Material handling basket

Claim 1

A RIGID MATERIAL HANDLING BASKET COMPRISING A BOTTOM AND UPWARDLY DIVERGING SIDE AND END WALLS, SAID BOTTOM, SIDE AND END WALLS COMPRISED OF SPACED SLATS, SECURED AT THEIR ENDS, METAL REINFORCING ANGLES ENCLOSING THE MEETING EDGES OF SAID SLATS ON THE OUTER CORNERS THEREOF, THE FLANGES OF SAID ANGLES BEING SECURED BY FASTENING MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID FLANGES AND SLATS, THE UPPER SLATS PROVIDED WITH EXTERNAL CORNER REINFORCEMENTS, STACKING MEMBERS PIVOTALLY SECURED AT THEIR OPPOSITE ENDS IN SAID EXTERNAL CORNER REINFORCEMENTS AND POSITIONABLE IN A FIRST POSITION EXTENDING ACROSS THE BASKET ADJACENT THE ENDS THEREOF OR A SECOND POSITION EXTENDING OUTSIDE THE BASKET ADJACENT THE ENDS THEREOF, AND REINFORCING STRAPS INTERMEDIATE SAID CORNER REINFORCEMENTS EXTENDING ACROSS THE SIDE AND END SLATS, BETWEEN THE UPPER TWO SLATS AND SECURED AT THEIR UPPER ENDS TO THE INNER FACES OF THE UPPER SLATS, THE LOWER ENDS OF EACH OF SAID STRAPS BEING SECURED TO THE END OF A BOTTOM SLAT.