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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Crawford Lyons, Spring Grove, PA (US);
Frank E Semersky, Toledo, OH (US);
Assignee:
Graham Packaging Corporation, York, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
215398 ; 215396 ; 220770 ;
Abstract
A blow-molded plastic container having a separately formed and permanently attached handle. The container has a blow-molded body portion with an inwardly set recess. An elongate plastic handle is attached to the sidewall of the container such that it spans across the recess in spaced relation. The handle has a grip portion and opposite ends which are secured to the body portion by welding techniques. The recess has a vacuum flex panel to accommodate changes resulting from hot-fill processing.