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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:
Aug. 03, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Crawford Lyons, Spring Grove, PA (US);
Frank E Semersky, Toledo, OH (US);
Robert L Diller, Jacobus, PA (US);
John W Tobias, Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
Graham Packaging Company, L.P., York, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
215398 ; 220752 ; 156 731 ; 1565801 ;
Abstract
A blow-molded plastic container and a separately formed injection-molded plastic handle adapted to be ultrasonically welded together. A pattern of energy directors is located on one of the confronting welding areas of the handle and the container sidewall. The handle has an elongate grip defining a grip centerline and the energy directors are located on both sides of the grip centerline adjacent opposite ends of the elongate grip.