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US3326591A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Milk carton handle

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-05-27
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Granted: 1967-06-20
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Expires: 1985-05-27
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Richter Peter
  • 👤 Larson Arthur Le Roy

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 13:36
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47G; A47G23/00; A47G23/02; A47G23/0258

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 176 words
FOR USE ON AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH A DISPOSABLE-TYPE MILK CARTON CHARACTERIZED BY A GABLE-TYPE TOP HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY TRIANGULATE RECESSES AT OPPOSITE VERTICAL ENDS AND WHEREIN ONE RECESSED PORTION EMBODIES A PROJECTILE AND RETRACTIBLE SPOUT AND THE OPPOSITE RECESSED PORTION CONSTITUTES A POCKET, A READILY ATTACHABLE AND DETACHABLE CARTON HANDING ATTACHMENT FOR SAID CARTON COMPRISING A VERTICAL STRAP MEMBER EMBODYING A U-SHAPED HANDLE OPPOSED TO ONE VERTICAL SIDE OF SAID CARTON AND COPLANAR UPSTANDING AND DEPENDING PORTIONS, RESPECTIVELY CONTACTING SAID SIDE, THE LOWER END OF SAID DEPENDING PORTION BEING PROVIDED WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY L-SHAPED MEMBER WHICH CONSTITUTES A STIRRUP WHICH IS ADAPTED TO EMBRACE AND SEAT THE BOTTOM OF SAID CARTON, THE UPPER END OF SAID UPSTANDING PORTION HAVING AN ADAPTER PROJECTING REMOVABLY INTO SAID POCKET AND TERMINATING IN ANCHORING MEANS, SAID ANCHORING MEANS HAVING A LATERALLY BENT FLANGE TERMINATING IN A NOTCH DEFINING AND PROVIDING A PAIR OF UPSTANDING POINTED PRONGS, SAID PRONGS PROVIDING PENETRATING MEMBERS WHICH WHEN APPLIED SERVE TO PUNCTURE COACTING WALL PORTIONS WHEREBY TO THUS ANCHOR THEMSELVES IN A GIVEN RETAINING POSITION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 176 words
FOR USE ON AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH A DISPOSABLE-TYPE MILK CARTON CHARACTERIZED BY A GABLE-TYPE TOP HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY TRIANGULATE RECESSES AT OPPOSITE VERTICAL ENDS AND WHEREIN ONE RECESSED PORTION EMBODIES A PROJECTILE AND RETRACTIBLE SPOUT AND THE OPPOSITE RECESSED PORTION CONSTITUTES A POCKET, A READILY ATTACHABLE AND DETACHABLE CARTON HANDING ATTACHMENT FOR SAID CARTON COMPRISING A VERTICAL STRAP MEMBER EMBODYING A U-SHAPED HANDLE OPPOSED TO ONE VERTICAL SIDE OF SAID CARTON AND COPLANAR UPSTANDING AND DEPENDING PORTIONS, RESPECTIVELY CONTACTING SAID SIDE, THE LOWER END OF SAID DEPENDING PORTION BEING PROVIDED WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY L-SHAPED MEMBER WHICH CONSTITUTES A STIRRUP WHICH IS ADAPTED TO EMBRACE AND SEAT THE BOTTOM OF SAID CARTON, THE UPPER END OF SAID UPSTANDING PORTION HAVING AN ADAPTER PROJECTING REMOVABLY INTO SAID POCKET AND TERMINATING IN ANCHORING MEANS, SAID ANCHORING MEANS HAVING A LATERALLY BENT FLANGE TERMINATING IN A NOTCH DEFINING AND PROVIDING A PAIR OF UPSTANDING POINTED PRONGS, SAID PRONGS PROVIDING PENETRATING MEMBERS WHICH WHEN APPLIED SERVE TO PUNCTURE COACTING WALL PORTIONS WHEREBY TO THUS ANCHOR THEMSELVES IN A GIVEN RETAINING POSITION.

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