EP0673848A1 - Behälter mit Handgriff - Google Patents

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EP0673848A1
EP0673848A1 EP95301931A EP95301931A EP0673848A1 EP 0673848 A1 EP0673848 A1 EP 0673848A1 EP 95301931 A EP95301931 A EP 95301931A EP 95301931 A EP95301931 A EP 95301931A EP 0673848 A1 EP0673848 A1 EP 0673848A1
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handle
container
slots
engagement
barb
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David John Everett
John Hildrick
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ANGLO AQUARIUM PLANT Co Ltd
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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 attachable handles for containers such as pots, basins, trays or the like. More particularly, but not exclusively, the invention relates to containers for aquatic plants.
  • 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.
  • a 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 to provide barb means where the engagement portions extend from the handle, each engagement portion including an elongate aperture extending either side of the barb means, the engagement portions being engageable in diametrically opposed slots in an upper portion of the container, the slots being of length less 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 direction of insertion of the engagement elements into the slots is preferably parallel to the central axis of the container. This allows the engagement portions to be inserted vertically downwards in use.
  • 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 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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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Details Of Rigid Or Semi-Rigid Containers (AREA)
  • Cultivation Receptacles Or Flower-Pots, Or Pots For Seedlings (AREA)
EP19950301931 1994-03-24 1995-03-23 Behälter mit Handgriff Expired - Lifetime EP0673848B1 (de)

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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 true EP0673848A1 (de) 1995-09-27
EP0673848B1 EP0673848B1 (de) 1998-10-28

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DE (1) DE69505579T2 (de)
DK (1) DK0673848T3 (de)
GB (1) GB2288354B (de)

Cited By (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1999055524A1 (en) * 1998-04-24 1999-11-04 Handletec Pty. Ltd. Bag handle and method and means of attachment
AU749448B2 (en) * 1998-04-24 2002-06-27 Handletec Pty Ltd Bag handle and method and means of attachment

Citations (4)

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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
GB2113082A (en) * 1982-01-05 1983-08-03 Suntory Ltd A vessel with a handle
EP0416671A1 (de) * 1989-08-11 1991-03-13 The Procter & Gamble Company Verpackung mit mehrschichtigen Seitenwänden und Tragriemen

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US3927812A (en) * 1974-01-25 1975-12-23 Russell M Winters Carrying handle
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
US5255816A (en) * 1992-12-21 1993-10-26 Trepp Charles A Article storing apparatus

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
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
GB2113082A (en) * 1982-01-05 1983-08-03 Suntory Ltd A vessel with a handle
EP0416671A1 (de) * 1989-08-11 1991-03-13 The Procter & Gamble Company Verpackung mit mehrschichtigen Seitenwänden und Tragriemen

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1999055524A1 (en) * 1998-04-24 1999-11-04 Handletec Pty. Ltd. Bag handle and method and means of attachment
AU749448B2 (en) * 1998-04-24 2002-06-27 Handletec Pty Ltd Bag handle and method and means of attachment

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EP0673848B1 (de) 1998-10-28
GB2288354A (en) 1995-10-18
GB9405894D0 (en) 1994-05-11
DK0673848T3 (da) 1999-07-12
GB2288354B (en) 1997-05-14
DE69505579T2 (de) 1999-03-18
DE69505579D1 (de) 1998-12-03

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