Grip for use on a bail

A grip for use with a bail coupled to a container and having a tubular handle mounted on the bail, the grip comprising first and second elongate shells adapted for extending around the handle on the bail, each of the first and second shells having first and second opposite end walls and a central portion extending between the first and second opposite end walls, the first and second end walls having respective first and second engagement surfaces for contacting the bail in spaced-apart positions and the first and second shells having an internal cavity, the first and second engagement surfaces having a transverse dimension and the internal cavity having a transverse dimension greater than the transverse dimension of the first and second engagement surfaces and a length extending between the first and second end walls for receiving the tubular handle, the central portions of the first and second shells each being semicircular in cross section and having first and second sets of cooperatively-mating registration features for aligning the first and second shells relative to each other around the handle and enhancing the circumferential rigidity of the central portion and restricting relative longitudinal movement between the first and second shells, and the first and second end walls having first and second sets of first and second cooperatively mating fastening features extending in the plane of the respective end wall for locking the first and second shells together around the handle.

An assembly for use by a human hand, the assembly comprising a container, a bail pivotably coupled to the container and having an intermediate portion, a tubular handle disposed on the intermediate portion of the bail, an ergonomic grip of circular cross section extending around the intermediate portion of the bail, the grip being formed from first and second identical shells each having respective first and second opposite end portions and a central portion adapted for grasping by the human hand disposed between the first and second end portions, the first and second end portions of each of the first and second shells having respective first and second engagement surfaces for contacting the intermediate portion of the bail in spaced-apart positions, the first and second shells having an internal cavity between the first and second end portions for receiving the tubular handle, the central portion of the first shell having first and second registration features and the central portion of the second shell having first and second registration features for respectively engaging the first and second registration features of the first shell to enhance the circumferential rigidity of the grip and restrict relative longitudinal movement between the first and second shells, and the first and second end portions of the first shell having first and second fastening features, and the first and second end portions of the second shell having first and second fastening features for respectively engaging the first and second fastening features of the first shell so as to lock the first and second shells together around the intermediate portion of the bail.