Patent · US Expired

Bail structure

US4396128A · kind A · utility

24Cited by
3References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 22, 1982
Grant dateAug 2, 1983
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 22, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09F3/0295
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A bail structure comprising an elongate polymeric strip including a handle portion, and two end anchor portions adapted to be adhered to opposite sides of a container. Each of the anchor portions includes a first part projecting away from the handle portion and a second part projecting at a right angle away from the adjacent end of the handle portion. The handle portion can be moved from a storage position adjacent an end of a container on which the anchor portions are adhered, to a use position extending across the end of the container, at which use position the handle portion may be used to suspend the container.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.