Handle for resealable container
OwnerRichard B. Anspacherinventor
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Abstract
A resealable container including a body portion with front and rear panels on which interlocking closure strips are mounted to facilitate opening and resealing the container. A handle is formed by a pair of handle pieces, one of the handle pieces being secured to each of the resealable closure strips such that application of force to the handle pieces for lifting the container does not result in application of forces of sufficient magnitude for separating the closure strips which would result in opening the container. One or more handles are formed on the bottom of the container to facilitate pouring contents of the container.
Claims11
A resealable container comprising:
- a tube forming a container body having a front panel and a rear panel, said front and rear panels having top and bottom edges and side edges;
- a pair of interlocking resealable closure strips for providing an air-tight seal, one of said closure strips being bonded to the top of the front panel of said body and a second of said closure strips being bonded to the top of said rear panel of said body, said closure strips having end portions extending past the top edge and side edges of said body;
- first and second handle pieces having at least one hand receiving aperture in each handle piece, each of said handle pieces having at least two flanges, said flanges on said first handle piece being secured to a first of said closure strips and said flanges on said second handle piece being secured to a second of said closure strips, said handle pieces being rigid and positioned such that application of force to said handle pieces for lifting said container body does not result in application of forces of sufficient magnitude for separating said first and second resealable closure strips.
A resealable container comprising:
- a container body having flexible front and rear panels, said front and rear panels having top and bottom edges and side edges;
- a pair of interlocking resealable closure strips for providing an air-tight seal, one of said closure strips being bonded to the top of said flexible front panel of said body and a second of said closure strips being bonded to the top of said flexible rear panel of said body;
- first and second handle pieces, each of said first of second handle pieces having a central body with top and base portions, said base portions including downwardly depending spaced apart flanges straddling the top edge of said container body and being secured thereto, an opening formed in said central body of said first and second handle pieces, and reinforcing ribs extending along said top portions and around said opening thereby forming a hand grip portion at said top portion of said handle and providing stiffness to said handle such that application of force to said handle pieces for lifting said container body does not result in application of forces of sufficient magnitude for separating said first and second resealable closure strips.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.