Bail structure

A bail structure adapted to be attached to a container having an axis, said structure comprising:

• a tough, flexible, elongate polymeric strip having opposite major surfaces and including an elongate handle portion having two opposite ends and first and second opposite edges extending between said opposite ends, said second edge having arcuate end portions extending away from said first edge in a direction generally at right angles to the longitudinal direction of said handle portion;
• and two anchor portions adapted to be bonded to a container, said anchor portions being integrally formed with said handle portion with one anchor portion at each of said opposite ends, each of said anchor portions comprising contiguous first and second parts shaped so that, when the major surfaces of said handle and anchor portions are coplanar, said first part projects away from the handle portion in a direction generally aligned with the handle portion and said second part projects away from the first part along and past the adjacent arcuate end portion of the second edge in a direction generally normal to the length of said handle portion, so that said anchor portions can be bonded on opposite sides of a said container with the major surfaces of all portions of the strip generally parallel to the axis of the container and with said handle portion in a storage position adjacent an end of the container, and the handle portion can then be moved to a use position extending across the end of the container at which use position the handle portion may be used to suspend the container and said end portions of said second edge are generally straightened and aligned with stresses applied to the anchor portions through the handle portion.