US 4,919,466 AGranted

Reusable package strap handle

AssigneeParagon Patent Development Inc.

InventorsDonald Consler, Joseph B. Federico

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Abstract

There is disclosed a removable handle for use on twine or flat lashing. The handle has at least one portion extending toward the lashing, for gripping the lashing. The extended portion has a distal end with a relatively flat end surface with curving section. Attached to the distal end is a gripping surface having a "U" configuration where the base of the "U" is relatively flat and substantially equal in width to the distal end flat surface. One side of the "U" is relatively short and disposed in relationship to the curved section of the distal end so as to form a gap between the top of the short side and the curved section for the insertion of the lashing. The flat section of the distal end can contain a semi-circular notch through which twine will fit. In one embodiment, the handle has two extended portions each having a U-shaped gripping section on the distal end thereof. The short, or open sections of the two "U" gripping sections face in opposite directions with respect to the longitudinal axis of the lashing.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A reusable handle for use on flat lashings, said handle comprising:

a hand grippable section having a finite length, the longitudinal axis of which extends in the same direction as the longitudinal axis of said lashing;
a pair of side sections dispersed on either end of said hand grippable section, said side sections each having a proximal end attached to one end of said hand grippable section and a distal end extended away from said hand grippable section in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said hand grippable section;
each said distal end of said side sections including a relatively flat end surface with a curved section thereof;
U-shaped members where the base of each said "U" is relatively flat, and where one side of said "U" is relatively short, said short side being disposed in relationship to said curved section so as to form an expandable slot between the top of said short side and said curved section for the insertion of said lashing;
and
means, including said longer side of each of said U-shaped members, for connecting one of said U-shaped members to each of said distal ends of said side sections such that said flat base and said short side of each of said U-shaped member lie in a plane parallel to and offset from said plane of each of said distal end of said side sections, respectively.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 07/301,722Filed 26 Jan 1989
Granted: 24 Apr 1990
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A45F 5/1026
With means, e.g. a hook, receiving a carrying element of the hand article to be carried: the carrying element being flexible, e.g. plastic bag handle
A45F 2005/1033
The carrying element being flexible, e.g. plastic bag handle: and supported below the grip surface of the carrying handle
A45F 2005/1053
The carrying element being flexible, e.g. plastic bag handle: carrying handles intended for receiving parcel cords or package bands
A45F 2005/1073
Details: retaining means for controlled release of the carrying element