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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2003
Charles P. Simpson, Jr., Adrian, MI (US);
Stephen R. Guerin, Milford, NH (US);
David P. Piccioli, Auburn, NH (US);
Qiuchen Peter Zhang, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Charles P. Simpson, Jr., Adrian, MI (US);
Stephen R. Guerin, Milford, NH (US);
David P. Piccioli, Auburn, NH (US);
Qiuchen Peter Zhang, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Graham Packaging PET Technologies Inc., York, PA (US);
Abstract
A container includes a hollow body having a finish extending from the body. The finish has an open end, at least one external thread for securement of a closure, and a pair of spaced external circumferential flanges on a side of the thread remote from the open end of the finish. A bale handle includes a ring having resilient internal tabs captured beneath the lower of the flanges remote from the open end of the finish, and a handle extending from the ring for carrying the container. The upper flange, which preferably has a greater outside diameter than the lower flange, has an undersurface that is free of obstruction from the bale handle and therefore is adapted to perform support functions for the container after attachment of the bale handle to the container finish.