i's made of ",oocl and has Llie bo-wed h,,tiidle ,tnd a 15 ivooden covei-, the hincll-,s are ve-i-y seldo.@@ii@tispose-,! wi.tli their leo-s exaetly opposite to e,i.c'ii otl-ier ,iTid exactly micl@vay of the leno@th of the bask-,t. If th@ leo-s aT@e disposed c(I-Lilclist,,tntly a-.a(l dit@ectly opposile eacl-i otlici- ' it 20 i,, iis-Liafly by accident, ,is the 1-iandles "tre nailed on to the sicle i@,,,i,lls oi' 'u-iie, basket i-,,tpidly and carelessly. The o-en-ral object of this ii-ivei-itiol-i is to provide means ivhereby the -%voocl.en cover of25 the b,,,sket m,@ty be held from ,iec-'Ldental longitudinal movement aftei- -@'Lt is ptit in place and whereby the h,,Lndle o-f tl)e bpsket ivill upliold a cover or lid from beino,cciclentall-y lift--cl until the hanole is T-orce-,l 30 cloiviiward to spread the sicle walls of [he basket, thus pertiiittino- the cover to be slightly lifted and lodgitudinally sliifted.. A furtlier object 's to provide very simple and clieap means for eiig-,taino- tlip, coi,er q@ 5 with the basket and preventitig eiidiAIse moveinent. I@l 'ni,eiition 's illustrated iii the @lceotii_y I p,inyiiio- draiviiio-s, Avherein:- F lo,@uj@e I is @top plan view oT-, a I)aslce'u4 0 coiistriieted'ii -,-tecordance -",Ith i):i in @Teiitioji; I Fi(-i,ire 2 's i ]oT)@)-itucl.inal. se(.tional. v'eav 0 1 the basket; Figtire 3 is i, cross sectioii tlil-otigli 'L-lie naiddle of the basket, the 1-iandle beiii(y show.-a 45 in elevation; Figure 4 is ,t like view to FigLire 3, but sho-wing the basket ivith t long handle which does not cl,%mp the cover; Figure 5 is a fragmentary section,,il per50 spective tliroiigh the handle and ,,. portion of the side -@v,-Lll of the basli:et; Figure 6 is .L like view to Fig-Lire 5, but showln,o,- a modified iorm of cover-eiiglgi-nff means; 65 :Ul igure 7 is a Iiii:e view to Fi-tire C), bti-L, showing another modified form, n liefer-,ino, -o thes,- di-,tiiin(I's 10 clesj(,Dftues tlte, bo-,'Ly ol' t,ie basli@et, ivhleli is m,,'i@cle of thiii IlTood or veneer aiid I foi-med iii the usii-fti iiianner. This b,,tsket for-Tiis no p,,trt 60 of n-iy inventioii. ",his baske'Ll at its upper ni,,ti.,gin is briced by reint'oreing strips 11 aiid 12 Nyhtch are @eld to th@3 body of the ba,sket by staples or other like fastelillig u-ieans 13. Attached to the body of th(,, 66 basl@,:et ,tnd arching thereover is ,L. handle, desi,- ;nated 14. This handle is shown as beiiig o',T center, that is it is not disposed with its two legs in dilmetrically'opposed relltion. These htndles, as before statecl, 70 are carelessly applied, ordin,-,Lrily, a-ad a,,, ,t coiaseqtience the legs inay be of-r-set iiith rc@l,,ttion 'Lo eleli otlier as iii-Lieli as an i-nob oiRlore. Ad,,i,pte d to i-est i-ipon the top of the 1),isket 75 is -L lict or cover, desigi-iatecl 15, ind iNIiieli is slioi@,n as a st,,ttted cover, Lhoi-i,yli ,t solid woo(len cover may be -tised if desired. far I htve described -Ln orclinii,@@ fi-uit basket sucli as is co,,iimonly founcl on the market. 50 For the purpose, 6f holdin.-- the cover ao-aiiist lono-itu@tillil movellient after it is 1-1 @the basket, I driv (I.,spos-,d iii@o e thro-Lio-li tl-ie leg,,3 of the handle 14 and 'through the binding strips 11 ,ind 12 the clouble pointed 85 stoples 16 ancl tl-ien ttirn the points of these st,,tples up-@vtrd so tl-iat tl-iese points Niillexteii.,,l slio-ht,ly rbove tl-ie upper mara@in of -i cove the ]-),,isket If now the woodoi r be put iil,)on tli,@ baslr@ot aii(-l T"oreed do @inwar(.1 I'li-raly, go tjlo ])Oillts ol' the st,,tples 16 ivill plei-ce tlte iiiider side of i-,he cover or lid Illd the cove,, Ax,ill be li.eld ,tgaiiist encl)vise ),ijoveiiient. It AN,ill. be ol.)vi.ous th,,it it, c'toes not iiiatter hoav ii-ii-icli tlie, lec,-s o-f the liai-idle q,re off-s(,L, tl-ie 9 r) pi@oiis Toi-ni(,d by the doLibl(, 1)olnt(,(] st,,Il)les -@N, '11, still liolcl i-,Iie cover fi-oi@i loiio'Ltudiiiil 1-6 i Ordirai,ill@ t-,Iie 1-i-,tiidle 14 is of sticli leiic,-tli that it will pi@oject above the Lipper edo-e o-f 10 0 the basliet to s-Lich aiil ex'tent thtt it will nol' pi@event Lipward n-iovement of 'Lhe cover and as a conseqtience prevent the cover '@ll-om being lifted o--LT of the prongs 16. Ordintry stanclard size baskets are made with stand- lo5 lrd size 1-i,,,,ndles. In other words, a twelvequart baslcet 1-ias a h,,tndle havino- a. lencyl uh oir approxim,,ttely thirty iiiclies. With a hano@le liaving a. length of opproximbtely thirty inches, the "sprin-' of the arel-i or 110 bow of the 1-iandle is not loeatecl closel.y aclj'aceiit the upper edge of the baslcet but the

