Plural Handles Or Means For Attaching Plural Handles To A Container Patents (Class 220/772)
  • Patent number: 11793338
    Abstract: A beverage container holder assembly for holding a fluid dispensing tumbler, and having a sleeve; mounting assemblies associated with the outer surface of the sleeve; two opposed handles movably attached to the mounting assemblies for movement relative to the outer surface of the sleeve; and a lid which is snapped onto the tumbler and having a plurality of fluid outlet ports and a rotatable center piece having a T-shaped configuration with three leg segments and a movable leg segment for selectively opening one of the plurality of fluid outlet ports and closing all of the ports. A first embodiment has spur gear assemblies associated with the movable handles and the sleeve; and a second embodiment has hinge assemblies associated the movable handles and the sleeve. The invention allows a user to grasp the beverage container holder assembly by the user's left or right hand or by both hands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Lisa M. Beam
  • Patent number: 11684219
    Abstract: Serving platter systems for grill to table convenience are disclosed herein. Various embodiments include a platter including a dorsal plater surface and a cutting board including a ventral cutting board surface. In some embodiments the ventral cutting board surface seamlessly engages with the dorsal platter surface to form the serving platter system for grill to table convenience. In various embodiments the dorsal cutting board surface further comprises an indentation for trapping juices from grilled food items. Furthermore, the dorsal platter surface comprises a fluid receiving indentation section of the dorsal platter surface for receiving juices from grilled food items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventor: Kristin Noto
  • Patent number: 11564519
    Abstract: An automatic self-adjusting beverage container receptacle has a plurality of handles for the end-user to stabilize the receptacle in operation. The receptacle contains a plurality of parallel polygons of flexible bands inside the receptacle that permit a caregiver to easily and quickly insert a beverage container. The bands also stabilize and grip the container in operation to prevent it from shifting or falling out when the receptacle is lifted and tilted by the end user in consuming the beverage. An accessory mounting system permits the rapid attachment of accessories in a temporary, semi-permanent, or permanent fashion, making each receptacle assembly customizable for individual users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventor: Matthew D. Mills
  • Patent number: 11542091
    Abstract: The invention is a shipping container for high watt-hour lithium-ion batteries, the container comprising an interior metal container and an exterior container within which the interior metal container is disposed, the interior metal container containing a free flowing expanded glass granulate having fire extinguishing properties, the interior metal container including a vent member for releasing gas from the interior container in a controlled manner, the vent having a cooperating heat shield in contact therewith to prevent ignition of gas exiting the vent and also suppress the heat associated with the exiting gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: CELLBLOCK FCS, LLC
    Inventors: Dylan Francis Vandemark, Matthew Lloyd Vandemark
  • Patent number: 10947010
    Abstract: A stackable bucket system for carrying multiple substances in different containers at the same time while holding a single handle. The stackable bucket system includes a first container and a second container, wherein the second container is adapted to receive the first container therein and removably couple thereto, with the second container being larger than the first. Each container comprises a base and a perimeter wall ending in a rim at an open top. Handles are included on each container and are pivotally affixed to opposing sides thereof. The handle of the second container is wider than that of the first container and is adapted to fit over top of the handle of the second container. A flange protruding outward from the perimeter wall of the containers is adapted to rest flush against the rim of the open top when of the adjacent container when installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventor: Anthony Castelli
  • Publication number: 20150108153
    Abstract: A carton for cut sheets of paper has a bottom wall, opposite side walls, and opposite end walls. An opening is in each of the opposite end walls and a carry handle is secured to an inner surface of each end wall in aligned registry with a respective opening. The carry handles have a stowed position inside the carton and an extended position outside the carton for lifting and carrying the carton. A spacer panel in said carton has cutouts in aligned registry with respective carry handles to accommodate the carry handles when in their stowed position and prevent contact between the carry handles and paper in the carton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: RICHARD D. FABER
  • Patent number: 9010566
