Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus for controlling pressure of an air pocket of a double-layered cooking vessel, which prevents the distortion or explosion of the double-layered cooking vessel that may result from high pressures generated within the air pocket by the heating of liquid and moisture trapped within the air pocket. In a double-layered cooking vessel having an air pocket between inner and outer shells, the present invention includes an exhaust port located on the outer shell, a handle covering the exhaust port, and exhaust means located within the handle to allow the discharge of vapor steam from the air pocket and through an exhaust port. The exhaust means for controlling pressure inside the air pocket is performed by opening and closing the exhaust port.

Abstract: An ashtray apparatus comprising a container, a cap member, and a handle assembly. The container includes a base and a surround member extending from the base. The base and surround member cooperate to define a cavity having an opening. The cap member is engageable with the container. The cap member and container cover at least a portion of the opening of the container. The cap member further includes a channel extending therethrough which permits communication with the cavity of the container. The handle assembly is releasably associable with at least one of the base and the cap member so that a user can selectively utilize the handle assembly.

Abstract: A pressure cooker handle assembly that relieves pressure in the cooker and unlocks the lid by pushing a single button twice. The button includes a tab that directly activates a pressure relief valve to release the pressure and a leg that depresses a stopbar to unlock the lid. Pressing of the button a first time releases the pressure in the cooker, but does not unlock the lid. A latch system prevents the cooker from again building pressure once the button is pressed.

Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus for controlling pressure of an air pocket of a double-layered cooking vessel, which prevents the distortion or explosion of the double-layered cooking vessel that may result from high pressures generated within the air pocket by the heating of liquid and moisture trapped within the air pocket. In a double-layered cooking vessel having an air pocket between inner and outer shells, the present invention includes an exhaust port located on the outer shell, a handle covering the exhaust port, and exhaust means located within the handle to allow the discharge of vapor steam from the air pocket and through an exhaust port. The exhaust means for controlling pressure inside the air pocket is performed by opening and closing the exhaust port.

Abstract: A salad bowl made of a plastic moldable material having a platform adjacent one side of the bowl to permit the bowl to rest on the platform so that the bowl may be maintained in an upright position. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a cover is capable of fitting over the top of the bowl for maintaining the contents of the bowl in place when the bowl is positioned in its upright position.

Abstract: A covering structure, comprising a case and supporting element pivotally connected to the case. The supporting element may be oriented between two positions. The supporting element also incorporates a supporting socket, provided as a carrying holder when oriented in the first position. Additionally, the supporting socket integrates the ability to contain objects when oriented in the second position.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for collecting a biological fluid specimen.

Abstract: A tennis ball container is disclosed. This container has a top barrier rod (110) having a closed rectangular profile and forming the top structure of a barrier body (100), a bottom barrier rod (120) having a closed rectangular profile and forming the bottom structure of the body. A plurality of side barrier rods (140) extend in a vertical direction between the top and bottom barrier rods to connect them into a single structure, and form two inclined opposite sidewalls of the barrier body. A plurality of elastic barrier rods (150) are vertically arranged inside the side barrier rods while being mounted to the top barrier rod at their top ends such that the rods (150) are elastically displaceable in opposite directions at their bottom portions. Two first handle rods (210) are rotatably attached to the side barrier rods at the opposite sidewalls of the barrier body. Each of the first handle rods includes a U-shaped rod part, with a linear rod part integrated with the ends of the U-shaped rod part.

Abstract: A specimen gathering device permitting a person to position the specimen gathering device without contact with the specimen. The device includes a container member having an overlying lid and detachable handle assembly diametrically overlying the lid and forming a lever for tightening and loosening the lid. Releasable gripping members on the container wall, handle and lid permit manual separation of the handle and lid and supporting the container remote from a person's hand by one end portion of the handle.

Abstract: A combined handle and lock assembly for use on shipping cases that have limited space available for a separate handle and a separate lock. The combined handle and lock assembly includes a recessed mounting plate that is attached to the front side of the shipping case. A handle is attached with a hinge to the mounting plate and rests within the recessed area when it is not being used. A locking device is included on the bottom portion of the mounting plate.