1,42 262 point of tl-ie sprin- of the treb. is disposed quite a litti.e above the upper edge of the basket. As a conseqlience, such a h,,tiidle -Nvill not prevent the -Lipwarc[ movc,,,,nc-.it o" tl-ie cover. I @ilIListr,,Lte slieli tL btsket @Nitli ,in ordinat-y handle in Figi-ire 4. To cause the handle of the basl@-.et to li.olc.1 the lid iii place from vertical movement, I 1-ise a shorter b.andle. -In. oth-,r ii@ord.,,@,, for i 10 tavelve-quart size basket jioi-mally liavini3. ',t li,,indle of thirty, inel-ics iii length, I use a h,,tndle of tai,enty-eioht inches. This bi.@i.n,),s t, the spi@ino- of the bolv or areli of the h,,indle Very closely adjacent the upper edo-c of the 15 basket asilltist,rated'inFio-ure3 andasa, consequence the up)17ai-dly@ convergii-ig lecrs of- the handle bind upon the edge of t@ie cover and prevent any upavard movei-neiit of the cover unless pressure is applied to the 20 top of the handle, which acts to spread the sides of the basket and relieve the bindiny action bet",een the h,,tndle and the edges of the cover. While I have shoivn in Figure 5 a double 25 pointed st,,tple for holdino- the coiei- in pl,,tee --",o iipwti Ind, foriiiing t rdly extendill(r ro-ngs I do not -wish to be limited to ti-lis p as it is obvious th,,it two sli.,,trp poi.iited nai.ls of proper leno-th as ill-Listrated in Fi.gure 6, zn 30 m,,ty be tised, these iiails being designated ne n, il-lusti-ated in ,til 16b 161, or even o , as Figure 7, mly be usect. The staples oi, iiails are driven.through the handle Lnd side ",all of'the basket and then LipNvardly turned to 35 provide the upwardly extendiiig pronos which, ,is before remarl,:ecl, have their points e upper mar E,xtendiiig slightly above th .(.ill of the basket. Of cou@se, it will be uiaderstood that the length of the haiiclle before 40 stated, is approximate, but it is a necessary part of my i.nvention that the hlndle shotild be of such size that -when ii-i place the sprii-ig of the areh poi@tion of the hal'idle ivill come appi-ox@imately tt the tippei, mar,iii of Lho 45 and will biiid upon tl-.te cover a,ii@t prevent the cover from beiii- r,,tised tintil tti,e handle is forced down to spi,e,,id t]-ie sid6s of the basket. Of course, it iiill be understood I-,hat the 5o 'ineans for holdl].I(T the cover fi-on-i loiigii-.tidin,,tl@ i-novenic-iit, iitinely ttie st(tples or iii,ijs 16 or 16-,, can be iisecl wi'(-Ih hancl!6s of sii(-,Ii 16ngth that they do not liold the cover firitily in place -,tgainst upwarcl movement. In this 55 case the cover is held from endwise movement but not from vertical moveme-nt, but obviously the best results are obtaiiied with a handle @vl-iieh will iiormally prei,eiit this upward movement of- the cover. It ivill be 60 seen th,,tt no special cover is necess,,Lry. The covers may be eitlier slatted or solid anct inay be made without special reference to the fastening devices. Ordin,,i,ril.y, the covers oii these fuit basl;@ets are f,@istened donvn by s , 65 hool( 7 ti-id my invention saves iiot 6nly the cost of the hooks aiid the cost of the labor in attael-iing the hooks, but Llso saves approxiin,,ttely two ii-iches of haiidle material, or a le@-igtli . of materi.,-l equal to seventy-two handles out of every one tho-Lisaiid handles cut. 70 Th'Is savino, is very appreciable where large qtiaiitities of fi-iii@ are packed ancl sliip])ed. -It Nvill be seen that the st,,,Ples pei-foi-ii-i dotible diity, in tli,,it they firml3, attach the han@lle to the baslcet liold the ou'uside ),lid 7 5 iiiside bands attached 'uo the basket, besides securely fasteiiin(y tli.e coi,er ao-ainst endivise zn I In movement, ivlj.etlier the liandle is properly centerecl@onthebasketornot. ivlyinvention further permits the use of the 6rdinary so covers Vvhich fruit gi-o-@vers ustially h,,t@Te on hancl in large qu,,tntities. I