Carton handle
OwnerAlexander Khodushinventor
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Abstract
This invention is a handle for liquid food cartons. It can be used without regard to the carton opening by separating the top portion thereof or has a spout with a screw cap. The carton handle includes a bail that slides down over the carton and is then tightened down with the flip of a toggle by the thumb of the user. There is a safety stop that prevents the toggle from inadvertently being released. When it is desired to have the bail released or loosened around the carton, the toggle is flipped toward the carton and the bail simply slidingly removed therefrom.
Claims7
A carton holder for liquid cartons characterized by generally planar side walls and a rectangular transverse cross section, said carton holder comprising:
- a one-piece handle body including a generally rectangular bail portion and an outwardly projecting and downwardly depending handle, said bail portion having an interference fit in a normal position with respect to said side walls whereby said carton may be telescopically slidably disposed with respect thereto, said bail portion having juxtaposed ends connected to an inner end of said handle, a vertically extending slot formed in said inner end of said handle between said juxtaposed ends of said bail portion and transverse to one side wall of said container;
- actuator means carried by said handle and coacting with said inner end of said handle adjacent said slot and effective for increasing the spacing between said juxtaposed ends of said bail portion sufficiently to establish a telescopic sliding fit between said bail member and said side walls of said carton as a result of movement of said actuator means between said normal position and a second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.