Improvements in or connected with Boxes for Stable Utensils, Clothing and other Articles

13,008. Green, W. W. W. June 7. Luncheon and picnic baskets &c. ; baskets and hampers.-Relates to a box or basket suitable for picnic, stable, and other purposes, which can also be used as a table &c. The box is supported on a folding stand as shown in Fig. 1, and is provided with a hinged back B, which may be in two or more parts, as well as with a hinged lid A, so that both may be raised into a horizontal position for use as a table, and be supported in this position by means of notched bars U engaging with pins F on the inner sides of the ends G. When the back B is closed, it is automatically locked by reason of a notch engaging with pin F, but the lid A is secured in the ordinary manner. The bar U attached to the back B may pass through an aperture in the closed lid A, and be secured by a padlock &c. This arrangement is particularly applicable when the receptacle is made of wickerwork and used as a picnic basket ; in this case the stand is made reversible, and so that it will support the receptacle at a different height when inverted. By this means, in one position the table may be used as a standing table, and in the other as one at which persons may be seated. The ends of the receptacle are provided with sockets capable of holding various devices, such as a lamp bracket, a hooked stem or bracket on which bridles &c. may be hung, or a cloth water-basin. The closed box may be used for supporting a saddle &c., and the interior thereof may be divided into compartments as desired.