Handle assembly for chest

Claim 2

An improved handle construction for a container having a sidewall comprising: means, formed integrally and in one piece with said sidewall and defining a downwardly opening channel along the exterior of the sidewall of said container, said channel generally paralleling said sidewall; a handle having a manually grippable bottom bar, an upper hinge bar adapted to be received in said channel and means securing said bottom bar to said hinge bar in spaced relation therefrom, said hinge bar being pivotally disposed within said channel; and a cap connected to said sidewall and adapted to cover at least a portion of the open bottom of said channel thereby to retain said hinge bar therein.

Claim 3

A device as defined in claim 1 wherein said handle includes a pair of spaced side bars at opposite ends thereof, each of said side bars being connected to the opposite ends of said hinge bar, said handle bar being secured to the opposite ends of said side bars, said hinge bar being longer than the length of said channel.

Claim 4

An improved handle construction for a container having a sidewall comprising: means defining a downwardly opening channel along the exterior of the sidewall of said container, said channel generally paralleling said sidewall; a handle having a manually grippable bottom bar, an upper hinge bar adapted to be received in said channel and means securing said bottom bar to said hinge bar in spaced relation therefrom, said hinge bar being pivotally disposed within said channel; a cap connected to said sidewall and adapted to cover at least a portion of the open bottom of said channel thereby to retain said hinge bar therein; said cap further comprising a wall member adapted to cover the channel region of said sidewall and including means adapted to underlie at least a portion of said hinge bar when said hinge bar is disposed within said channel, thereby to retain said hinge bar in said channel; said cap further including finger means secured thereto and extending inwardly therefrom, said finger means having a pointed end and a barbed formed thereon, said sidewall having apertures formed therein in locations adapted to receive said barbed fingers of said cap, said apertures, cap and fingers being dimensioned and disposed so that when said fingers are urged through said openings said barbs may catch the inner surface of said chest sidewall and thereby be retained.

Claim 5

An improved handle construction for a container having a sidewall comprising: means defining a downwardly opening channel along the exterior of the sidewall of said container, said channel generally paralleling said sidewall; a handle having a manually grippable bottom bar, an upper hinge bar adapted to be received in said channel and means securing said bottom bar to said hinge bar in spaced relation therefrom, said hinge bar being pivotally disposed within said channel; a cap connected to said sidewall and adapted to cover at least a portion of the open bottom of said channel thereby to retain said hinge bar therein; said cap further comprising a wall member adapted to cover the channel region of said sidewall and including means adapted to underlie at least a portion of said hinge bar when said hinge bar is disposed within said channel, thereby to retain said hinge bar in said channel; said cap further including finger means secured thereto and extending inwardly therefrom, said finger means having a pointed end and a barbed formed thereon, said sidewall having apertures formed therein in locations adapted to receive said barbed fingers of said cap, said apertures, cap and fingers being dimensioned and disposed so that when said fingers are urged through said openings said barbs may catch the inner surface of said chest sidewall and thereby be retained.

Claim 6

A device as defined in claim 3 wherein said sidewall of said chest includes an inner region of foamed plastic material secured to the inner surface of said sidewall, said barbs being sufficiently shart as to enable them to pierce and pass through said foam to enable said barbs to engage the inner surface of said sidewall.

Claim 7

A device as defined in claim 3 wherein said chest includes upper and lower of said apertures above and below said channel and wherein said cap includes upper and lower of said finger means thereby to engage and be secured to said sidewall at locations above and below said channel means.

Claim 8

A device as defined in claim 1 further comprising: said sidewall of said chest including a recessed portion, said channel being formed at the upper end of said recessed portion, said recessed portion being of a depth slightly greater than the thickness of said handle, said recess being of greater dimensions of said handle to enable said handle to be recessed therein when in an inoperative position; and said cap spanning substantially the width of said recessed portion at the upper end thereof about said channel.

Claim 9

A device as defined in claim 6 wherein said channel is of lesser width than said recessed portion thereby to define a pair of sockets on either side of the ends of said channel, said sockets being of a width sufficient to receive the upper ends of the side bars of said handle; and said cap including lateral extensions dimensioned to fit within said sockets, said lateral extensions each including and upper member inclined upwardly and outwardly from said sidewall, said inclined member being disposed to define a limit stop engageable with said side bars of said handle to limit the extent to which said handle may be pivoted in its upward operative configuration.