Abstract: A cover for the handle hole of a plastic tote box container has a peripheral rectangular flange which is grommeted to the inside of the container wall with side runs and a bottom run of the flange even with the sides and bottom of the handle hole. The top run of the flange is spaced above the top of the handle hole to make room for the distal phalanges of the fingers. A top wall of the cover extends inwardly from the top run of the flange and joins at its inner end with a rear wall which is parallel to the end wall of the container. The lower end of the rear wall is joined to a bottom wall of the cover which slopes upwardly from the bottom run of the flange. The top, rear and bottom walls are joined to each other and to the side runs of the flange by inwardly sloping side walls of the cover, so the cover is completely closed.

Abstract: A blow-molded plastic container having a separately formed and permanently attached handle. The container has a blow-molded body portion with an inwardly set recess. An elongate plastic handle is attached to the sidewall of the container such that it spans across the recess in spaced relation. The handle has a grip portion and opposite ends which are secured to the body portion by welding techniques. The recess has a vacuum flex panel to accommodate changes resulting from hot-fill processing.

Abstract: A container and lid assembly includes a container, lid and handle members for carrying and securing together the handle and lid, and the lid has recesses oriented in the top wall of the lid such that a user's hand is received in the recess when a user is grasping one of the handles.

Abstract: A detachable handle for a cooking vessel having at least one attachment opening formed therein includes an elongate member and a vessel engaging portion. The vessel engaging portion is attached to a first end of the elongate member and is adapted to engage at least one of the attachment openings of the cooking vessel. The detachable handle further includes a locking mechanism for securing the detachable handle to the cooking vessel.

Abstract: A container of the type which can be lifted and carried by a person, the container comprising a bottom wall, a top wall, a back wall, which faces the person's body when the container is carried, a front wall opposite to the back wall, two opposed side walls extending between the back and front walls, a first hand-grippable portion positioned at the juncture between the bottom wall and one of the side walls, and a second hand-grippable portion positioned adjacent the juncture between the front wall and the other of the side walls.

Abstract: A container having walls and a handle attached to the exterior of the container is disclosed. The container has handle receiving means in the form of a keyhole-shaped slot spaced apart from the wall of the container by a distance sufficient to accommodate a flange on the end of the handle. The keyhole-shaped slot has an orifice connected to a tapered slot which is open at the end opposed to the orifice. A shaft located at the end of the handle at each of its opposed ends has two spaced-apart flanges thereon. The shaft and the keyhole cooperatively act for insertion of the shaft into the orifice of the keyhole. At least one of the flanges attached to the handle is sectioned to form an edge in the shape of a hook. During insertion of the handle onto the container, the hook contacts a fulcrum located juxtaposed to the tapered slot of the keyhole which acts as a lever to snap the handle onto the container.

Abstract: A thermoplastic molded or formed container has four trapezoidal walls that incline upwardly and outwardly upstanding from a bottom wall to create a top opening that is larger than the bottom wall. Each side wall has a closure flap that is connected to it at an upper edge by a living hinge. A locking handle member in the shape of a loop with locking extensions extends from an edge of one flap and engages a slot in an opposite flap. The handle member is a loop with locking projections which engage the opposite flap surface, the handle member passing through the slot for manually grasping. The container may be square or rectangular in transverse section or a combination thereof with a conical truncated section.

Abstract: A hollow container is formed with a thin-walled, plastic body; and a discrete plastic handle is attached by ultrasonic energy to the plastic body. The handle has a pair of spaced bosses at each end of the handle with a central opening therein to receive an ultrasonic horn. A plurality of integral, energy-directing protrusions are spaced from one another on the bosses to be melted and mixed with the plastic of the container. The energy directors melt first and mix with the plastic of thin-walled bottle to provide a secure attachment. The preferred container and preferred handle are each made of PET plastic.

Abstract: A method for attaching a service device, such as a plastic handle, to a flexible container sidewall, and a container prepared by the method. The inside of the container is supported rigidly to effect a strong bond between the container and the handle.

Abstract: A fishing tackle storage and carrying apparatus, comprising a unitary, rectilinear body having a bottom wall and a plurality of interconnected side walls connected to and extending vertically from the bottom. The sides defining an interior reservoir bounded by the bottom and the sides. The apparatus also comprises a plurality of compartments disposed outside the body. The compartments are formed by an outer wall disposed a predetermined distance from at least one side wall and a plurality of divider walls connected to and extending between at least one side wall and the outer wall. The side walls are spaced parallel a predetermined distance from each other.

