Coconut shell basket

• US 20040182871A1
• Filed: 03/20/2003
• Published: 09/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Leonard James Whyte
• Original Assignee: Leonard James Whyte
• Inventors: Whyte, Leonard James
• Application Number:
  US10/405,214
• Publication Number:
  US 20040182871A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 220/771
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 31/06 Cages , e.g. for singing birds for poultry A01K31/002
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/00 Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material by winding, bending, or folding paper B65D3/00, B65D5/00; specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing, or tearing of wall portions B65D17/00; pallets B65D19/00; details of bottles or of jars B65D23/00; bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carriers for plural receptacles such as beer cans, pop bottles, B65D71/00

Abstract

A coconut shell basket is another craft and work of art. People who see coconut baskets don'"'"'t believe they are made from coconut shells. In the future they will be seen at craft shows for sale. They will be mixed with many other crafts in china cabinets and will be an object of interest, and will not be made anywhere else. They can also be hung on Xmas trees, and have handles painted different colors; red, white and blue. Some handles will be painted a dark walnut color to blend in with bottom color of coconut shell baskets. Some baskets will get white handles to match white base color of PVC white base, or white ring on base of some coconut baskets. Wood based coconut baskets will be painted and touched up dark walnut color to match other parts of coconut baskets. Baskets vary in shades.

Coconut baskets will have some different kinds of dry flowers in them at craft shows and on display. They will look neat and like something different. Some will have small white rocks in them, and different materials of different colors to make them look interesting.

Claims

1. I invented the coconut basket

2. I invented a jig to hod and mark coconut shells for cutting into, and removing parts to make a coconut shell basket.

3. I invented a jig to wrap around coconut shell to mark handles exactly the same on each basket;

¾

″

wide handles. This jig has {fraction (17/64)}″

hole in cross bar at top to fit over ¼

″

rod coming through hole in top of coconut shell to make all handles on coconut shell the same. All measurements come from center rod.

4. I invented ¾

″

×

2⅛

″

round wood disc to go on base of coconut shell basket, counter sunk on top side to cover hump on bottom of base of coconut shell basket and to be glued on. In jig, out of jig using ¼

″

×

½

″ and

¾

″

stove bolts in bottom homes in base of coconut baskets along with glue.

5. I invented the idea to use 2″

P.V.C. plastic pipe cut into ¾

″

×

2⅜

″

O.D. rings to use on base of coconut shell basket as they cover hump on bottom of basket and are glued inside and outside. Then covered with wood disc also bolted to coconut shell basket bottoms on base.

6. I invented the idea to make a coconut shell bird house of different sizes for large and small birds, large sizes are for two (2) coconuts shells to be cut in middle off-center to get length, and glued back together again, and have then a much longer shell and entry holes drilled different sizes for large and small birds. Some of the larger bird houses will not have rain covers, as they require too much work.

7. I invented the idea to make a coconut shell basket by cutting a coconut shell in middle of shell and having two (2) baskets with wire handles #9 galvanized wire from one coconut shell, like a small basket, with no waste of coconut shell, they work out fine. They would have same base on top and bottom halves, (cut dead center) of coconut shell.