EP0673848B1 - Container with handle - Google Patents
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- EP0673848B1 EP0673848B1 EP19950301931 EP95301931A EP0673848B1 EP 0673848 B1 EP0673848 B1 EP 0673848B1 EP 19950301931 EP19950301931 EP 19950301931 EP 95301931 A EP95301931 A EP 95301931A EP 0673848 B1 EP0673848 B1 EP 0673848B1
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- Prior art keywords
- handle
- container
- slots
- barb
- tongue
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
- B65D25/28—Handles
- B65D25/2867—Handles with respective ends fixed to local areas of two opposite sides or wall-part
- B65D25/2873—Straps or slings
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- This invention relates to an aquatic plants container immersable in water and a handle therefor.
- Aquatic plants are seeded in a pot that has a coarse mesh which allows water to permeate freely the bedding in which the plant is seeded. These pots are immersed in water until the plant is ready for sale. At this point, the plants and pots need to be lifted from their bedding pens and relocated to an area where they are more readily available for public inspection and purchase. When members of nursery staff are relocating these plants, they often have to move large numbers of pots in a manner such that the contents of the pots remain undamaged. Thus, there is a need for a device that enables personnel quickly to attach a handle to the pots, the handle and device being capable of supporting the combined weight of the pot, plant, bedding and water.
- EP-A-0416671 describes a package having a handle for having granular or similar products.
- the container has side walls, opposing side walls each having an opening through which a handle may be engaged.
- the handle has barbed ends, each barb having slits opening away from the barb tips to be engaged by material from the container wall surrounding the respective opening to retain the handle in place.
- US-A-2289824 describes a tongue and slot connection between sheet material members, in which slots are provided in opposing walls of a container or structure of sheet material and a handle having bifurcated ends each having barbs and designed to be squeezed to allow insertion into a respective slot, after which the bifurcated parts open outwards to engage the material surrounding the slots.
- an aquatic plants container and a handle therefor having a container engagement portion at each end thereof, each engagement portion comprising a tongue tapering from a width greater than the width of an adjacent portion of the handle to a narrower portion at the free end and being provided with barb means, each engagement portion including an elongate aperture extending longitudinally with respect to the handle on either side of the barb means, the engagement portions being engageable in a direction parallel to the central axis of the container which can be immersed in water in diametrically opposed slots in an upper portion of the container, the width of the slots being smaller than the width of the tongues at the barb means, such that when the tongues are inserted in respective slots, the barb means are compressed by flexure of the material of the engagement portion towards the aperture until the barb means have passed through the respective slots and snap outwardly into holding engagement with the material of the container defining the slots.
- the material of the container at the ends of the slots is preferably formed with groove means adapted to be engaged by the barb means for location thereof.
- the groove means are preferably V-shaped grooves.
- the barb means may comprise a barb at each side of the tongue.
- the device of the present invention is shown incorporated into a handle (2) which is shown engaging a container in form of a pot 1 with base la (partly shown) and sidewalls 1b.
- the pot 1 is moulded from a suitable plastics material, as is the handle 2, although other materials may be used.
- a lip 8 is provided on the side wall 1b. At the points where the handle 2 enters the lip 8, the lip 8 is enlarged in a direction away from the center of the pot so as to create sufficient space for formation of a slot 10 through which the handle 2 is engaged.
- FIG. 2 is an elevational view of a handle engagement portion 3 of Figure 1.
- a tongue 4 is formed integrally with and at each end of the handle 2 and engages the pot 1 through the slot 10 in the lip 8 of the pot sidewall 1b.
- the tongue 4 is symmetrical about the line II-II.
- the tongue 4 tapers to a rounded end 7, and the thickness of the tongue 4 also tapers towards the end 7 which is approximately half the thickness of the handle 2 so as to ease location of the tongue within the slot. Tapered edges 12, 13 of the tongue 4 end in barbs 6.
- the tongue 4 is formed with an elongate aperture 5. It will be appreciated that the aperture 5 may be of a different shape.
- the aperture 5 may be located between the barbs 6 so that the wall of the tongue 4 may flex inward towards the aperture 5 when pressure is applied to the barbs 6.
- the slot 10 has a pair of end walls 9.
- the end walls 9 each have a generally V shaped depression located in the base thereof on the edge opposite the lip 8 of the pot 1.
- the depressions are of a shape corresponding to the profile of the barbs 6, and figure 2 shows in detail barb engagement in the depressions.
- the barbs 6 are capable of engaging the respective V shaped depressions thereby securely locking the handle 2 in the pot 1 and lip 8, and preventing the unauthorised withdrawal of the tongue 4 through the slot 10.
- the tongue 4 has a maximum lateral width along the line joining the barbs 6. At this point, the width of the tongue is appreciatively larger than the width of the slot 10.
