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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 1984
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1984
Henry J Blanchette, Leominster, MA (US);
Plastican, Inc., Leominster, MA (US);
Abstract
An open-ended container with unitary external wire bail support posts and tooling for its manufacture in which each support post incorporates a pair of partially overlapping wall segments differently spaced from the sidewall of the container body, the more distant segment being further from the sidewall than the nearer by the thickness of the nearer. In a preferred embodiment, the more distant segment is provided with a slot extending from the end of the wall segment nearest the open end of the container body toward the opposite end of the wall segment, and having a bottom surface defined in part by a portion of the closer wall segment. The closer wall segment is provided with an oppositely directed slot arranged to in part overlap a portion of the first slot. The overlap of the two slots form an aperture dimensioned to accept the bail end. In this embodiment, the supporting structure holding the pair of wall segments apart from the sidewall is concave opening away from the open end of the container, permitting access to the interior of the support post by an extension of the mold's cavity, while the exterior surfaces of the post are formed by an extension of the core of the mold.