    Abstract: In one embodiment of a container protector the container protector comprises two opposing side skirts, two opposing end skirts, and a interior lip connected to both side skirts and end skirts. The container protector may also include one or more handle extension to facilitate use with a container having one or more handles. The container protector is designed to sealing fit around the top periphery of a container with the interior lip extending upward to prevent material within the container from flowing outward therefrom during transitions. Such transitions may be caused by heating, transportation, or other disturbances. The precise dimensions of the container protector will vary from one embodiment to the next, and the container protector may take any shape depending on the container for which it is designed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Inventor: Dennis L. Miller
  • Publication number: 20150053708
    Abstract: A fluid medium holding device may include a holder body having a plurality of side walls, a bottom wall and an opening defined by the side walls that allows access to an interior space of the holder body. The holding device may also include a first handle attached to the first wall of the holder body and pivotable about a first pivot axis; and a second handle attached to the second wall of the holder body and pivotable about a second pivot axis. The first and second handles can be folded on an upper edge of the holder body with the first and second handles positioned generally parallel to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: David J. RUHA, William G. LARAMY
  • Patent number: 8931635
    Abstract: A portable case for a tablet includes a back and an opposed windowed front, opposed first and second ends, and opposed first and second sides which together define a receiving area for receiving and containing a tablet, as for carrying or safekeeping, so as to juxtapose the touchscreen with the windowed front to permit the viewing and the touching of the touchscreen in the operation of the tablet at the windowed front. The back is formed with a first length of elasticized material for suspending the portable case in a direction from the first end of the portable case, and a second length of elasticized material for suspending the portable case in a direction from the first side of the portable case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Inventor: Joel G. Bell
  • Patent number: 8925759
    Abstract: In one embodiment of a container protector the container protector comprises two opposing side skirts, two opposing end skirts, and a interior lip connected to both side skirts and end skirts. The container protector may also include one or more handle extension to facilitate use with a container having one or more handles. The container protector is designed to sealing fit around the top periphery of a container with the interior lip extending upward to prevent material within the container from flowing outward therefrom during transitions. Such transitions may be caused by heating, transportation, or other disturbances. The precise dimensions of the container protector will vary from one embodiment to the next, and the container protector may take any shape depending on the container for which it is designed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Dennis L. Miller
  • Patent number: 8919603
    Abstract: A detachable handle for a child's sippy cup. The sippy cup includes a cup portion and a lid portion coupled to the cup portion. The lid portion includes a drinking spout having apertures. The detachable handle includes a ring portion that engages the lid and/or the cup portion, and a pair of grasping portions that extend axially and radially away from the ring portion. Hook portions are radially aligned with, and extend axially opposite the grasping portions, and are engageable with an upper surface of the lid portion. Moving the grasping portions radially inwardly causes the hook portions to move radially outwardly for disengagement from the upper surface and removal of the handle from the sippy cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Learning Curve Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian M. Greene
  • Publication number: 20140246427
    Abstract: Novel methods and devices for organizing and storing articles are disclosed. The storage devices may include a flexible inner container having one or more partition walls therein. An outer skirt may be attached to the top of the container wherein the skirt extends downward to the bottom of the container to form a sleeve. The inner container and the outer skirt are configured to be self-supporting, whereby one or more articles may be stored in an upright manner in the container. The sleeve is preferably configured to receive a basket to add further support to the device. If desired, a user may advantageously employ the disclosed methods or devices to organize and store articles in a container in a manner that maximizes floor space under low-hanging clothes in a closet, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventor: Holly S. Tucker
  • Patent number: 8695844
    Abstract: A cooking vessel having a handle for supporting a lid is described. The handle may include an upper support member having an upper arcuate body coupled to the cooking vessel at opposite ends and a lower support member having a lower arcuate body coupled to the cooking vessel at opposite ends. The lower arcuate body and the upper arcuate body may define a receiving space for receiving the cooking vessel lid. The upper support member and the lower support member may have sheet like portions. The support members may further be dimensioned to support the lid within the receiving space at an angle from a side of the cooking vessel of between 45 degrees and 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Tabletops Unlimited, Inc.
