# US 2018/0022506 A1 · Container, Handle for a Container, and Handle and Container Assembly

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- Number: US 2018/0022506 A1
- Document ID: US20180022506A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/720,343
- Filed: 2017-09-29
- Published: 2018-01-25
- Earliest claimed: 2012-10-19
- Assignees: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
- Applicants: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
- Inventors: Douglas Laib; Karl A. Reisig; Sorcha Sayers
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180022506A1

## CPC

- B65D 23/106: {the gripping region of the handle extending between the neck and the base of the bottle or jar and being located in a radial plane comprising the axis of the bottle or jar}
- B65D 1/023: {Neck construction}
- B65D 23/104: {Handles formed separately}
- 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

## Abstract

A container may include a neck including an external surface and at least one handle retention feature with axially lower and upper handle retention surfaces. A handle for a container may include a collar including spaced apart container retention features having axially lower and upper container retention surfaces to cooperate with the corresponding handle retention feature of the container to prevent axial movement of the collar with respect to the container.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A one-piece handle for a container, that includes a collar including axially spaced apart container retention features having axially lower and upper container retention surfaces that face one another to retain therebetween a corresponding handle retention feature of a container to prevent axial movement of the collar with respect to the container, wherein the handle retention features include a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart reliefs that include apertures through the collar or debossments in an inner surface of the collar.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The handle set forth in claim 1 wherein the handle collar is frustoconical and includes a frustoconical wall.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The handle set forth in claim 1, further comprising an anti-rotation feature extending between the container retention features.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The handle set forth in claim 1 wherein the plurality of circumferentially spaced apart reliefs includes at least one of a parallelogram, a circle, or indicia.

### Claim 5

A container that includes:
a base;
a body extending from the base;
a shoulder extending from the body; and
a neck extending from the shoulder and including:
an axial end surface,
a radially outer surface, and
at least one handle retention feature spaced apart from the shoulder and having axially lower and upper handle retention surfaces that face away from one another, wherein the at least one handle retention feature includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart features that include bosses.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The assembly set forth in claim 5 wherein the container further comprises a handle anti-rotation feature extending between the handle retention surfaces.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The container set forth in claim 5 wherein the plurality of circumferentially spaced apart features includes at least one of a parallelogram, a circle, or indicia.

### Claim 8

A handle and container assembly that includes:
a container having a neck including
an external surface,
a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart handle retention features, and
at least one anti-rotation feature extending between the handle retention features, and
a handle having a collar externally surrounding the neck on the container, the collar having
a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart container retention features that engage the handle retention features on the container neck to prevent axial movement of the collar and the handle with respect to the neck and the container and that include apertures through the collar or debossments in an inner surface of the collar, and
at least one corresponding anti-rotation feature extending between the container retention features and engaging the at least one anti-rotation feature of the container to prevent rotation of the collar and the handle with respect to the neck and the container.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The assembly set forth in claim 8 wherein the handle collar is frustoconical and includes a frustoconical wall.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The assembly set forth in claim 8 wherein the plurality of circumferentially spaced apart retention features includes at least one of a parallelogram, a circle, or indicia.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The assembly set forth in claim 8 wherein the handle further includes the collar is a circumferentially continuous one-piece annular collar received by interference fit over the container neck.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The assembly set forth in claim 11 wherein the interference fit is a snap fit.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The assembly set forth in claim 11 wherein the interference fit is a shrink fit.

### Claim 14

A handle and container assembly that includes:
a container having a neck with an external surface and at least one external embossment on the external surface, and
a handle that includes the collar including at least one relief corresponding to and engaged with the at least one external embossment on the neck to prevent movement of the collar and the handle with respect to the neck and the container wherein the at least one relief includes at least one aperture through the collar or at least one debossment in an inner surface of the collar.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The assembly set forth in claim 14, wherein the interference fit is a snap fit.

### Claim 16 (depends on 14)

The assembly set forth in claim 14, wherein the interference fit is a shrink fit.