BAG, BASKET OR CONTAINER

Abstract

The invention relates to a bag, basket, or container (1), with a substantially troughor basket-shaped design having a rigid and/or reinforced base region (2), a circumferential side wall (3), and an upper region (4) which is open or can be opened, and is provided in this region which is open or can be opened with a rigid, substantially oval, elongated or rectangular circumferential frame (5) or reinforcement, and the frame has, on at least the surface facing away from the interior, a substantially circumferential groove (6) or edge for receiving a tightening and/or retaining means (7) of a sealing cover and/or for receiving a sealing cover (8).

Claims

1-39. (canceled)

40. A container, comprising: a bounded volume container defining a through-shaped interior with a rigid bottom support (2) and side walls (3) extending upwardly therefrom to an upper region (4) which can be opened during a use; a rigid frame (5) is formed circumferentially along an upper edge of said upper region (4); said rigid frame (5) is positioned about said upper edge of said upper region (4) of said side walls (3) said rigid frame (5) includes a substantially circumferential outer groove (6) on an outer rigid frame surface facing away from said interior of said bounded volume container; and a sealing cover (8) having an inwardly facing clamping retaining member (7) positionable in said substantially circumferential outer groove (6) on said rigid frame (5) along said rigid frame surface facing away from said interior of said bounded volume so as to seal said sealing cover (8) to said rigid frame (5) during said use. (New) The container, according to claim 40, wherein: the circumferential frame (5) further comprises: a substantially circumferential inner groove (9) on an inner rigid frame surface facing said interior and opposed to said outer rigid frame surface; said circumferential inner groove (9) engages with said upper region (4) of said side walls (3) forming said bounded volume; and said circumferential outer groove (6) facing away from said circumferential inner groove (9) on an opposite side of said circumferential frame (5).

42. The container, according to claim 41, wherein: a projecting keder, being at least one of a sliding keder and a click keder (10), continuously formed about said upper region (4) of said side walls (3) projecting away from said bounded volume; and said circumferential frame 5 further comprising: a receiving profile in said circumferential groove (9) engaging with said at projecting keder thereby forming a rain-tight sealing cover on said container.

43. The container, according to claim 42, further comprising: an insulating layer (11) formed on one of said rigid bottom support (2), said circumfrential side walls (3) and said sealing cover (8).

44. The container, according to claim 43, wherein: said circumferential frame (5) is formed from at least one of a metallic material, a plastic material, and a composite material.

45. The container, according to claim 44, further comprising: an interior pocket on an interior surface of said circumferential side walls (3).

46. The container, according to claim 44, wherein: said side walls (3) and said sealing cover (8) form an air-tight fit during a use thereof.

47. The container, according to claim 44, further comprising: a base reinforcement on said rigid bottom support (2); said base reinforcement including supporting feet (14) on an outer surface thereof; said base reinforcement including at least one force-fitting connection means (12) supporting at least one vertical side-reinforcement means (13) on said interior of said bounded volume container; and said vertical side-reinforcement means (13) extending from said force-fitting connection means (12) upwardly to said upper side walls (4).

48. The container, according to claim 47, further comprising: at least one retaining device (16) on an exterior surface of said side walls (3) facing away from said bounded interior for attaching said container to one of an external carrier, a bicycle handlebar, and a bicycle frame.

49. The container, according to claim 48, further comprising: a carrying handle (18) is rotatably attached to said reinforcing means (13) through a screw plate (19) on an exterior extension of said reinforcing means (13); and a locking device (23) including an attachment means (22) operable relative to a knob member (21) on said sealing cover (8) provides an urging sealing force on said inwardly facing clamping retaining member (7) positionable in said outer groove (6) on said rigid frame (5) during said use thereby providing said air-tight fit.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0024] The invention is described in greater detail in the following using drawings purely as examples. The following is shown:

[0025] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a closed basket.

[0026] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of partially open basket.

[0027] FIG. 3 is a detailed view of the frame with the sealing cover over it and attached basket body.

[0028] FIG. 4 is a sectional view through a basket.

[0029] FIG. 5 is a sectional view through a basket with insulation.

[0030] FIG. 6 is a sectional view through a basket with supporting insulation.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0031] FIG. 1 shows a bag or a basket 1 according to the invention, over the opening region of which a rain-tight sealing cover 8 closing or covering the opening region is clamped. As shown in the design, the basket in this case is formed with a circumferential, rigid oval frame 5, on which the flexible basket body 3 is arranged and/or can be attached, which body consists of a fabric or textile and/or plastic. The sealing cover 8 in this case can be clamped over the frame 5 with a tightening means arranged on the circumference thereof, such as a rubber band or the like, in which the edging thereof engages a groove 6 incorporated on the outside of the frame and is held there. This can also be achieved with an edge arranged on the frame, in a variant which is not shown. The basket body 3 itself is preferably made from a textile or plastic, deformable material, which can be coated, whereby it is at least rain-tight and easy to wash. The basket shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, which can be used, for example, as a shopping basket, has a carrying strap 18 for this, which can be positioned at lateral intermediate elements 17 so as to be rotatable or foldable over the opening of the basket. The intermediate element 17 is attached to the frame 5 and/or to the region of the basket body 3 and has a mount for a washer 19 for attaching the carrying strap 18.

