Bottles with attached handles and a method of forming the same

A bottle and a handle for gripping, carrying and pouring which is attached thereto, wherein the bottle includes a relatively narrow neck portion having integral means thereon which restricts movement of the attached handle about the perimeter of the bottle, and a sidewall extending from said neck portion having integral attachment means thereon, and wherein the handle is a separate one-piece plastic molded member which is positioned substantially within the breadth of the bottle, and includes a substantially horizontal portion having a free end which at least partially encircles and coacts with integral means on said neck portion to affix said horizontal portion thereto and to restrict movement thereof about the perimeter of the bottle, and a substantially vertical portion that has attachment means thereon which coact with said integral attachment means on said sidewall of the bottle for affixing said portion thereto.

A bottle and a handle for gripping, carrying and pouring which is attached thereto, wherein the bottle includes a relatively narrow neck portion and a sidewall extending from said neck portion having integral attachment means thereon which restricts movement of the attached handle about the perimeter of the bottle, and wherein the handle is a separate one-piece plastic molded member which is positioned substantially within the breadth of the bottle, and includes a substantially horizontal portion having a free end which at least partially encircles and coacts with said neck portion to affix said horizontal portion thereto, and a substantially vertical portion that has attachment means thereon which coact with said integral attachment means on said sidewall of the bottle for affixing said portion thereto and for restricting its movement about the perimeter of the bottle.

A bottle and a handle for gripping, carrying and pouring which is attached thereto, wherein the bottle is formed from a thermoplastic material and includes a relatively narrow neck portion having integral means thereon which restricts movement of the attached handle about the perimeter of the bottle, and a sidewall extending from said neck portion having integral attachment means thereon, and wherein the handle is a separate one-piece plastic molded member which is positioned substantially within the breadth of the bottle, and includes a substantially horizontal portion having a free end which at least partially encircles and coacts with integral means on said neck portion to affix said horizontal portion thereto and to restrict movement thereof about the perimeter of the bottle, and a substantially vertical portion that has attachment means thereon which coact with said integral attachment means on said sidewall of the bottle for affixing said portion thereto.

A bottle and a handle for gripping, carrying and pouring which is attached thereto, wherein the bottle is formed from a thermoplastic material and includes a relatively narrow neck portion and a sidewall extending from said neck portion having integral attachment means thereon which restricts movement of the attached handle about the perimeter of the bottle, and wherein the handle is a separate one-piece plastic molded member which is positioned substantially within the breadth of the bottle, and includes a substantially horizontal portion having a free end which at least partially encircles and coacts with said neck portion to affix said horizontal portion thereto, and a substantially vertical portion that has attachment means thereon which coact with said integral attachment means on said sidewall of the bottle for affixing said portion thereto and for restricting its movement about the perimeter of the bottle.

A plastic bottle having a relatively narrow neck portion, and a sidewall extending from said neck portion;

• and a handle which generally is L-shaped and is positioned substantially within the breadth of the bottle and which includes a substantially horizontal leg having a free end that coacts with said neck portion to affix said horizontal leg thereto, and a substantially vertical leg having a free lower end, wherein said lower free end and said sidewall include engaging wedge and recess means adapted to coact to affix said vertical leg to said sidewall, and wherein said handle is affixed to the bottle for lifting, carrying and pouring therefrom.

A plastic bottle having a relatively narrow neck portion, a sidewall extending from said neck portion, and opposing engageable depressions in said sidewall;

• and a handle which generally is L-shaped and is positioned substantially within the breadth of the bottle and which includes a substantially horizontal leg having yoke-shaped resilient arms with inwardly extending projections which engage said depressions to lock said leg thereto, and a substantially vertical leg having a free lower end, wherein said lower free end and said sidewall having engaging locking means to affix said vertical leg to said sidewall, and wherein said handle is attached to the bottle for lifting, carrying and pouring therefrom.

In a process for assembling a bottle and a handle attached thereto for lifting, carrying and pouring wherein the handle generally is L-shaped and is positioned substantially within the breadth of the bottle with one leg coacting with and affixed to the neck of the bottle and with the other leg maintained in engagement with the sidewall of the bottle, and wherein the bottle and handle have means thereon for properly aligning the handle on the bottle, the steps comprising bringing said bottle and handle into contact with one another and rotating one relative to the other until the aligning means are brought into engagement, whereupon said handle is attached to said bottle in proper alignment.

In a process for assembling a bottle and a handle attached thereto for lifting, carrying and pouring, wherein the bottle includes a neck portion and a sidewall, and wherein the handle generally is L-shaped and is positioned substantially within the breadth of the bottle, and has a generally horizontal leg attached to said neck portion, and a generally outwardly flexed vertical leg in engagement with the sidewall of the bottle which places said handle under tension, the steps comprising bringing said horizontal leg into contact with the neck portion, concurrently flexing said vertical leg outwardly and attaching said horizontal leg to the neck portion to place the handle under tension, and engaging said flexed vertical leg to the sidewall of the bottle.