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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1986
James B Davis, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A detachable handle system is described which is capable of temporarily placing handles on a container to aid in lifting and transporting the container. The invention is comprised of at least two handles, base members attached to opposed vertical surfaces of the container and mounting means fixed to the handles. In the preferred embodiment, the base members and mounting means are two cooperating sheets of a hook and loop fastener, commonly known by the trademark Velcro. In an alternate embodiment, the base member is a matrices of flexible resilient fibers blown onto a layer of viscous material on opposed surfaces of the container. One of the Velcro sheets includes a plurality of flexible hook elements and the cooperating sheet includes a plurality of flexible loop elements. The hook and loop elements interact to form a contact bond which is capable of withstanding a substantial shearing force exerted between the base member and the mounting means. The base members and the mounting means are brought together so that the handles, which are used to lift and carry the container, extend from opposed sides of the container. When the container reaches its destination the handles are detached by pulling them and their attached mounting means down and away from the container and the base member. This system provides an effective and efficient means for lifting and transporting containers.