Bayonet handle package

US5137209A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• John T. Roberts · Clover, US
• Claude E. Monsees · Charlotte, US
• Larry J. Mattson · Largo, US
• Ralph S. Goldstein · Tega Cay, US
• Ronald H. Wanless · Lebanon, US
• Charles L. Gunn · Lawrenceburg, US
• Harold A. Davis · Reading, US
• Robert J. Apke · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 10, 1990
• Grant date: Aug 11, 1992
• Expiry date: Aug 10, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S493/926
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A generally-flat bayonet handle is provided having an elongated handle section for gripping by the consumer. Extending from each terminus of the handle section is an elongated neck section having a width less than the width of the handle section. Respective ends of the bayonet handles are formed by barb heads attached to the neck sections. Each barb head has thereon at least two barbs which, when inserted into appropriately placed apertures on the sides of a soap or detergent powder carton, are ensnared on a lip of the apparatus and thereby maintain the engagement of the handle on the carton. The combination of the bayonet handle and the carton provide a novel soap or detergent powder package.