Parts handling container

A tote to be used by a person for carrying articles by hand forwardly and below the waist of the person with the arms extended downwardly and substantially straight, the tote comprising:

• a tray having a horizontal bottom with front and rear walls extending upwardly from the bottom, and fore-and-aft extending outside walls located between the front and rear walls;
• handle structure comprising a pair of hand grip portions having a generally rounded cross-section of diameter substantially greater than one inch, the hand grip portions at locations transversely spaced a distance approximately shoulder width;
• means supporting the tray below the hand grip portions such that a transversely extending vertical plane extending upwardly through the center of the tray passes through the hand grip portions;
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• wherein the hand grip portions extend upwardly in the forward direction at an angle of approximately 17 degrees from the from the plane of the bottom of the tray such that when the person grips the grip portions with his arms straight and extending downwardly with the rear wall of the tray adjacent his lower body, his wrists remain substantially unbent while the bottom of the tray remains horizontal.