- Figure 3 is a side view showing the tongue 4 engaged in the slot 10 in the lip 8 of the pot 1.
- the reduced thickness of the rounded end 7 compared with the tongue 4 which facilitates the location of the rounded end 7 within the slot 10. If the handle is to be removed from the pot 1 at any stage, it would be possible to cut the handle with a suitable tool. Once the handle has been cut, the tongue and attached handle may be drawn towards the base of the pot and removed.
- the pot need not necessarily be a pot, the engagement mechanism could be located in a basin or tray or other such carrying device.
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- Details Of Rigid Or Semi-Rigid Containers (AREA)
- Cultivation Receptacles Or Flower-Pots, Or Pots For Seedlings (AREA)
Description
Claims (5)
- Aquatic plants container (1) immersable in water and a handle (2) therefor, the handle (2) having a container engagement portion (3) at each end thereof, each engagement portion comprising a tongue (4) tapering from a width greater than the width of an adjacent portion of the handle (2) to a narrower portion at the free end (7) and being provided with barb means (6), each engagement portion (3) including an elongate aperture (5) extending longitudinally with respect to the handle (2) on either side of the barb means (6), the engagement portions (3) being engageable in a direction parallel to the central axis of the container (1) which can be immersed in water in diametrically opposed slots (10) in an upper portion of the container (1), the width of the slots (10) being smaller than the width of the tongues (4) at the barb means (6), such that when the tongues (4) are inserted in respective slots (10), the barb means (6) are compressed by flexure of the material of the engagement portion (3) towards the aperture (5) until the barb means (6) have passed through the respective slots (10) and snap outwardly into holding engagement with the material of the container defining the slots (10).
- A container and handle as claimed in claim 1 wherein said container material at the ends of said slots (10) is formed with groove means adapted to be engaged by the barb means (6) for location thereof.
- A container and handle as claimed in claim 2 wherein said groove means are of v-shaped cross-section.
- A container and handle as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3 wherein said barb means (6) comprises a barb provided on either side of the tongue (4).
- A container and handle as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4 comprising a display area on said handle for a label.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB9405894 | 1994-03-24 | ||
GB9405894A GB2288354B (en) | 1994-03-24 | 1994-03-24 | Improvements in containers and handles therefor |
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EP0673848A1 EP0673848A1 (en) | 1995-09-27 |
EP0673848B1 true EP0673848B1 (en) | 1998-10-28 |
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EP19950301931 Expired - Lifetime EP0673848B1 (en) | 1994-03-24 | 1995-03-23 | Container with handle |
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EP (1) | EP0673848B1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE69505579T2 (en) |
DK (1) | DK0673848T3 (en) |
GB (1) | GB2288354B (en) |
Families Citing this family (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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AU749448B2 (en) * | 1998-04-24 | 2002-06-27 | Handletec Pty Ltd | Bag handle and method and means of attachment |
EP1098755A4 (en) * | 1998-04-24 | 2003-04-02 | Handletec Pty Ltd | Bag handle and method and means of attachment |
Family Cites Families (8)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US2289824A (en) * | 1938-11-12 | 1942-07-14 | President And Directors Of The | Tongue and slot connection between sheet material members |
GB1017896A (en) * | 1964-08-26 | 1966-01-26 | Giuseppe Antonacci | Improvements in or relating to punnets and like baskets |
US3927812A (en) * | 1974-01-25 | 1975-12-23 | Russell M Winters | Carrying handle |
AU558456B2 (en) * | 1982-01-05 | 1987-01-29 | Suntory Limited | Handle for a vessel |
GB8628469D0 (en) * | 1986-11-28 | 1987-01-07 | Mardon Illingworth | Container with handle |
GB8903116D0 (en) * | 1989-02-11 | 1989-03-30 | E W Bliss England Limited | Improvements in or relating to container handles |
US4986420A (en) * | 1989-08-11 | 1991-01-22 | The Proctor & Gamble Company | Package with multi-ply side panels and strap handle |
US5255816A (en) * | 1992-12-21 | 1993-10-26 | Trepp Charles A | Article storing apparatus |
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1994
- 1994-03-24 GB GB9405894A patent/GB2288354B/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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1995
- 1995-03-23 DE DE1995605579 patent/DE69505579T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1995-03-23 DK DK95301931T patent/DK0673848T3/en active
- 1995-03-23 EP EP19950301931 patent/EP0673848B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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DE69505579T2 (en) | 1999-03-18 |
DE69505579D1 (en) | 1998-12-03 |
DK0673848T3 (en) | 1999-07-12 |
GB2288354A (en) | 1995-10-18 |
GB2288354B (en) | 1997-05-14 |
EP0673848A1 (en) | 1995-09-27 |
GB9405894D0 (en) | 1994-05-11 |
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