Folding handle for cups, cans and other uses

Claim 2

A folding handle for hand held beverage cups, containers and the like, and comprising; a frame member including a U-shaped strap having a bottom portion and relatively spaced upturned ends, a finger receptive handle loop provided on one of said upturned ends, and an annular ring pivotally engaged at diametrically opposite sides to said upturned ends for being disposed transversely of said frame member for use in receiving a beverage container therewithin and supported on said bottom frame portion and for being disposed in relative alignment with said frame member and in combination therewith being sized for compact storage and ready accessibility within a shirt pocket or the like, said annular ring including semi-annular halves pivotally engaged together and to said upturned frame ends for being relatively brought together and folded one within the other, and said handle loop being pivotally engaged to said one upturned frame end for being relatively turned from an outwardly disposed position to an inwardly disposed position relatively over said semi-annular ring halves as folded together.

Claim 3

The folding handle of claim 1, said handle loop including an end thereof overlapping said semi-annular ring and for engagement therewith precluding their being folded together when said handle loop is disposed for use.

Claim 4

The folding handle of claim 2, said one upturned end of said U-shaped strap being bent outwardly at its end and having said handle loop pivotally engaged thereto, and a clip member slidable on said handle loop for overlapping engagement with said outwardly bent end and retaining said handle loop in aligned engagement therewith and disposed outwardly for use.

Claim 5

A folding handle for use with drinking cups and other hand held beverage containers, and comprising; a ring member sized to receive a hand held beverage container therewithin, another member pivotally engaged to said ring member and formed to include a finger sized handle loop disposed outward on one side of said ring member for beverage container lifting and tilting use, and means for turning said handle loop member from a position within the plane of said ring member to a position for use transversely thereof and including a U-shaped strap having opposite ends pivotally fastened to diametrically opposite sides of said ring member and one of said ends operative of said handle loop member, said U-shaped strap having a bottom portion between its pivotally fastened ends and being sized relative to said ring member for frictional engagement of said bottom portion with said ring member as disposed in the plane thereof and for retention of said U-shaped strap and handle loop member in flat folded relation with said ring member, and said ring member and bottom portion of said U-shaped strap being formed to include a cooperative detent and pin hole for retentive engagement of the one with the other as disposed in flat folded relation.

Claim 6

A folding handle for use with drinking cups and other hand held beverage containers, and comprising; a ring member sized to receive a hand held beverage container therewithin, another member pivotally engaged to said ring member and formed to include a finger sized handle loop disposed outward on one side of said ring member for beverage container lifting and tilting use, and means for turning said handle loop member from a position within the plane of said ring member to a position for use transversely thereof and including a U-shaped strap having opposite ends pivotally fastened to diametrically opposite sides of said ring member and one of said ends operative of said handle loop member, said U-shaped strap having a bottom portion between its pivotally fastened ends and being sized relative to said ring member for frictional engagement of said bottom portion with said ring member as disposed in the plane thereof and for retention of said U-shaped strap and handle loop member in flat folded relation with said ring member, and said ring member and bottom portion of said U-shaped strap being formed to include a cooperative detent and pin hole for retentive engagement of the one with the other as disposed in flat folded relation.