Patents Examined by Allen Ortiz
  • Patent number: 6250351
    Abstract: A method of constructing an interwoven basket using a collapsible basket form apparatus is disclosed. The present invention permits the construction of an interwoven basket including a solid bottom surface and upwardly converging woven side walls that define a top opening which is relatively smaller than the largest diameter of the basket. The present collapsible basket form apparatus permits construction of a basket from which a unitary basket form of the same shape could not otherwise be removed upon completion of the basket. The present basket form apparatus is adaptable to construction of baskets of many different sizes and shapes by the use of interchangeable rib components which function to define the basket contours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Inventors: Diane V. Langston, James S. Langston