Foldable basket

Abstract

A foldable basket includes a rectangular frame a front plate, a rear plate, a left plate, and a right plate, and a bottom plate. The rectangular frame has four frame pieces, and the front, rear, left and right plates have their top edge pivoted on the frame pieces respectively. The bottom plate has an edge pivoted on a bottom edge of the rear plate. The bottom plate has a lock portion on a distal edge thereof to be engaged with a hook portion on a bottom edge of the front plate, and two slots to be engaged with bottom edges of the left plate and the right plate respectively.

1 . A foldable basket, comprising:
 a rectangular frame having four frame pieces;   four plates including a front plate, a rear plate, a left plate, and a right plate having top edges thereof pivoted on the frame pieces of the rectangular frame respectively, wherein the plates are swung downwardly; and   a bottom plate, which has an edge pivoted on a bottom edge of the rear plate, having a lock portion on a distal edge thereof to be engaged with a hook portion on a bottom edge of the front plate, and two slots to be engaged with bottom edges of the left plate and the right plate respectively.   
   
   
       2 . The foldable basket as defined in  claim 1 , wherein one of the front plate and the rear plate has a stop device extending toward the other one thereof and touching the left plate and the right plate respectively. 
   
   
       3 . The foldable basket as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the bottom further has two stop walls projected from outer edges of the slots respectively. 
   
   
       4 . The foldable basket as defined in  claim 1 , wherein at least a pair of the opposite plates have handles on the top edges thereof. 
   
   
       5 . The foldable basket as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the plates have a tube on the top edge respectively to be engaged with the frame pieces of the rectangular frame.