Abstract: A carry handle and interlock system for stackable equipment units includes dual functionality in a simple yet elegant design. A primary unit, such as a computer printer, is provided with a housing shell that includes outwardly warped side panels that also form downwardly facing grooves in the side panels. The grooves are shaped and dimensioned for allowing fingers to be at least partially received within the grooves for lifting and moving the primary unit. The primary unit is made stackable with accessory units, such as sheet feeder paper trays, by providing each accessory unit with side panel projections that have an upwardly directed tongue designed to be inserted in the grooves of the primary unit, thereby interlocking the accessory unit subjacent the primary unit.

Abstract: A product dispense package suitable for employment in washing machines, comprises a stackable product container which includes a unitary molded recyclable thermoplastic container body having a closed bottom end, an opposed open top end and an upwardly and outwardly angled upstanding peripheral side wall having a stacking angle of from about 2.degree. to about 7.degree. and contained therein a compact block of detergent, cleaning agent, disinfectant and/or preservative having a powdery structure. The bottom end includes an inwardly and upwardly directed dome-shaped region therein including a handle grip portion defined in an outwardly facing side of the dome-shaped region.

Abstract: A portable carrier for a beverage container has a base member with an open top and closed bottom, the open top communicating with a cavity defined by an upper portion of selected cross-sectional dimension and a lower portion of reduced cross-sectional dimension providing an internal ledge, the base member having external integral opposed boss portions having openings therethrough. A cover member has a closed top and open bottom with a cavity therein communicating with the open bottom, the cover member telescopically mating with the base member when in the closed position, the cover member having integral external opposed boss portions with openings. A cord extends through the openings in the boss portions of the cover member and the base member with knots at the ends thereof so that thereby the cord serves the dual function of providing means for carrying the portable carrier as well as preventing inadvertent misplacement of the cover member.

Abstract: It is difficult in utensils manufactured by die casting or injection molding, for example cooking utensils of an aluminum alloy, to directly fasten a support arm on which in turn a handle piece can be fastened. Therefore, holding bars are needed in most cases, to which the support arm is welded or screwed. The holding bars must be inserted during casting and are during casting always in danger of being washed away. Other solutions, which do away with such holding bars, require an additional operation in order to fasten the support arm on a suitably designed attachment on the utensil. The invention avoids additional structural parts and ties a support arm during the casting operation with a specially designed holding piece into a boss.

Abstract: A container for receiving and supporting a grocery bag. The inventive device includes a container having engaging assemblies extending from laterally opposed sides thereof for engaging the handle loops of a grocery bag. A lid positionable across an open upper end of the container has laterally opposed cut-outs permitting projection of the engaging assemblies of the container through the lid.

Abstract: A plastic recyclable container including a container body having a bottom and a continuous sidewall. A pair of ears are positioned on the sidewall and include opposed shaped openings. A plastic handle has a connector assembly at each end including a pair of inwardly directed projections received by the openings. The projections include holding members positioned within the ears. The cross-section of the projections is shaped complementary with the ear openings ensuring that the handle can be moved to different predetermined positions.

Abstract: A recyclable, reusable container includes a unitary molded thermoplastic container body having a closed bottom end, an opposed open top and a sidewall tapering upwardly and outwardly from the bottom end to the top end at a stacking angle of from about 2.degree. to about 7.degree.. The bottom includes an inwardly and upwardly directed dome-shaped region therein including a handle grip portion defined in an outwardly facing side of the dome-shaped region. The container body defines an open smoothly rounded container cavity without any undercut portions which is adapted to storably receive and completely discharge material contents placed therein for storage and dispensing. A stepped outward shoulder is provided adjacent the top end to define an outwardly stepped sidewall portion provided with external threads. An internally threaded cover member is releasably engageable over the top end of the container body to selectively close off the top opening of the container.

Abstract: A structure of a foot trash can is to improve the disadvantages of a conventional foot trash can which lifts up its cover vertically right above the opening of the can and easily spreads bad odor out of the trash can; the user can use his toes to press down a pedal and the pedal will push a coupling lever upward to make a rod support rotate to move the cover slidingly downward along the slope opening of the can main body to its back side so as to make the can widely open, in this way there is no air current formed and no bad odor spreaded out of the can; the opening of the can is designed to have a slope flange so that the cover may easily slide downward and make the opening of the can expose itself completely for users to throw trash easily; this can improve the disadvantage of the conventional foot trash can.

Abstract: A flexible handle for a container having unitary construction which has a substantially flat profile with a strap attached to flexible hinges and which can be secured flush with a surface of a container.

Abstract: The present invention is a footlocker of molded plastic construction which includes a bin having a storage cavity and a lid hinged to the bin for enclosing the storage cavity. Two plastic latches are used to secure the lid in its closed relation above the bin. Each of the latches includes a face plate with a front surface which preferably has graphic indicia molded therein. In order to lock the lid in its closed position and thereby safeguard the contents of the bin, the footlocker preferably includes a padlock hasp. In order to hold the lid open in any position, the footlocker includes a lid stay mechanism connected between the lid and the bin. The bin has a plurality of continuously molded feet and the top surface of the lid a plurality of stacking depressions molded therein for receiving the feet and thereby enabling multiple footlockers to be stacked on top of one another.

