Carrying handle and container

Claim 1

AN INTEGRALLY-FORMED PLASTIC CARRYING HANDLE FOR ATTACHMENT TO A PLIABLE PLASTIC CONTAINER COMPRISING: (A) AN ELONGATED SECURING WEB LONGITUDINALLY SLOTTED ALONG ONE SIDE THEREOF SO AS TO PROVIDE INTERNAL LONGITUDINAL SURFACES FOR ATTACHMENT TO SAID PLIABLE PLASTIC CONTAINER; (B) CONVERGENTLY-DIRECTIONED SUPPORT WEBS ADJACENT THE EXTREMITIES OF SAID SECURING WEB AND AT THE OTHER LONGITUDINAL SIDE THEREOF, SAID SUPPORT WEBS INCREASING IN WIDTH FROM NORMALLY-UPPER TO NORMALLY-LOWER PORTIONS THEREOF AND HAVING STRESS-DISTRIBUTING PROFILES AT THE INTERNAL JUNCTURES WITH SAID SECURING WEB; (C) AN ELONGATED HAND-GRIP PORTION BETWEEN THE CONVERGING EXTREMITIES OF SAID SUPPORT WEBS AND CONNECTED THERETO BY STRESS-DISTRIBUTING PROFILES, SAID ELONGATED HAND-GRIP PORTION, (1) BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND SPACED FROM SAID ELONGATED SECURING WEB, (2) BEING THICKENED TO INCREASE RESISTANCE TO TRANSVERSE FLEXURE UNDER STRESS, AND (3) HAVING A STRESS-DISTRIBUTING CONTOUR AT THE NORMALLY-DOWNWARD-FACING SURFACE THEREOF; (D) THICKENED PORTIONS OF SAID HAND-GRIP PORTION EXTENDING AT LEAST INTO SAID SUPPORT WEBS SO AS TO REINFORCE THE SAME; SAID HANDLE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SYMMETRICAL ABOUT THE PRINCIPAL PLANE THEREOF.