Handle cover
OwnerAlan Brock Zirellainventor
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Abstract
A handle cover for fitting over a wire bail handle affixed to a carriable container which offers several advantages over prior designs. The handle is designed to fit over the wire bail, whether or not a hollow tubular sleeve through which the wire bail passes is present, and can interact with this sleeve when present. Such interaction not only allows the handle cover to be adaptable to various wire bail handles, but can also provide additional stabilization of the handle cover relative to the bail. The handle cover is formed from two body members, at least one of which has a channel formed therein for receiving the wire bail. This channel has two end portions and a central portion. The central portion is wider than the end portions, to receive a hollow tubular sleeve if present on the bail.
Claims2
A handle cover for fitting over a handle affixed to a carriable container, wherein the handle affixed to the container comprises a wire bail and optionally a hollow tubular sleeve through which the wire bail passes, comprising
- first and second body members, wherein
- (a) each body member has a first end and a second end and an interior face and an exterior face, and wherein
- (i) the first body member has a channel formed on the interior face of the first body member, said channel comprising two end portions and a central portion disposed between the two ends portions and said channel extending from the first end to the second end of the first body member;
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- (ii) the second body member has a depression which corresponds to the central portion of the channel in the first body member, but no channel or depression corresponding to the end portions of the channel in the first body member;
- (b) the end portions of the channel of the first body member have a first width and the central portion of the channel has a second width which is greater than the first width,
- (c) the end portions and the central portions of the first body member are substantially coaxial, whereby the channel can receive a wire bail with a hollow tubular sleeve when the hollow tubular sleeve disposed within the central portion,
- a hinge connecting the first and second body members, and
- closure means for holding the first and second body members together, with the interior face of the first body member adjacent to the interior face of the second body member.
A handle cover for fitting over a handle affixed to a carriable container, wherein the handle affixed to the container comprises a wire bail and optionally a hollow tubular sleeve through which the wire bail passes, comprising
- first and second body members, wherein
- (a) each body member has a first end and a second end and an interior face and an exterior face, and wherein the first body member has a channel formed on the interior face of the first body member, said channel comprising two end portions and a central portion disposed between the two ends portions and said channel extending from the first end to the second end of the first body member, and wherein the second body member has a depression which corresponds to the central portion of the channel in the first body member, but no channel or depression corresponding to the end portions of the channel in the first body member,
- (b) the end portions of the channel have a first width and the central portion of the channel has a second width which is greater than the first width,
- (c) the end portions and the central portions are substantially coaxial, whereby the channel can receive a wire bail with a hollow tubular sleeve when the hollow tubular sleeve disposed within the central portion, and
- closure means for holding the first and second body members together, with the interior face of the first body member adjacent to the interior face of the second body member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.