Handle for cans, bottles and the like

Claim 1

A HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR ELONGATED CONTAINER COMPRISING A RESILIENTLY DEFORMABLE BAIL OF SUFFICIENT INTERNAL AREA AND SHAPE TO LOOSELY EMBRACE A CONTAINER, A HANDLE DETACHABLY SECURED TO SAID BAIL BY A PIVOT PORTION AND HAVING A CAMMING SURFACE DISPOSABLE BETWEEN SAID BAIL AND CONTAINER UPON PIVOTING OF SAID HANDLE ON SAID BAIL AND OPERABLE TO TENSION THE BAIL INTO A FRICTIONAL, COMPRESSIVELY EMBRACING ENGAGEMENT OF SAID CONTAINER, SAID BAIL COMPRISING AN ENDLESS, CONTINUOUS RING-LIKE ELEMENT, SAID HANDLE HAVING ITS END INTURNED UPON ITSELF TO PROVIDE A LOOP WITH AN ENTRANCE OPENING FOR THE PASSAGE OF SAID BAIL INTO SAID LOOP, SAID PIVOT PORTION BEING SO POSITIONED RELATIVE TO SAID CAMMING SURFACE THAT SAID HANDLE IS MOVABLE TO AN OVERCENTER POSITION WHEN SAID BAIL IS TENSIONED, SAID HANDLE AND SAID BAIL COMPRISING THE SOLE SUPPORT FOR LIFTING SAID CONTAINER.