Abstract: A handle assembly for use with expandable polystyrene coolers having a base, a lower section including two pairs of tapered, opposed, walls which extend upwardly and outwardly from the base and terminating in a shoulder, an upper section including two pairs of tapered, opposed, walls which extend upwardly and outwardly from the shoulder, a large and small opening in each wall of one pair of the tapered, opposed, walls of the upper section of the cooler, and a notch within the shoulder and extending into the walls of the one pair of tapered, opposed, walls of the upper section.The handle assembly of the present invention includes a U-shaped handle member, a pair of handle support assemblies, each including a round male projection, and a pair of female retainer member for mounting within a respective large opening in the tapered, opposed, walls of the upper section for receiving a respective male projection extending from a respective handle support assembly.

Abstract: A strap handle for a package and being capable of attachment to the sidewall of the package comprises a longitudinal slit sufficiently long to divide the strap handle into a lower attachment portion which is secured to the package and an upper free ribbon portion which can be pulled away from the sides of the package and lifted over the top of the package for transport. The strap handle is a flexible sheet or film which can be glued to the package.

Abstract: A package for flowable goods includes an inner thin-walled plastic blown hollow body that receives the goods to be packaged and a supporting envelope without a bottom or a lid, with an upper stacking edge that surrounds the plastic hollow body and rests thereon in the packaging position. The plastic hollow body has a depression and the supporting envelope is provided with cut-outs that can be folded at least partially inward into the depression, that both act as fastening elements for the supporting elements, and form a handle for carrying the package. Engaging elements for the folded cut-outs are provided. In order to improve the link between the inner and outer package parts, the engaging elements form cams and are associated to an inclined projection formed in the plastic container in the pivoting area of the depression.

Abstract: A paint roller bucket is provided, which consists of a receptacle having an open top with a deep well to hold a large amount of paint, so that a paint roller can be inserted into the paint. A component is for carrying the receptacle from place to place making it portable.

Abstract: A container is disclosed for packaging food, paint or the like. The container includes a cover having a lip which engages a top edge of the container and is sealed on the container by one or more sealing elements. The sealing elements include a hook which engages a skirt located on the container and a jaw which engages the cover lip. The hook and jaw are lockable together. The skirt further includes handles and a recess so that the cover can be easily removed from the container.

Abstract: A ladder caddy (10) includes a rigid tray (12) and a ladder-engaging handle (14)which together define a generally rectangular mounting opening (80) positioned laterally adjacent a mounting side (38) of the tray. The mounting opening is of a size and shape for receiving therein an apex portion (82) and portions of leg pairs (86, 88) of an A-frame ladder (84) when the legs are in a separated, deployed configuration, but sufficiently small that the ladder-engaging handle and the rigid tray contact the separated leg pairs of the ladder near the apex portion whereby the ladder caddy remains mounted on the A-frame ladder. The ladder-engaging handle comprises two follower arms (54a and b) which are slidably engaged in track slots (48a and b) of the rigid tray. The ladder-engaging handle also includes an outer member, or yoke bar, (60) which is rotatably attached to the follower arms and which can be rotated to change the size of the mounting opening.

Abstract: A towable mobile fluid carrier includes a hollow container body having an interior cavity for containing fluid and a recessed region in the lower middle portion thereof, a vent mouth and cap on the container body, a fill and pour mouth and closure on the container body spaced from the vent mouth and cap, a telescoping handle mounted to the container body, and a carriage assembly connected to and movably supporting the container body and being disposed within the recessed region of the container body. The telescoping handle includes a hollow main pipe mounted to the container body and extending from the lower recessed region through the interior cavity to above the middle of the container body, a plurality of auxiliary telescoping pipes slidably inserted into the main pipe, and a handgrip mounted on an end of an inner one of the auxiliary pipes.

Abstract: A container bail incorporates securement means cooperative with retaining means on a container, said securement means having a head receivable in a receptor opening in the retaining means which is of totally different size and configuration from the receptor opening in the securement means which creates an interference fit materially reducing the likelihood of inadvertent dislodgement of the securement means from the retaining means. The bail also incorporates flexibility at critical points which augments the tendency of the retaining means to remain operatively associated with the securement means.