Abstract: A serving tray partially surrounding a beverage holder with which it is integrally molded to form a single, one piece unit. The beverage holder extends downwardly of the tray and serves both as a container and as a handle. Fluids can be stored in the beverage holder itself and consumed therefrom, using a straw. Alternately, a canned beverage or standard size disposable drinking cup can be snap-fitted within the beverage holder. Disposed with bilateral symmetry about the longitudinal centerline of the beverage holder, the tray extends generally perpendicularly therefrom, as does a flat surface on the bottom of the beverage holder, so that when the latter rests upright on a table, the tray extends approximately horizontally. Within the tray itself is situated a plurality of watertight, shallow open compartments, separated from each other by at least one dividing wall whose distal ends link an outer wall of the tray with the side wall of the beverage holder.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for collecting a biological fluid specimen. The apparatus includes a holder article for a specimen container, wherein the holder article contains a ring which is removably engagable with a specimen container, a connector continuous with the ring, and a grasping portion continuous with the connector. The article can be reconfigured with the grasping portion movable along a longitudinal axis to provide a specimen collection area.

Abstract: A deposit system for storing delivered goods awaiting collection by the recipient comprising a storage container with access means having a wheel mounted for rotation to facilitate transport, securing means and locking means for attaching or detaching the storage container from the securing means.

Abstract: A beverage vessel (10) whose constriction resembles a typical coffee mug except for the fact that the hollow handle (16) of the beverage vessel (10) is hollow with one end of the hollow handle (16) connected to the container (12) at a normal location; at the bottom side of the container (12), with the hollow handle (16) then passing over lip of the container (12) at the opening (14) of the container (12) with the other end of the hollow handle (16) connecting to the container (12) at the bottom of the container (12). The hollow handle (16) hollow feature extends through its connections to the container (12) on both the lower side and bottom of the container (12). This configuration allows a communication between the environment outside of the beverage vessel (10) container (12) through the hollow handle (16) at the bottom of the container (12) and the contents of the container (12) through the hollow handle (16) connected at the lower side of the container (12.

Abstract: A container for fluids, in particular fluids containing gas, comprises an outer casing of flexible, pressure resistant material, at least a gas and/or fluid tight inner casing of flexible material lying inside the outer casing and being separated therefrom, and at least a filling connection for filling the inner casing. As a result, the container is collapsible so that filling the container may take place from the collapsed condition and filling is therefore possible without pressure difference while the fluid does not enter an empty space. The egress of gas from the fluid is substantially reduced thereby. When fluid is discharged from the containe, the volume of the container can also decrease by collapsing so that also during use of the fluid gas is prevented from egressing. Consequently, the quality of the fluid is maintained, both during filling of the inner casing with fluid and during discharge of fluid from the inner casing.

Abstract: A pan for use with a well for receiving the pan is disclosed herein. The pan includes a bottom panel, a plurality of walls, and a ramp. The plurality of walls extend upwardly from the bottom panel and define a cavity. The plurality of walls also have an upper end which defines a top opening. The upper end has an extension away from the cavity which defines a rim. The ramp is proximate the rim and exterior to the cavity, whereby the pan rides up on the ramp when the pan is drawn up against the well.

Abstract: A transportation container includes a body having a plurality of side walls, a bottom and an open upper end, a pair of handles mounted on the body so as to be rotated inside or outside the body and including grip portions having both ends respectively, a pair of arms formed on the respective ends of each grip portion of each handle, and a pair of engaging portions formed on an interface between each grip portion and the corresponding arm. The side walls of the body are inclined downwardly inward so that a cross-sectional area of the body is gradually decreased from the upper end to the bottom of the body. Each arm has a distal end mounted on an outer face of one of the side walls of the body so that each handle is rotated inside or outside the body. Each engaging portion engages the upper end of the body, and each grip portion extends across the open upper end of the body and is located lower than an upper end of the side wall when each handle is rotated inside the body.

Abstract: A lifting and closing device for a beverage bottle comprises a stopper made of elastic material, a clamping mechanism which clamps the stopper closed in the neutral position, a handle, and a trigger integrated into the handle for actuating the clamping mechanism for the temporary opening of the stopper.

Abstract: A pan for use with a well for receiving the pan is disclosed herein. The pan includes a bottom panel, a plurality of walls, and a ramp. The plurality of walls extend upwardly from the bottom panel and define a cavity. The plurality of walls also have an upper end which defines a top opening. The upper end has an extension away from the cavity which defines a rim. The ramp is proximate the rim and exterior to the cavity, whereby the pan rides up on the ramp when the pan is drawn up against the well.

Abstract: A communion cup for religious communion services includes a body defining a top rim. A handle member is connected to the body and extends upwards from a plane through the rim. The handle member includes a manual grasping section such that a person can manually lift the communion cup from a serving tray by grasping the handle member at the grasping section.

