Container handle construction

Claim 1

A RECEPTACLE FOR USE IN HOLDING FOOD AND THE LIKE COMPRISING A SHELL INCLUDING A BOTTOM HAVING A PERIPHERAL WALL EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM AND TERMINATING IN AN UPPER PERIPHERAL RIM, SAID WALL HAVING AN OUTWARDLY PROJECTING LIP DISPOSED BELOW SAID RIM, SAID PERIPHERAL WALL HAVING A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED APART, VERTICALLY DISPOSED, DOWNWARDLY OPENING SOCKETS ON THE EXTERIOR SURFACE THEREOF AND DISPOSED BELOW BUT TERMINATING UPWARDLY IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SAID LIP, AND A HANDLE COMPRISING AN ELONGATE, INTEGRALLY FORMED ELEMENT HAVING THE MEDIAN PORTION THEREOF ARCUATELY BENT TO DEFINE A BIGHT PORTION ENGAGING SAID LIP, SAID BIGHT PORTION HAVING A PAIR OF IDENTICALLY SHAPED LEGS EXTENDING FIRST OUTWARDLY THEREFROM IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION AND THEN BEING ARCUATELY BENT DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY TO DEFINE GRIPPING PORTIONS, SAID LEGS THEREAFTER BEING ARCUATELY BENT UPWARDLY TO DEFINE SOCKET ENGAGING PORTIONS PROJECTING UPWARDLY INTO SAID SOCKETS, THE BIGHT PORTION OF SAID HANDLE COOPERATING WITH SAID SOCKET ENGAGING PORTION TO ENGAGE SAID LIP WITH A SNAP COUPLING EFFECT FOR RETAINING SAID HANDLE IN ENGAGING RELATION WITH SAID PERIPHERAL WALL.