Handle for a container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025074655-A1
Application number	US-202318725027-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 19, 2023
Priority date	Jan 19, 2022
Publication date	Mar 6, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A bottle handle includes a neck engagement collar including a neck ring defining a central aperture. The bottle handle also includes a handle portion coupled to the neck engagement collar. The bottle handle further includes a plurality of tabs extending radially inward from the neck ring. Two adjacent tabs of the plurality of tabs define a slot therebetween, and wherein a reinforcement rib protrudes from the neck ring and is located adjacent the slot.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A bottle handle comprising:
a neck engagement collar including a neck ring defining a central aperture; a handle portion coupled to the neck engagement collar; and a plurality of tabs extending radially inward from the neck ring; wherein two adjacent tabs of the plurality of tabs define a slot therebetween, and wherein a reinforcement rib protrudes from the neck ring and is located adjacent the slot.

2 . The bottle handle of claim 1 , wherein the slot comprises a plurality of slots and the reinforcement rib comprises a plurality of reinforcement ribs, and wherein a number of the reinforcement ribs is equal to a number of the slots.

3 . The bottle handle of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement rib is arcuate and extends about only a portion of a circumference of the central aperture.

4 . The bottle handle of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement rib is a first reinforcement rib, and wherein a second reinforcement rib protrudes from the neck ring and extends continuously around all of a circumference of the central aperture.

5 . The bottle handle of claim 4 , wherein the first reinforcement rib is located between the slot and the second reinforcement rib along a radial direction of the neck engagement collar.

6 . The bottle handle of claim 5 , wherein the first reinforcement rib comprises a plurality of first reinforcement ribs and the slot comprises a plurality of slots, and wherein each first reinforcement rib of the plurality of first reinforcement ribs is located adjacent one slot of the plurality of slots.

7 . The bottle handle of claim 1 , wherein a first surface adjoins the neck ring with the handle portion, and the bottle handle further comprises a second surface opposite the first surface, and wherein the reinforcement rib protrudes from the first surface only.

8 . A bottle handle comprising:
a neck engagement collar including a neck ring defining a central aperture; a handle portion coupled to the neck engagement collar, the handle portion including a first arm and a second arm each extending from opposite ends of the neck ring such that a first arcuate corner is formed with the neck ring and the first arm and a second arcuate corner is formed with the neck ring and the second arm; and a reinforcement rib extending at least partially around the first arcuate corner on a surface adjoining the neck ring with the first arm.

9 . The bottle handle of claim 8 , wherein the reinforcement rib is a first reinforcement rib and the surface is a first surface, and wherein a second reinforcement rib extends at least partially around the first arcuate corner on a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface adjoining the neck ring with the first arm.

10 . The bottle handle of claim 9 , wherein the first reinforcement rib is misaligned with the second reinforcement rib relative to the first arcuate corner.

11 . The bottle handle of claim 10 , wherein:
each of the first reinforcement rib and the second reinforcement rib are semicircular in cross-section and each have a radius of curvature in cross-section; the first reinforcement rib defines a first outer corner with the first surface, the first outer corner being located away from the first arcuate corner; the second reinforcement rib defines a second outer corner with the second surface, the second outer corner being located away from the first arcuate corner; the first reinforcement rib is misaligned with the second reinforcement rib by an offset that is measured between the first outer corner and the second outer corner along a direction parallel to the first surface and the second surface; and the offset is greater than or equal to the radius of curvature.

12 . The bottle handle of claim 10 , wherein:
each of the first reinforcement rib and the second reinforcement rib are semicircular in cross-section and each have a radius of curvature in cross-section; the first reinforcement rib defines a first inner corner with the first surface, the first inner corner being located toward the first arcuate corner; the second reinforcement rib smoothly transitions to an inside face of the first arcuate corner; and the first reinforcement rib is misaligned with the second reinforcement rib by an offset that is measured between the first inner corner and the inside face along a direction parallel to the first surface and the second surface.

13 . The bottle handle of claim 12 , wherein the offset is greater than or equal to the radius of curvature.

14 . The bottle handle of claim 8 , wherein the reinforcement rib is a first reinforcement rib, and wherein the handle portion further includes a gripping portion that connects distal ends of the first arm and the second arm such that a third arcuate corner is formed with the gripping portion and the first arm and a fourth arcuate corner is formed with the gripping portion and the second arm, and wherein a second reinforcement rib extends at least partially around the third arcuate corner on the surface.

15 . A bottle handle comprising:
a neck engagement portion including a neck ring defining a central aperture and a plurality of tabs extending radially inward from the neck ring; a handle portion coupled to the neck engagement portion; a first planar surface defined by the neck engagement portion and the handle portion, and a second planar surface defined by the neck engagement portion and the handle portion and located opposite the first planar surface; a first reinforcement rib protruding from and extending along the first planar surface; a second reinforcement rib protruding from and extending along the second planar surface; wherein the first reinforcement rib is misaligned with the second reinforcement rib along a direction extending parallel to the first planar surface and the second planar surface.

16 . The bottle handle of claim 15 , wherein:
each of the first reinforcement rib and the second reinforcement rib are semicircular in cross-section and each have a radius of curvature in cross-section; the first reinforcement rib defines a first inner corner with the first surface; the second reinforcement rib defines a second inner corner with the second surface; and the first reinforcement rib is misaligned with the second reinforcement rib by an offset that is measured between the first inner corner and the second inner corner along a direction parallel to the first surface and the second surface.

17 . The bottle handle of claim 16 , wherein the offset is greater than or equal to the radius of curvature.

18 . The bottle handle of claim 17 , wherein the offset is less than or equal to twice the radius of curvature.

19 . The bottle handle of claim 15 , wherein two adjacent tabs of the plurality of tabs define a slot therebetween, and wherein a third reinforcement rib protrudes from the neck ring and is located adjacent the slot.

20 . The bottle handle of claim 19 , wherein a fourth reinforcement rib protrudes from the neck ring and extends continuously around all of a circumference of the central aperture.

Assignees

• Niagara Bottling Llc

Inventors

• Bandla Sudheer
• Cronin Melissa
• Doherty Mark

Classifications

• A45F5/1583

  Holders or carriers for beverage vessels, e.g. bottles · CPC title

• A45F5/10

  Handles for carrying purposes · CPC title

• B65D23/108 Primary

  Bail handles, i.e. pivoted handles of generally semi-circular or loop shape · CPC title