Abstract: A flat panel display apparatus with a mounting apparatus includes a display screen, a handle member, a supporting member and a stand member. The handle member is disposed at the edge or the rear of the display screen. The supporting member is pivotally secured to the handle member. The supporting member has a first arm portion and a second arm portion where an obtuse angle is formed between the first arm portion and the second arm portion. The stand member is disposed at an end of the second arm portion to provide friction between the second arm portion and contacted surface thereon and prevent the second arm portion from escaping as the display screen is in an upright position.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an insulated beverage carafe adapted for use in an automatic drip coffee maker fabricated from non-reactive metal, having a heat resistant plastic handle that includes a detachable substantially transparent tubular gauge adapted to measure the amount of beverage within the carafe. Also taught is a method for preparing and serving hot coffee suitable in beverage service in individually dispensed portions, reading the gauge to determine when the carafe is empty; and, cleaning the empty carafe in a commercial dishwasher. An article of manufacture comprising packaging material containing an insulated beverage carafe with a handle that includes a gauge adapted to measure the amount of beverage within the carafe is also taught. The packaging material includes a brochure that provides directions for the use of said carafe.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a point-of-use water treatment system unit. The unit includes a filter housing assembly having a filter tank assembly and a closure which utilizes a handle and cammed reciprocating lock blades to secure the closure to the filter tank assembly. A UV tank assembly includes a planar baffle plate and a vaned baffle plate to induce plug flow about a UV lamp assembly. A UV lamp assembly is used which simultaneously electrically and sealingly mounts to a UV tank assembly and electrical cap assembly using a bayonet mount. A bi-planar manifold assembly is used to interconnect components of the WTS unit and to provide an envelope for accommodating a water pipe assembly. The bi-planar manifold assembly enhances the compactness of the design of the WTS unit. Also, a support plate is disclosed which provides support to subcomponents of the WTS unit while also dissipating heat from a UV tank assembly.

Abstract: A fishing bait bucket having an outer shell, an inner bait receiving chamber, a cooling chamber for receiving ice or the like, a main lid covering the outer container with an access lid for accessing only the bait chamber and a carrying handle moveable between latched an unlatched positions to selectively attach and detach the main lid from the outer container.

Abstract: A handle which can be permanently attached to a separate blow-molded plastic container. The handle has a contoured portion which comfortably confronts the palm and fingers of a hand of a person lifting the container. The handle is lightweight, injection molded in simple molds, and stackable in a uniform manner so that a stack of the handles can be efficiently stored, transported, and readily machine fed to automated handle-to-bottle attachment equipment. The handle may also be made from recycled plastic for food application.

Abstract: The invention relates to an auxiliary device for a paint barrel which comprises a supporting bar bridged at two opposite sides of a paint barrel body by means of a pivoting attachment structure, a supporting portion to lean on the abdomen of a user provided at the middle part of the supporting bar and a strap attached to the barrel body. In use, the strap hangs on the user's neck and the supporting portion of the supporting bar leans on the abdomen of the user so that said barrel body suspends naturally in front of the user. In this way, the user can easily take the paint from the paint barrel, thereby achieving the purpose of convenience in use.

Abstract: A stainless steel thermal cup with handle includes a stainless steel cup body, a cover, and a plastic jacket. The cup body has a tightly sealed and heat insulating cup wall formed by double-layer stainless steel and confining a receiving space adapted to receive a hot or cold liquid. The cover is adapted for closing an open top of the cup body to prevent spilling of the liquid inside the cup body, loss of heat of the liquid inside the cup body to the outside, and entry of dust into the cup body. The jacket has a handle on one side and is fitted around the cup body distal to the opening of the cup body in a suitable position. The part of the cup body below the jacket may be painted to enhance the appearance of the cup while the part above the jacket is left unpainted to prevent contact between the user's lips and the paint, which may be toxic.

Abstract: A reinforced cooking pan includes a network of channels bounded by wall portions of a metallic foil pan, and an integrated framework of reinforcing elements fixedly mounted in the channels to reinforce the wall portions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to nested containers including a first container having a handle extending outwardly from the side wall thereof and at least one recess formed by the handle and adjacent side wall of the first container. At least one second container dimensioned to be inserted in the recess is inserted in the recess and first and second containers secured tightly together.

Abstract: A portable container includes a closed volume defined by at least one wall member, a through hole extending through the at least one wall member at at least two points, an interior of the through hole being separated from the volume, and a cord extending through the through hole to form a handle. A method of making a portable container is also disclosed.

Abstract: A portable food container for feeding animals is provided and includes a container having a threaded opening engaged with a threaded lid, a pair of bowls engageable with two ends of the container respectively and each including a protrudent retaining hole respectively engageable with a pair of retaining pins of an elastic arcuate handle. This disclosure is characterized in ready assembling or disassembling and in corresponding with the environmental sanitation.