Abstract: A sealing device for sealing the surface of contents of a container comprises a disc-like member having a central portion and a flexible perimeter and having a centrally located upstanding hollow handle having a purge valve at the upper end thereof. The purge valve has a closed position for preventing egress of air upwardly through said hollow handle and an open position to permit free passage of air therethrough. The disc-like member is contoured to correspond with the shape of the interior plan of the container.

Abstract: A package for pourable substances like liquids or loose fine granulates includes an inner plastic container holding the substance to be packed and a cardboard envelop surrounding the plastic container, wherein the plastic container is a thin-walled hollow plastic body made by a blowing process. The envelope, when set up as a package, is at least locally in contact with the plastic container and is fitted with apertures facilitating its holding the plastic container. The hollow plastic body has at least two straight surfaces substantially forming one edge, in which a region of the associated side has a recess, and apertures in the cardboard envelope formed as a supporting case correspond to the recess in the edge region of the hollow plastic body to provide a handle.

Abstract: A laundry basket and a handle assembly therefor are disclosed. The laundry basket includes a walled container having a peripheral rim about a substantial portion thereof, a pair of opposing hand openings adjacent the peripheral rim, and a pair of handle members extending, respectively, about the rim and through the hand openings, each of the handle members including a bottom portion positioned below the rim, the bottom portion defining an upper boundary of one of the hand openings and a top portion, the top portion being connected to the bottom portion, wherein one of the top or bottom portions of each of the handle members is integral to the peripheral rim. Each portion of the handle members preferably includes a curved exterior surface to facilitate the lifting and carrying of the basket.

Abstract: A handle for a paint can suspends the can securely from a ladder rung in a stationary mode in either an upright position with the can full of paint and the bottom resting upon an adjacent lower rung, or in an inclined position for easier access with the can partially full and the front wall resting against an adjacent lower rung, and includes a transverse hand grip member connected between two side supporting members having elongated vertical elements, straight horizontal elements, and dependent vertical elements, forming a hook structure to engage the ladder rung, and being pivotally attached to the can so that the handle may be folded against the can for storage.

Abstract: A strap handle for a package and being capable of attachment to the sidewall of the package comprises a longitudinal slit sufficiently long to divide the strap handle into a lower attachment portion which is secured to the package and an upper free ribbon portion which can be pulled away from the sides of the package and lifted over the top of the package for transport. The strap handle is a flexible sheet or film which can be glued to the package.

Abstract: A blood analyzer system incorporates a conveyor for handling and transporting sample blood through at least one blood analyzer and an automatic blood smear generator under the control of a programmable controller. Blood samples are stored in sample containers having identifiers for the sample blood that they contain. These sample containers are transported through the system in protective racks that permit the reading of the identifiers. The results of analysis by one or more blood analyzers in the system determines the need for performing or omitting subsequent operations on a particular sample blood. When a smeared blood sample is to be made, the controller assures that the smear thickness is consistent with other samples regardless of the thickness or viscosity of the sample blood. If the system fails to make a required smeared blood sample, a detector sounds an alarm, warning of a system failure.

Abstract: A molded lid for receiving a handle or the like is provided which may be molded of synthetic resin material in straight-pull injection molding machines. The lid includes a lid body presenting a top surface, a bottom surface and a circumscribing upright rim. A pair of opposed ears are tangentially oriented relative to the rim and define therebeneath a gap and therebelow a cavity. The gap is smaller than the cavity, so that a pin of a handle can be retained by the ears against passage through the gap. The gap between the ears enables the lid to be made by straight-pull injection molds so that the cavity-defining portion of the mold can pull through the gap so that the ears initially yield to permit the mold to pass therethrough and then return to their original, molded position.

Abstract: A tray for a set of sockets of varying diameters includes an elongated, open-top, trapezoidal receptacle with upstanding end walls each having an opening therein in the shape of a 270.degree. sector of a circle, with the ends of each sector defining stop surfaces. A bail retainer has an elongated flat bight and depending end portions which respectively extend along the outside of the end walls, and each provided with an inwardly projecting rectangular tab which extends into the asociated opening to form a chord thereof. The retainer is pivotal between a retaining position wherein the bight closely overlies the receptacle to retain the sockets therein and a position alongside the receptacle permitting removal of the sockets from the receptacle, the pivotal movement being limited by the stop surfaces of the openings. An elongated flange depends from one side wall of the receptacle to facilitate hanging on an associated support, such as a tool chest.

Abstract: A container for bearing liquid, or the like, is described in which a handle, formed separately from the container, is fixedly secured to the container by a projection formed at one longitudinal end of the handle member organized to be frictionally received in a recess formed in the exterior wall of the container and a particularly formed headed connector device at the other end of the handle member mechanically secured to an adjacent portion of the container wall surface. The projection and the connector device are so disposed with respect to the handle member and the container that the locking action between the respective components is enhanced by the weight of the contents of the container.