    Inventor: Daryoosh Molayem
  • Patent number: 8678223
    Abstract: An assembly having a pan and a formed wire rack for receiving and supporting the pan. the rack includes a pair of handles freely and rotatably attached to a closed rim-rack section of the wire rack. Each handle includes a lateral portion and a pair of arms having first arm ends attached to the lateral portion, and the pair of arms having second arm ends separately terminating to a flat section, distal ends of the flat sections being rotatably secured about the closed rim-rack section, and wherein the flat sections include loops freely rotatably secured about the closed rim-rack section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Handi-Foil Corporation
    Inventors: Norton Sarnoff, Raj Patel
  • Publication number: 20140050833
    Abstract: The present invention is an extending pot that includes a pan, a first pot extension, a last pot extension, and a lid. The pan, first pot extension, and last pot extension each include threading which allows first pot extension to screw onto the pan and the last pot extension to screw onto the first pot extension. The pan includes a plurality of pan latches while the first pot extension and last pot extension each include a plurality of extension latches. The first pot extension and last pot extension each additionally include a plurality of latch catches. The pan latches or extension latches interface with the latch catches to help secure the first pot extension to the pan and the last pot extension to the first pot extension. The extending pan is thus easily assembled and allows users use a single piece of cookware when cooking food using multiple cooking techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventor: Sharay Valesse STITH
  • Publication number: 20130334238
    Abstract: An internal liner for a cooler is provided having a base attached to a set of side walls with handles along the uppermost edge thereof. The base includes a plurality of apertures disposed along its surface to allow liquid to pass therethrough. The liner is placed into a cooler or similar container prior to normal use. When ice is used in conjunction with a cooler, it melts and forms standing water. The liner holds stored items within the cooler and can be lifted from the cooler to separate the contents from the water, thus allowing a user to pour out excessive water from the cooler without displacing its contents. The liner provides a method to efficiently separate standing water from stored items within a cooler when utilized in conjunction with water, where the user desires to remove water from within the cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventor: Marty Goforth
  • Patent number: 8584893
    Abstract: A handled gift box has the top inside the bottom, instead of top over bottom; and comprises a box, two handles fixed to the box though handle fasteners, one handle is attached to bottom box and the other is attached to top box and bottom box. Also, since the handled gift box comes either pre-decorated or undecorated, which can be chosen from different combinations of decorations, the gift givers are given the freedom to customize the present invention however they see fit. The handled gift box can be used for, but is not limited to, apparel, picture frames, light food items, books, and other items designed to lay flat in the gift-giving process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Inventor: Stacey Ann Durham
  • Patent number: 8544679
    Abstract: A lid includes a grip member (3) capable of being at least in a stacked state wherein it does not prevent stacking of the lid with another similar lid, and a gripping state wherein it has a released surface for gripping the lid. The lid includes at least one elastic member (14) moving the grip member (3) from its stacked state to its gripping state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventor: Pascal Cuillery
  • Patent number: 8544141
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a cleaning cart system of the invention includes a reservoir assembly, an upwardly extending handle releasably connectable to the reservoir assembly, and at least two modular cleaning bins. The reservoir assembly includes a liquid reservoir and an integral wheeled chassis. The liquid reservoir includes a circumferential sidewall and an integral top wall, with the top wall including a plurality of openings. The two modular cleaning bins may be: positioned within the liquid reservoir; positioned on the liquid reservoir top wall with a leg of one bin positioned in one of the top-wall openings, and with a leg of the other bin positioned in another of the top-wall plurality of openings; and alternatively releasably interconnected to one another in a side-by-side orientation, with one of the bins supported on the upwardly extending handle by one or more of a plurality of handle brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Kaivac, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Kyde, David W. Lloyd, John T. Richter, Robert S. Robinson
  • Publication number: 20130098932
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for adding a pair of opposing handles removably to a baby bottle, comprising two D rings or other handles attached to a removable band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventor: Cheryl S. Hunt
  • Publication number: 20130062145
    Abstract: A fall prevention system includes a master rope that passes over a roof of a house having a ridge, from the vicinity of the ground on one side of the house, and is installed by being extended to the vicinity of the ground on the other side of the house; a weight that is configured of buckets, is connected to the master rope at an end portion of the master rope, and is installed on the ground; and a retractable fall arrester that connects a harness worn by a worker who works on the roof to the master rope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Hitoshi Inoue, Yoshiyuki Fujihara, Fujio Matsumura, Ryoji Mitsuhashi