Abstract: An electronic instrument with a housing having a front surface and a rear surface. A user interface is located on the front surface. A movable handle having a grip portion is connected to the housing and is movable between a first carrying position in which at least a portion of the grip is forward of the rear surface and a first stabilizing position in which at least a portion of the grip is rearward of the rear surface. The handle may movable to other stabilizing positions, and the housing may include a front prop to provide additional stability and alternative viewing angles.

Abstract: An electronic instrument includes a housing having opposed end surfaces each including a handle mount. A bail handle with an elongated middle portion has extending arms connected at opposite ends, and the arms have free ends for connection at the handle mounts. The handle pivots between a first stable position and a second stable position about a pivot axis passing through the handle mounts. A pair of detent mechanisms each have a first portion connected to the housing, and a second portion connected to the handle, and each detent mechanism includes a spring which urges the first and second portions toward each other along the pivot axis.

Abstract: A combination paint brush holder and paint pourer unit for paint cans. It has a horizontally oriented annular neck portion designed to removably snap fit into the top end opening of a paint can. Connected to the top edge of the annular neck portion is a horizontally oriented upper wall portion having a pouring spout formed at its front end. It's left and right sides each have a vertical recess in their outer surface for capturing a wire bail handle of a paint can when it raised to a vertical position. A paint brush wiper portion is connected to the top edge of the annular neck portion adjacent the rear end of the upper wall portion. An auxiliary handle is detachably secured to the metal wire bail handle of a paint can. The auxiliary handle has a strip of hook or loop fastening material secured to its front or rear surface that matably receives a strip of hook or loop material that would be attached to the handle of a paint brush.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved system and method for carrying and securing the lid of a container, such as a surgical sterilization tray. A tray is provided with rotating wire bail handles and at least two studs. The cover for the tray has a keyway and cutout which can be engaged with the studs when the lid is placed onto the case. Inadvertent disengagement of the keyway or cutout from the studs is prevented by the interaction of the handles with the lid. The lid is provided with slots and end panels which become mechanically associated with the handles when the handles are rotated to any of a variety of lid-securing positions. The association of the handles with the lid prevents any relative sliding motion of the lid and case which would allow disengagement of the keyway or cutout and the studs, until the handles are rotated to any of a variety of non-lid-securing positions. The system combines the handle and lid-securing functions in a very low part-count design with very few moving parts.

Abstract: A multifunctional handle for portable computers that can also serve as a rear port cover, a tilting device, and a lid-locking device. This handle allows for easier transportation of the portable computer over short distances and increased security while eliminating the need for a separate tilting device or port-covers.

Abstract: Opening/closing safety device to be mounted on a bayonet pan, consisting of a body (1) to which a side handle is attached (11), and a lid (2) to which an upper body is attached (3), which consists of a lever (4) which, when it is in its initial position, guarantees that there is no pressure inside the pan and which, when it is locked (pressure cooker), prevents the pan from opening.

Abstract: A slow cooker is provided with a clamp assembly for holding the parts of the cooker together when transporting the cooker from one location to another. The clamp assembly includes downwardly-opening grooved portions of housing handles and an elastomeric band having opposite end portions received within the grooved portions of housing handles.

Abstract: A drinking receptacle cover comprising a slant cover plate having a top surface and a bottom surface and covering a heat insulating cup at the open top; a rim surrounding the cover plate; a valve assembly having a valve element for opening and closing a spout formed at a lowest level portion of the cover plate adjacent to the rim; a push rod for operating the valve assembly; and a return spring for urging the push rod in the anti-actuating direction. The push rod is disposed to penetrate an insertion opening formed in the rim to be retractable along the bottom surface of the cover plate. An actuating lever which is engaged with the outer end of the push rod to advance it into the inside of the rim is pivotally located on the outer side of the rim. The actuating lever has an actuating section extending along the outer side of the receptacle. The valve assembly has an engaging arm to be engaged with the push rod and a closing arm having the valve element at the free end.

Abstract: A bucket that children cannot put over their head, having a bottom wall, side walls, a removable lid and a non-pivoting U-shaped handle. The side walls project upwardly from the bottom wall and form an opening having circumscribing edges. The removable lid fits in the circumscribing edges for closing the bucket. The non-pivoting U-shaped handle has opposite side legs slidably mounted onto the side walls. The U-shaped handle also has stopping means for limiting sliding of the handle between a first position where the U-shaped handle bears against the lid when the same is fitted in the circumscribing edges and a second position where the U-shaped handle extends away from the lid and thus makes it possible to remove the lid from the circumscribing edges. Thus, the U-shaped handle, both in first and second positions, divides the opening into two smaller openings which are smaller than a child's head, thus children cannot put the bucket over their head.

