Bail for container and attachment means therefor
AssigneeRopak Corporation
InventorsFrano Luburic, Dennis R. Willis
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Abstract
A container bail incorporates securement means cooperative with retaining means on a container, said securement means having a head receivable in a receptor opening in the retaining means which is of totally different size and configuration from the receptor opening in the securement means which creates an interference fit materially reducing the likelihood of inadvertent dislodgement of the securement means from the retaining means. The bail also incorporates flexibility at critical points which augments the tendency of the retaining means to remain operatively associated with the securement means.
Claims11
In a bail mounting, the combination of:
- a bail securement socket including an opening having an enlarged receptor portion and a reduced locating portion;
- bail securement means on said bail engagable with said bail securement socket and having a head of a first radius and a shank of a second radius, said head engaging said receptor portion, said receptor portion having a lower edge radius corresponding to said first radius and an upper edge having a greater radius than said first radius;
- and said shank engaging said locating portion having a radius corresponding to said second radius, said head having an engagement surface area larger than said receptor portion and said shank being larger than said locating portion and there being a modulus of deflection between the materials of said head and said receptor opening and between the materials of said shank and said locating opening.
In a container, the combination of:
- a container body having a base and upwardly extending side wall on said base;
- bail retaining means oppositely located on the external surface of said wall, said bail retaining means including sockets each having an enlarged receptor opening, said receptor opening having a perimeter with a lower edge of one radius and an upper edge of larger radius, and a reduced locating opening communicating with said receptor opening;
- and a substantially U-shaped bail having extremities disposable in overlying relationship with said bail retaining means, securement means on said extremities engaged with said bail retaining means, said securement means including an enlarged head having a surface area larger than said receptor opening of said socket and a reduced shank, said shank being larger than said locating opening, said head having its edge conforming to said receptor opening lower edge and there being a modulus of deflection between the materials of said head and said receptor opening and between the materials of said shank and said locating opening.
In a container, the combination of:
- a container body having a base and a sidewall extending upwardly therefrom, said sidewall having bail securement sockets on opposite sides thereof, said sockets including a receptor portion and a locating portion communicating with said receptor portion, the perimeter of said receptor portion including a first radius and a second smaller radius;
- and a U-shaped bail having its opposite extremities disposable in contiguity to said sockets, said opposite extremities each having socket engaging means thereupon including a head and a shank, said head having a circular edge conforming to said second radius and being smaller than said first radius and being engaged with said receptor portion of said socket to facilitate the forcible entry of said head into said receptor portion by mutual deflection of said edge and said second radius and said shank having an interference fit with said locating portion of said socket, said head and said shank being larger than said receptor and locating portions of said socket, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.