Container with integral handle, preform and method of...

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2005-05-24

2005-05-24

McDowell, Suzanne E. (Department: 1732)

Stock material or miscellaneous articles

Hollow or container type article

Polymer or resin containing

C215S398000, C220S771000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06896943

ABSTRACT:
A method of forming a container (10) from bi-axially orientable plastics material and having an integral handle formed from a stem (15); said method comprising: (a) forming a preform (26, 36) having a neck portion and an expandable portion (12) below the neck portion (11), said neck portion including a locating ring (14) above the expandable portion and a solid stem (15) of orientable thermoplastics material projecting from or near the neck portion or immediately below it and moulded integrally therewith, and (b) performing a blow moulding operation on said preform to expand the expandable portion to form the body of the container. Also disclosed is a container (10) manufactured from a two stage injection stretch blow moulding process, said container including a graspable handle affixed at at least a first point to said container so as to form an enclosed area between the handle and the container and through which the fingers of a human hand may be passed.

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