  • Patent number: 8381931
    Abstract: A janitorial bucket conveyance system that combines a mobile container receiving containment enclosure with multiple insertable independent identical buckets for use in commercial cleaning environments. The independent identical buckets are positioned for use and transportation within the enlarged mobile containment enclosure onto which cleaning associated accessory can be selectively mounted related to floor washing requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Inventor: Roger Ernest, III
  • Patent number: 8360237
    Abstract: A container is provided for packaging, shipping, storing and presenting a rotary drill bit. The container may be used with fixed cutter drill bits or roller cone drill bits. A wide variety of tools and accessory components may be disposed within the container. A bit breaker may also be attached to one end of the container using a bit breaker adapter. Bit breakers for two different sizes of rotary drill bits may be releasably engaged with a container using the same bit breaker adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Weaver, Brian Pittel, Patsy A. Jenner, Jerry R. Middleton, Steven Petty, Russell Voisin, Teri Jackson, Brian Atkins, David Starnes
  • Patent number: 8353423
    Abstract: A cookware system is provided having a container, particularly a cooking vessel, at least one downwardly directed receiver, and a non-coupling handle having a contact member at its end sized to the receiver, which combination provides increased safety and utility. By virtue of the downwardly directed receiver and the upwardly directed contact member, the handle of the cookware system contacts and drives the cooking vessel only during and for so long as the operator, the cook, provides upward force to the handle to temporarily engage the cooking vessel. Upon removal of the upward force from the operator, the handle disengages from the receiver, preventing the potential that a person, whether the operator, a child or another, could contact the handle and cause a spill or burn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Bedias Creek LLC
    Inventors: David Harrison McIntyre, Roy Harrison McIntyre
  • Publication number: 20120325866
    Abstract: A fluid storage tank includes: a tank body in which a fluid is stored; and an ejection outlet that is formed on a top surface of the tank body in order to eject the fluid stored in the tank body, wherein the ejection outlet includes a tapered portion having an inner diameter that is increased upward away from the tank body. Accordingly, the fluid is prevented from being jiggled or splashed when being poured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Jin Hwan Lee, Sang Gwon Moon, Kwang Soo Park
  • Publication number: 20120199590
    Abstract: The trash container includes a container body including a front wall, a rear wall, a floor, a right side wall, a left side wall and a top section defining together an interior compartment for collecting and containing trash. It also includes a trash can dumping mechanism positioned on the rear wall of the container body. The trash can dumping mechanism is provided to lift and tip a trash can to transfer trash from inside the trash can into the interior compartment of the container body. The fact that the trash can dumping mechanism is position at the rear greatly simplifies the task of emptying trash cans when the service door of a building is closer to the rear side of the trash container than the front side thereof. This feature can save time and efforts, especially in cold and/or bad weather.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: LES INDUSTRIES DU MAITRE COMPACTEUR INC.
    Inventor: Serge THERRIEN
  • Publication number: 20120111747
    Abstract: A multi-handle collar system (10) for a golf bag (12) is provided for providing multiple grasping and handling options for a golfer. The system (10) includes a circumferential collar member (14) provided with a plurality of circumferentially arrayed vertical apertures (18) bounded on the upper edges thereof by semi-rigid rim portions (20) in order to provide handles (22). A preferred embodiment includes a rear handle (24), a left side handle (26) and a right side handle (28) arrayed opposite said left side handle (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Sun Mountain Sports, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric W. Reimers
  • Patent number: 8167163
    Abstract: A pot comprises a pot body having at least one handle and a pot lid having a lifting handle for covering the pot body. The pot lid is connected with the lifting handle by the lower end of a fixed portion of the lifting handle. The lifting handle is provided with a handle portion extending towards the outer edge of the pot lid from the upper end of the fixed portion. The handle of the pot body is provided with a pilot recess adapted to receive the tail of the handle portion. The tail of the handle portion is inserted into the pilot recess or lean against the outer edge of the pot body at the internal side, while the top surface of the pot lid leans against the upper portion of the inner wall of the pot body at two points, so as to ensure the pot lid to be laterally and stably retained on the pot body when the pot lid is laterally placed on the pot body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Inventor: Xiaosheng Chen
  • Patent number: 8146760
