Carrying handle for detachable containers and containers including such handle
OwnerMargaret F. Hammacherinventor
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A milk container has a support and pouring handle adapted to detachably connect the container to adjacent and similar milk containers. The container is a conventional gable top container and includes a handle assembly attached to the top portion of the gable top such that one end of the handle assembly extends outwardly beyond the side walls and gable top of the container. The handle portion can be integrally formed as part of the container blank or can be separately formed and attached to the top portion of a conventional gable top container by adhesive and/or staples. The handle is positioned on the container at the end of the gable top opposite from the end of the gable top which includes the pouring spout for the container. One face of the handle is covered with adhesive such that when adjacent similar containers are positioned so that these adhesive covered faces come into contact with one another, the two handles will become attached. The adhesive used is preferably relatively strong in shear and weak in tension such that the containers can be carried without fear of separation yet can be pulled apart easily when desired. After separation, the separated handles on each container can be used for pouring or carrying an individual container.
A container adapted to facilitate pouring and carrying comprising:
A pair of detachably connected containers having a separable handle, each of said containers comprising a bottom wall, a plurality of side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall, a gable top closure connected to and extending upwardly from said side walls, said gable top closure having first and second ends and a pour spout at said first end, and a handle assembly connected to and extending upwardly from said closure, said handle assembly having two ends and two faces, one of said faces covered by an adhesive, said adhesive being relatively high in shear strength and relatively low in tensile strength, the adhesive faces of said containing being in abutment.
A blank for a gable top container comprising:
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