Carrying handle
OwnerThomas Bolandinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a light weight, rigid, carrying handle that allows a single user to safely and securely transport multiple cylinders with one hand. The carrying handle consists of a rectangular grip plate, a tab at each end of the grip plate extending away from the grip plate about perpendicular to the surface of the grip plate, and a grip guard on each side of the grip plate also extending away from the grip plate about perpendicular to the surface of the grip plate. The tabs and grip guards all preferably extend in the same direction away from a inner surface of the carrying handle. The tabs are configured thin such that it can be inserted into and through an opening in a cylinder collar bracket.
Claims12
A carrying handle for carrying two cylinder tanks each cylinder tank having cylinder brackets with slots therein comprising:
- an elongated grip plate having an outer surface, an inner surface and four sides configured in an about rectangular shape having a length from a first end of the grip plate to a second end of the grip plate and having a width smaller than the length, said width being as the distance from a first side of said grip plate to a second side of said grip plate;
- a tab configured in an about rectangular shape about equal in width, as measured from a first side of the tab a second side of said tab, to the width of the grip plate, said tab extending away from the first end of said grip plate about perpendicular to the inner surface of said grip plate;
- a tab configured in an about rectangular shape about equal in width, as measured from a first side of the tab a second side of said tab, to the width of the grip plate, said tab extending away from the second end of said grip plate about perpendicular to the inner surface of said grip plate;
- each said tab extending away from said grip plate a distance of about half the length of said grip plate;
- the ends of said tabs furthest away from said grip plate having a thin rectangular shape configured to removably insert through an opening in a bracket on a cylinder tank;
- wherein two cylinder tanks can be carried with one hand grasping the carrying handle when each of said tabs are removably inserted through an opening in a bracket on a cylinder tank.
A pair of carrying handles each carrying handle capable of carrying two cylinder tanks, each cylinder tank having cylinder brackets with slots therein, comprising:
- a first carrying handle and a second carrying handle, each carrying handle comprising:
- an elongated grip plate having an outer surface, an inner surface and four sides configured in an about rectangular shape having a length from a first end of the grip plate to a second end of the grip plate and having a width smaller than the length, said width being as the distance from a first side of said grip plate to a second side of said grip plate;
- a tab configured in an about rectangular shape about equal in width, as measured from a first side of the tab a second side of said tab, to the width of the grip plate, said tab extending away from the first end of said grip plate about perpendicular to the inner surface of said grip plate;
- a tab configured in an about rectangular shape about equal in width, as measured from a first side of the tab a second side of said tab, to the width of the grip plate, said tab extending away from the second end of said grip plate about perpendicular to the inner surface of said grip plate;
- each said tab extending away from said grip plate a distance of about half the length of said grip plate;
- the ends of said tabs furthest away from said grip plate having a thin rectangular shape configured to removably insert through an opening in a bracket on a cylinder tank;
- wherein two cylinder tanks can be carried with one hand grasping the carrying handle when each of said tabs are removably inserted through an opening in a bracket on a cylinder tank;
- said inner surfaces of said grip plate, grip guards and tabs forming an inner cavity within said carrying handle;
- wherein the outside dimensions of said first carrying handle is configured smaller than the inside dimensions of said second carrying handle such that said first carrying handle removably fits within said inner cavity of said second carrying handle by sliding the first carrying handle between the tabs on said second carrying handle until the outer surface of said grip plate on said first carrying handle is in close proximity to said inner surface of said grip plate on said second carrying handle.
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