    Abstract: A baby bottle comprising an asymmetrically divided lower portion continuous with a common upper portion that is attachable to a nipple assembly. The upper portion and lower portion together define a single, continuous fluid chamber. The upper portion includes an open top providing access to the fluid chamber. The lower portion comprises first and second side-by side tubular sections together defining a central opening between them and through the bottle. The central opening is sized to receive the hand of a nursing child so that each of the first and second tubular sections is alternately grippable by the child nursing from the bottle. The diameter of the first tubular section is greater than the diameter of the second tubular section so that the bottle is grippable by different sized hands, that is, by infants and toddlers of different ages and sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Inventor: Jamie S. Leach
  • Publication number: 20120031919
    Abstract: The present invention makes use of both the advantage of a traditional gift box and a traditional gift bag. By combining the structure of the traditional gift box with the handles of a traditional gift bag and inverting the normal structure of a gift box (having the top inside the bottom instead of top over bottom), the handled gift box, is a convenient choice for gift wrapping. Also, since the handled gift box comes either pre-decorated or undecorated (with the option of choosing different combinations of decorations themselves), the gift givers are given the freedom to customize the present invention however they see fit. The handled gift box can be used for, but is not limited to, apparel, picture frames, light food items, books, and other items designed to lay flat in the gift-giving process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventor: Stacey Ann DURHAM
  • Patent number: 8083091
    Abstract: An improved gardening waste receptacle has an open top and presents an opening with square corners. The receptacle opening has an arced strip along one side of the rim on the interior for retaining scooped material, and a non-deformable strip extending along the same side of the rim on the exterior, and extending along the adjacent sides of the rim of the receptacle to prevent the opening from deforming when heated and put under pressure. Two handle means are disposed on the side of the receptacle opposite the strips; one handle, a recessed handle disposed into the lower portion of the wall of the receptacle, and another handle extending outward from the top of the wall. The outward extending handle presents a dowel that turns in position for ease of lifting and carrying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Inventors: Ruben Arteaga, Ramiro Arteaga
  • Publication number: 20110284555
    Abstract: This invention provides a personal food storage buffet comprising a relatively large container of a size and shape that enables easy placement into and removal out of a refrigerator. The container has an upper tray and a lower tray. The lower tray is used to store utensils and dinnerware. The upper tray contains smaller containers and dispensers to store fixings and dressings. The upper tray also contains and heating/cooling pack to maintain freshness of the food. Positioned atop the perimeter of the cover is a pair of handles to transport the container. The upper tray and the lower tray may be connected together via a set of clips. An adjustable cover that serves as a sneeze guard is pivotally positioned over the upper tray via a pair of rods. When in the closed position, the cover attaches to the upper tray via a set of hinges and/or clips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Jack Barringer, David D. McClanahan, James B. Eldon, III, Kerry T. Namanny, Kenneth D. Namanny
  • Patent number: 8011532
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a baking cup having a base section, a periphery section, and at least one tab extending beyond the periphery section. The tab(s) is configured to allow a user to lift and remove the baking cup from a baking utensil mold without having to touch the baking utensil or content of the baking cup. An exemplary method of using such a baking cup includes arranging the baking cup on a utensil, producing a baked good, and removing the baking cup from the utensil using the tab(s). The tab(s) may be formed part of or attached to the baking cup. In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing tabbed baking cups includes arranging shapes such as circles on a sheet of bake-proof material, utilizing the leftover to form tabs for the circles and cutting the circles and corresponding tab(s) to form the baking cups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Inventor: Trudy Ellen Griswold
  • Patent number: 8002112
    Abstract: A container is provided for packaging, shipping, storing and presenting a rotary drill bit. The container may be used with fixed cutter drill bits or roller cone drill bits. A wide variety of tools and accessory components may be disposed within the container. A bit breaker may also be attached to one end of the container using a bit breaker adapter. Bit breakers for two different sizes of rotary drill bits may be releasably engaged with a container using the same bit breaker adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Weaver, Brian Pittel, Patsy A. Jenner, Jerry R. Middleton, Steven Petty, Russell Voisin, Teri Jackson, Brian Atkins, David Starnes
  • Publication number: 20110168729