Abstract: A beverage container assembly is provided having a container body defining an interior chamber, and a well having a hollow interior defining a receiving space. The receiving space further includes an opening through which a cigarette lighter can be passed and retained inside the receiving space. The receiving space has an elongated cross-section and a sealed bottom. The cigarette lighter is vertically oriented when it is retained inside the receiving space.

Abstract: A condiment container with clip for attaching to the side of a food container such as a French-fry box or a sandwich container of the type typically used in fast food restaurants. The condiment container includes a bottom wall with a perimeter side wall upwardly extending around the outer perimeter of the bottom wall. The perimeter side wall has an upper edge defines a top opening. A clip is provided having an extent at the top end of the clip which is coupled to the perimeter side wall adjacent the upper edge of the perimeter side wall. The extent spaces the clip apart from the perimeter side wall to defines a slot therebetween adapted for extending a side of a food container therein such that the extent rests on the food container.

Abstract: A salad bowl made of a plastic moldable material having a platform adjacent one side of the bowl to permit the bowl to rest on the platform so that the bowl may be maintained in an upright position. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a cover is capable of fitting over the top of the bowl for maintaining the contents of the bowl in place when the bowl is positioned in its upright position.

Abstract: An assembly of a formed wire roasting rack, a roasting pan and a foil cover, each of which is removable from the rack. Each of the pan and cover has a base, an upstanding sidewall, a rim and a peripheral bead formation surrounding the rim. The rack has a first pair of parallel elongated wire form sections terminating in upwardly extending portions providing outwardly extending wire handles, and a second elongated wire form section extending transverse to the first wire section and terminating in an upwardly extending portion at each end. At each end thereof, a bead gripping formation and an actuator for retracting the bead gripping formation is provided. The bead gripping formations are sized and proportioned to grippingly retain the pair of pan and cover bead formations in a nested array, and to grippingly retain the pair of pan and cover bead formations when one of the pan and covers is inverted to overlie and cover the other.

Abstract: An open-topped container (10) has stacking bars (12) which have a series of equally spaced ribs (18) projecting upwardly to engage with ribs (22) formed in the base of a container stacked above.

Abstract: A handle which can be permanently attached to a separate blow-molded plastic container. The handle has a contoured portion which comfortably confronts the palm and fingers of a hand of a person lifting the container. The handle is lightweight, injection molded in simple molds, and stackable in a uniform manner so that a stack of the handles can be efficiently stored, transported, and readily machine fed to automated handle-to-bottle attachment equipment. The handle may also be made from recycled plastic for food application.

Abstract: A lidded insulator for a beverage container comprising an insulator lid hingedly attached to an insulator body by means of a hinge. An insulator top ring having an insulator top ring bore is attached to the insulator lid. The hinge is made of resilient material possessing material memory tending to urge the hinge into a straight position. This hinge material memory tends to urge the insulator lid into a closed position. The lidded insulator for a beverage container is sized to frictionally admit a standard sized beverage container. Thus the beverage container is held securely within the insulator body, and when the insulator lid is closed on the beverage container, the frictional fit between the insulator lid and the beverage container holds the top closed, and together with the hinge material memory, urges the insulator lid top into sealing relationship with the beverage container opening.

Abstract: An apparatus for storing a wheelchair is provided. The apparatus includes a substantially rigid container dimensioned to receive a wheelchair including a first section and a second section. The first section includes a first end, a first wall extending from the first end, a second wall opposite the first wall, a first side panel extending from the first end positioned between the first and second walls and a second side panel opposite the first side panel. The second section includes a first end, a first wall extending from the first end, a second wall opposite the first wall, a first side panel extending from the first end and positioned between the first and second walls and a second side panel opposite the first side panel. The first section is releasably coupled to the second section to form an interior region for receiving a wheelchair.

Abstract: In the handle (12) for cooking utensils (10), in correspondence with or in the vicinity of that of its ends connected to the cooking utensil there is provided a seat (14) into which the free end of the handgrip (12) of a spoon can be inserted a certain distance so that the widened part of this latter becomes located above the cooking utensil at a height less than the remaining part of the spoon, but not such that the spoon can withdraw from said seat by gravity.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for collecting a biological fluid specimen. The apparatus includes a holder article for a specimen container, wherein the holder article contains a ring which is removably engagable with a specimen container, a connector continuous with the ring, and a grasping portion continuous with the connector, the grasping portion having opposed lateral side portions which are continuous and contiguous along their entire length with one another. The grasping portion is movable along a longitudinal axis such that the lateral side portions are approachable one to another, with each side portion on an opposed side of a plane coaxial with the longitudinal axis. The connector includes a specimen collection area.