[0032] The basket shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 further has the possibility of also fixing the sealing cover 8 in a defined position, which is not completely closed, over the opening region. Simple and quick access to the interior of the basket is possible in this partially open position of the sealing cover over the opening region. To this end, the sealing cover has retaining means 21 on its circumference, which can be fixed correspondingly on the fasteners 22 arranged at the intermediate element 17 and/or on the frame 5. In the design shown, the fasteners are formed like a knob, and the retaining means 21 formed as a loop or eyelet on the circumference of the sealing cover can be clamped using these fasteners and fixed in this position, as shown in FIG. 2.

[0033] For simple operation of the sealing cover and precise positioning, the circumference of the sealing cover preferably has at least one handle 23, by means of which the sealing cover can be comfortably stretched over the frame and the edge can be incorporated in the groove or the retaining means can be attached at the fasteners, for partial opening.

[0034] The detailed view in FIG. 3 shows a section through a basket, in which the frame 5 is seen to have a groove 6 facing away from the interior of the basket. The sealing cover 8 is stretched over the basket and the frame 5 and fixed in the groove 6 with a tightening means 7. In this position, water falling onto the rain-tight sealing cover runs along the side thereof and drops onto the transition and/or end of the sealing cover and tightening means. The basket body 3, or more precisely the side wall 3 thereof, is equipped with an attached, circumferential click keder 10 in its upper opening region, which click keder is sewn and/or welded or bonded to the side edge 3. The click keder 10 engages a groove 9 incorporated on the inner side of the frame 5 and anchors the basket body 3 to the frame 5. Alternatively, the basket body can be attached to the frame as well with a sliding keder or a fixing and tightening means or a threaded connection or adhesive bond.

[0035] Due to the position of the sewn region 24 between the click keder 10 and the basket body 3 above the lower edge of the frame, the region of the seam between the click keder 10 and the side wall 3 ends up outside of the raindrop region.

[0036] Due to the flexible basket body, which consists, for example, of a textile material, the entire basket can very easily be folded together or collapsed and optimally stored, shipped, packaged, or stored in a space-saving manner during longer periods of non-use. In the preferred usage as a bicycle basket and/or shopping basket, however, an at least slight reinforcement of the basket body is beneficial. To this end, vertical reinforcement elements 13 are reversibly arranged in the interior of the basket according to a preferred variant. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the reinforcement elements 13 in this case are detachably arranged between the reinforced base 2 or a reinforcement in the base and the intermediate element 17 on the frame 5 and/or the region of the basket body around the intermediate element. In a design shown in FIG. 4, the vertical reinforcement is formed in the shape of a Y and supported in the base region with two supporting legs in a receiving device 12 arranged at the base region and screwed to the intermediate element in the upper region of said receiving device. In the variant shown, the receiving device 12 is designed as a rigid plate with mount openings for the legs of the reinforcement, which is bolted to the base region. Alternatively, the mount openings can also be shaped or preformed in the rigid base region. In the design shown here, the surface of the base facing away from the interior of the basket body is equipped with supporting legs 14, on which the basket can be placed without the textile outer area of the basket body having to come into contact with dirt and/or moisture or the basket easily slipping off. In a variant which is not shown, the outer base region of the basket is equipped with a retaining device for preferably detachable attachment of the basket to a bicycle carrier or the like or is at least has provisions for this.

[0037] In a preferred design as a bicycle basket, a handlebar adapter 16 is arranged on the upper frame 5, by means of which adapter the basket 1 can be detachably attached to a corresponding retaining element on a handlebar and transported. In this case, the ends of the circumferential frame are preferably incorporated in the handlebar adapter 16 and connected thereto and/or the handlebar adapter is bolted to the frame.

[0038] In a further preferred design, the basket or the bag is formed as a cooler bag and/or insulated bag or insulated basket or basket with insulating properties in order to transport cold or hot items therein in an insulated manner. To this end, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the interior of the basket body is lined or can be lined with insulating elements 11. In this variant, the basket body 3 is preferably formed from a material impermeable to air and the inner walls of the basket body are lined with an insulating material, which inner walls also take on a vertical supporting function in the interior of the basket body in a variant according to FIG. 6.

[0039] Now that the preferred designs of the invention have been described in reference to the accompanying figures, it should be noted that the invention is not limited to these specific designs and that various changes and modifications thereto can be performed by one skilled in the art without leaving the scope of the invention as it is defined in the accompanying claims.