    Abstract: A portable container (1) is proposed, with a container body (2) which has a top (4), facing upwards in a first container alignment. A movable carrying handle (5) provided on the container body (2) may be moved from a not-in-use position close to the container body (2) into a position of use, so that it may be used to carry the container in the first container alignment. Also formed on the top (4) is an immovable additional carrying handle (6) formed by a side wall of a recess (38) which has an engaging recess (54) in which the fingers of one hand may engage in order to carry the container (1) in a second container alignment with its top (4) oriented to the side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: TTS TOOLTECHNIC SYSTEMS AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Koenig, Timo Kuhls, Raimund Schäffer, Lutz Wolle
  • Patent number: 7959030
    Abstract: The present invention is a container comprising a bottom wall having an outer surface and an inner surface, a sidewall extending from the bottom wall, and a handle. The sidewall has a top section and a bottom section, a front section and a rear section, and an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface of the sidewall comprises a base portion extending from the inner surface of the bottom wall and a ramp portion extending at an acute angle from the base portion at the front section of the sidewall. The handle is connected to the outer surface of the sidewall adjacent both the top section and the rear section of the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Bercom International, LLC
    Inventor: Mark W. Bergman
  • Patent number: 7926525
    Abstract: Handbag or carrying case includes a body defining a retaining compartment for retaining objects and having apertures on opposed sides, and elongate straps each having opposite end regions and at least two apertures, one proximate each end region. Snap fasteners attach the straps to the first and second sides via aligning pairs of apertures, i.e., one apertures on a side of the body and one aperture on the strap. The snap fasteners may be decorative snap fasteners. Use of the snap fasteners provides for variable attachment of the straps to the body and therefore enables each user of the carrying case to position the straps as they desire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Inventor: Kimberlee Vaccarella
  • Publication number: 20110042250
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and a basket for use with a golf ball range picker having a support frame. The basket may include a pair of inwardly offset handles in the basket side walls for ease of lifting when a series of two or more like baskets are arranged in a closely spaced side by side configuration. A pair of front edges of front side wall sections are each tapered outwardly toward the front to minimize or at least greatly reduce the surface area formed by abutting vertical edges with a like basket, to help guide the golf balls being thrown by the range picker into the baskets, and not deflect them inadvertently away from entering the baskets by otherwise providing thick abutting vertical edges which could block the path of travel of the golf balls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher J. Cruce, James Graham
  • Patent number: 7766186
    Abstract: A refuse container system for facilitating lifting, carrying and dispensing refuse to be disposed of includes a container having a cavity extending into the container through a top end thereof. The cavity receives refuse to be disposed of. Each of a plurality of handles is rotatably mounted to the container to permit each of the handles to be rotated to desired position. The handles are graspable to facilitate lifting of the container. A lid is positionable over the top end of the container to selectively close the top end and retain the refuse in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Inventor: Wallace E. Brown
  • Patent number: 7758477
    Abstract: An exercise device includes an elongate body, at least one first handle attached to an outer side surface of the elongate body, and at least one second handle attached to an end of the elongate body. The at least one first handle is arranged such that when the elongate body is lifted by the at least one first handle, the elongate body is substantially horizontal. The at least one second handle is arranged such that when the elongate body is lifted by the at least one second handle, the elongate body is substantially vertical. The first and second handles enable a variety of different exercises to be performed using the exercise device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Inventor: Jerry Prenatt
  • Publication number: 20100084416
    Abstract: An improved gardening waste receptacle has an open top and presents an opening with square corners. The receptacle opening has an arced strip along one side of the rim on the interior for retaining scooped material, and a non-deformable strip extending along the same side of the rim on the exterior, and extending along the adjacent sides of the rim of the receptacle to prevent the opening from deforming when heated and put under pressure. Two handle means are disposed on the side of the receptacle opposite the strips; one handle, a recessed handle disposed into the lower portion of the wall of the receptacle, and another handle extending outward from the top of the wall. The outward extending handle presents a dowel that turns in position for ease of lifting and carrying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Ruben Arteaga, Ramiro Arteaga
  • Patent number: 7686168
    Abstract: A container for transporting and handling materials such as ice has a side wall having a top, a middle and a bottom. The side wall forms a containing portion. The top has an opening to the containing portion. The side wall has a recess adjacent to the bottom. The container has a bottom wall. The containing portion extends from the bottom wall to the opening. The container has a top handle adjacent to the top of the side wall. The container has a recess handle that extends from the bottom of the side wall to the middle of the side wall adjacent to the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Traex Company
