BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a basket, and more particularly to a frame structure for a basket.
2. Description of the Related Art
Currently, a conventional woven basket, as shown in FIGS. 7-9, the basket 40 comprises a basket body 41 and a frame 42. The basket body 41 is provided with an straight edge 411, and the frame 42 is disposed adjacent to an outer side of the edge 411 and welded together. A length of the edge is longer than the frame 42, and the length difference needs to be cut off. Furthermore, a raw edge of the cut the edge 411 needs to be polished to complete the basket body. However, the basket 40 is formed by welding the edge 411 of basket body 41 onto the frame 42 and finishing procedure for the edge 411, which is costly and might cause some quality issue. Moreover, the combination strength between the basket body 41 and the frame 42 might be weak and causing the frame 42 vulnerable to be damaged. Last, the convention structure is not suitable for typical drawer track application.
Therefore, it is desirable to provide a combination of a faucet handle and a control valve to mitigate and/or obviate the aforementioned problems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An objective of the present invention is to provide an improved frame for a basket, which is easy to manufacture and provides better steadiness.
In order to achieve the above mentioned objective, a frame structure for a basket comprises: a woven basket body and a frame portion. The basket body is a woven basket with a diamond-shaped weave and comprises a bottom portion and a sidewall portion disposed along an edge of the bottom portion and extending upwardly. The sidewall portion comprises an integrating portion at an end opposite of the bottom portion. The frame portion has a looped shape corresponding to the integrating portion of the woven basket body and comprises a connecting inner edge corresponding to an inner side of the frame portion and an outer edge corresponding to an outer side of the frame portion. Furthermore, a substantially 90° angle is formed between the connecting inner edge and the outer edge such that the frame portion has an L-shaped cross section. The frame portion utilizes the connecting inner edge to secure onto the integrating portion of the woven basket body by welding, hot press or punching methods, and the outer edge of the frame portion is disposed adjacent to an outer edge of the sidewall portion.
The basket body is a woven basket with a diamond-shaped weave and comprises the bottom portion and the sidewall portion, and the integrating portion at an opening edge. The connecting inner edge of the frame portion is placed against the integrating portion and secured such that the outer edge of the frame portion is disposed adjacent to an outer edge of the sidewall portion. The entire process is fast and simple. Furthermore, the outer edge ends the integrating portion, there is no need for finishing process for the woven basket body. In addition, the outer edge of the frame portion is capable of slidably mounted on the drawer track. Moreover, the drawer track is provided with a limiting member which can be placed between the sidewall portion of the woven basket body and the outer edge of the frame portion, to prevent the woven basket body from falling.
Other objects, advantages, and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a schematic drawing of a first embodiment according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the first embodiment according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the first embodiment according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 shows an application of the first embodiment according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a schematic drawing of a prior art basket.
FIG. 8 shows a finishing step of the prior art basket.
FIG. 9 shows another finishing step of the prior art basket.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Please refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3. A frame structure for a basket comprises: a woven basket body 10 and a frame portion 20. The basket body 10 is a woven basket with a diamond-shaped weave and comprises a bottom portion 11 and a sidewall portion 12 disposed along an edge of the bottom portion 11 and extending upwardly. The sidewall portion 12 comprises an integrating portion 13 at an end opposite of the bottom portion 11. The frame portion 20 has a looped shape corresponding to the integrating portion 13 of the woven basket body 10 and comprises a connecting inner edge 21 corresponding to an inner side of the frame portion 20 and an outer edge 22 corresponding to an outer side of the frame portion 20. Furthermore, a substantially 90° angle is formed between the connecting inner edge 21 and the outer edge 22 such that the frame portion 20 has an L-shaped cross section. The frame portion 20 utilizes the connecting inner edge 21 to secure onto the integrating portion 13 of the woven basket body 10 by welding, hot press or punching methods, and the outer edge 22 of the frame portion 20 is disposed adjacent to an outer edge of the sidewall portion 12. In addition, the outer edge 22 of the frame portion 20 is capable of slidably mounted on a drawer track 30 (as shown in FIG. 6).
For actual usage, please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 again. The basket body 10 is a woven basket with a diamond-shaped weave and comprises the bottom portion 11 and the sidewall portion 12, and the integrating portion 13 at an opening edge. The connecting inner edge 21 of the frame portion 20 is placed against the integrating portion 13 and secured by welding, hot press or punching methods, such that the outer edge 22 of the frame portion 20 is disposed adjacent to an outer edge of the sidewall portion. The entire process is fast and simple. Furthermore, the outer edge 22 ends the integrating portion 13, there is no need for finishing process for the woven basket body 10. In addition, the outer edge 22 of the frame portion 20 is capable of slidably mounted on the drawer track 30. Moreover, the drawer track 30 is provided with a limiting member 31 which can be placed between the sidewall portion 12 of the woven basket body 10 and the outer edge 22 of the frame portion 20, to prevent the woven basket body 10 from falling.
For a second embodiment of the present invention, please refer to FIG. 5. A frame structure for a basket comprises: a woven basket body 10 and a frame portion 20. The frame portion 20 has a looped shape corresponding to the integrating portion 13 of the woven basket body 10 and comprises a connecting inner edge 21 corresponding to an inner side of the frame portion 20 and an outer edge 22 corresponding to an outer side of the frame portion 20. Furthermore, an enhancing inner edge 23 is provided at an inner side of the connecting inner edge 21, and a substantially 90° angle is formed between the outer edge 22 and the connecting inner edge 21 such that the frame portion 20 has an asymmetric U-shaped cross section. The frame portion 20 utilizes the connecting inner edge 21 to secure onto the integrating portion 13 of the woven basket body 10 and the enhancing inner edge 23 to secure onto to an inner side of the sidewall portion 12 such that the outer edge 22 of the frame portion 20 is adjacent to an outer edge of the sidewall portion 12 and slidably mounted on the drawer track 30 (as shown in FIG. 4).
For a third embodiment of the present invention, please refer to FIG. 6. A frame structure for a basket comprises: a woven basket body 10 and a frame portion 20. The frame portion 20 has a looped shape corresponding to the integrating portion 13 of the woven basket body 10 and comprises a connecting inner edge 21 corresponding to an inner side of the frame portion 20 and an outer edge 22 corresponding to an outer side of the frame portion 20. Furthermore, a curved portion 24 is disposed between the connecting inner edge 21 and the outer edge 22 such that the frame portion 20 has a U-shaped cross section. The frame portion 20 utilizes the curved portion 24 to cover the integrating portion 13 of woven basket body 10, the frame portion, also utilizes the connecting inner edge 21 to secure onto to an inner side of the sidewall portion of the woven basket body 10, such that the outer edge 22 of the frame portion 20 is adjacent to an outer edge of the sidewall portion 12 and slidably mounted on the drawer track 30 (as shown in FIG. 4).
Although the present invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.