Paint can having plural plug and handle securing arrangement

A container comprising a body wall having an upper portion terminating in an upper edge, said upper portion prior to receiving a closure including common means below said upper edge providing an annular groove on one side of said portion and an annular rib on the opposite side of said portion,

• a removable closure plug having a shaped peripheral section including radially spaced outer and inner portions releasably snugly embracing in the closed position of said plug said upper wall portion and having means for releasable resilient locking engagement with both said rib and groove, said groove being on the external side of said portion and the rib being on the internal side thereof,
• and said outer portion being segmented
• and having means for facilitating opening of said closure including tool-admitting apertures disposed above said rib and groove in proximity to the upper edge of said body wall whereby a tool may be inserted through said apertures and fulcrumed against said upper edge of the body wall for prying said closure off.

A container comprising a cylindrical body wall with an upper edge curl turned outwardly and having a lower portion radially spaced from the external side of said body wall and defining a downwardly open gap therewith,

• a handle assembly for the container comprising a band encircling said body, said band having upper and lower edges, a handle extending over the top of the container and having opposite ends connected to the external side of said band at diametrically opposite points thereof adjacent to the lower edge thereof,
• a closure having abuttment means for engaging in the closed position with said container the upper edge of the band while said band is disposed on the container below said abuttment means, said handle while said band engages said abuttment means being in stowed position close to the top of the container,
• said closure being separable from said container for opening it and thereupon disengaging said abuttment means from said band, said band upon disengagement from said abuttment means being slidable upwardly and entering with its upper edge into said gap for thus positively interlocking the handle assembly with the container.