    Inventors: Charles F. Smiley, Michael A. Eckstein
  • Publication number: 20100065455
    Abstract: A container is provided for packaging, shipping, storing and presenting a rotary drill bit. The container may be used with fixed cutter drill bits or roller cone drill bits. A wide variety of tools and accessory components may be disposed within the container. A bit breaker may also be attached to one end of the container using a bit breaker adapter. Bit breakers for two different sizes of rotary drill bits may be releasably engaged with a container using the same bit breaker adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventor: Gary Weaver
  • Publication number: 20100059536
    Abstract: There is a multi-handled jerry can having at least two gripping handles in the base of the container. The jerry can has a pouring spout and a lifting handle. In some embodiments, the jerry can may have at least three gripping handles in the base of the container. In some embodiments, at least three gripping handles may be in an array of evenly spaced handles in the base of the container. The gripping handles may be lifted by a user in a ladder action to allow for easy lifting and pouring of fluids in the jerry can. In some embodiments, the gripping handles comprise recessed handles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventor: Terry Stolk
  • Patent number: 7661528
    Abstract: Food containers formed of sheet plastic are latchably stackable on one another. Each container has base (14) and lid (16) elements, with one of them having an outer rim part with a pair of long handle sections (80, 82) that can be pivoted up to form a handle assembly for carrying the container. The sections that form handles are formed in the lid element (16) rather than in the base element (14), so a person does not have to contend with long bouncing sections if the person eats a meal out of the base. One of the elements has vertically undercut grooves (50) and the other element has horizontal projections (52) that slide into and along the grooves. The grooved element has vertical passages (120) along which the projections can move vertically until they can slide into and along the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: PWP Industries
    Inventors: Terry Vovan, Leon D. Rosen
  • Publication number: 20100018968
    Abstract: A collapsible container adapted to allow a person to manually carry items within the container by use of at least one handle connected to the container. The container has a plurality of flexible loop frames each contained in a pocket connected to form sides of the container in an expanded configuration. The handle has a first end extending through a buttonhole in one of the pockets and encircling the flexible frame and the pocket portion containing the flexible frame. The handle may further have a second end extending through another buttonhole in the pocket or an adjacent pocket and encircling the flexible frame and the pocket portion containing the flexible frame. The edge of the buttonholes is preferably finished with strengthening structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventor: Azad Sabounjian
  • Publication number: 20090321293
    Abstract: This invention relates to an arrangement for packaging sheet material such as paper intended for printing or photo-copying use, in which arrangement a set of paper sheets (3) is placed within a continuous protective package (1). Inside the protective package (1) there is at least one handle (4), which is placed essentially around all of the paper sheets (3) in the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: UPM-KYMMENE OYJ
    Inventor: Kai Latvala
  • Patent number: 7628285
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bottle that allows an improved grip to prevent slippage from the hands of a person. To reach this object, prints are provided on opposite sides of the body (2) of the bottle having a substantially elliptical shape and extended in a transversal direction with respect to the bottle; in particular, the body of the bottle has a prismatic shape and the prints are formed on respective opposite faces (5, 6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Inventor: Eduardo Salvia
  • Patent number: 7611028
    Abstract: The plastic container includes a hollow body of plastic material having a lower supporting base, a sidewall extending upwardly from the base, a shoulder extending upwardly from the sidewall, and an upper neck portion with an opening therein extending upwardly from the shoulder. The sidewall includes two handle portions on opposed sides thereof, and the neck portion is generally centrally located, whereby, the contents of the container can be dispensed by holding either of the handle portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Desico, Gary I. Voss, James J. Miller
  • Publication number: 20090266833
    Abstract: Mobile storage apparatus comprises a wheeled container for the storage of materials and a handle for facilitating the wheeling of the container across the ground or other supporting surface. The handle has extensible and retractable sections thereby enabling the handle, when in its extended condition, to provide hanging support for the contents of the container. The handle sections are hinged for rocking movements relative to one another to enable such handle sections to occupy any selected one of a number of angularly adjusted positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Stephen A. Savage, Robert A. Schmidt