Combined removable carrying handle and frame for a food storage container

- Dart Industries Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is an upper perspective view of a combined removable carrying handle and frame for a food storage container showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is an end elevational view thereof from the left end of FIG. 1 but also including in phantom for environmental and illustrative purposes a typical vessel structure with which the combined removable carrying handle and frame may be employed;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof from the right side of FIG. 1 but also including in phantom for environmental and illustrative purposes a typical vessel structure with which the combined removable carrying handle and frame may be employed;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a side elevational view thereof as it would appear in an unstressed condition;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a side elevational view thereof opposite that shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a bottom plan view thereof of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is an end elevational view thereof from the left of FIG. 9; and

FIG. 11 is an end elevational view from the right of FIG. 9.

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D241600 September 1976 Ashton
265742 October 1882 Boteler
1495548 May 1924 Cline
2289964 July 1942 Hanford
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Patent History
Patent number: D254170
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 25, 1977
Date of Patent: Feb 12, 1980
Assignee: Dart Industries Inc. (Los Angeles, CA)
Inventors: Jack V. Croyle (Woonsocket, RI), Robert F. Bateman (Greenville, RI)
Primary Examiner: Winifred E. Herrmann
Attorney: Leigh B. Taylor
Application Number: 5/827,647
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/7132; 294/312
International Classification: D0799;