Selectively-deployable container hand-gripping device

Abstract

A container assembly comprises a container having opposing exterior end faces, and hand-gripping devices each attached to a respective one of the opposing exterior end faces. Each hand-gripping device includes two mounting panels, a hand-gripping panel, and two side panels. Each of the side panels has a forward edge portion attached to the hand-gripping panel and have a rear edge portion attached to a respective one of the mounting panels. Each of the side panels includes a fold-line discontinuity extending between a top edge portion thereof and a bottom edge portion thereof. The fold-line discontinuity may include at least one of a crease, a depression, a groove, a slit, a perforation, and a window. The fold-line discontinuity may bisect a respective one of the side panels. The hand gripping device can be alternated from a deployed configuration back to a flattened position and back to a deployed position repeatedly.

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