Tote box handle
AssigneeBradford Company
InventorsRobert M. Zink, Donald J. Bazany, Douglas E. Tramper
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Abstract
An improved handle for use in a tote box is securely retained in a hole or cutout in a wall of the tote box without mechanical fasteners, The handle includes a flange which extends upwardly so that a portion thereof is captured within the channel sidewalls of a top rail on the top edge of the walls of the tote box, The handle of this invention can be used with either single or double ply tote box walls and is preferably molded from flexible plastic,
Claims22
A tote box comprising:
- a box formed from a foldable box blank and having a bottom and upstanding walls, and said walls having upper edges which form a top edge of said box;
- a unitary top rail extending around the top edge of said box, said top rail having a downwardly open channel formed between a pair of channel side walls, said channel being fitted over said top edge of said box;
- a hole in selected ones of said walls;
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- a handle inserted into said hole, said handle having a flange extending from said hole when said handle is inserted therein, a portion of said flange being captured between said channel sidewalls of said top rail in order to secure said handle to said erected box.
A tote box comprising:
- a box formed from a foldable box blank and having a bottom and upstanding walls, said walls having upper edges which form a top edge of said box;
- a unitary top rail extending around the top edge of said box, said top rail having a downwardly open channel formed between a pair of channel side walls, said channel being fitted over said top edge of said box;
- a hole in selected ones of said walls;
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- a handle inserted into said hole, said handle having a flange extending from and substantially completely around said hole when said handle is inserted therein, a portion of said flange being captured between said channel sidewalls of said top rail in order to secure said handle to said erected box, said handle further comprising a grip which projects generally perpendicularly from said flange, said grip being snap fit into said hole.
A handle for a tote box having at least one upstanding wall with a top rail extending around a top edge of said at least one wall, said top rail having a downwardly open channel formed between a pair of channel side walls, said channel being fitted over said top edge of said at least one wall, said at least one wall having a hole therein to receive said handle, said handle comprising:
- a flange extending from the hole when the handle is inserted therein, a portion of said flange being captured between the channel sidewalls of the top rail in order to secure the handle to the tote box;
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- a grip adapted to be grasped by a user lifting the tote box, said grip projecting generally perpendicularly from said flange and being snap fit into the hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.