Basket with swing away double locking handle

Details Basket with swing away double locking handle Basket with swing away double locking handle

1981-07-28

1982-12-28

Shoap, Allan N.

Receptacles

Outlet or junction box type

Sectional receptacle

220 95, 220 91, B65D 2528, B65D 2532

Patent

active

043657257

ABSTRACT:
A market basket is provided with a U-shaped handle having outwardly projecting locking tabs. The locking tabs, each comprised of a support bar and a locking bar, are slidably and rotatably received in vertical slots in the side walls of the basket. With the locking tab at the bottom of the side wall slots, the handle is freely rotatable. When the handle is lifted upwardly while in the vertical position, each of the locking bar enters into and engages a second vertical slot provided by a locking block to prevent the handle from rotating, the locking block being located on a flange which depends downwardly from an outwardly extending lateral rim on the upper edge of the basket. In an alternate embodiment, the support bar has cross arms forming a cruciform cross sectional shape which engage the correspondingly shaped top of the sidewall slot providing three support points and additional handle locking action. In another embodiment, an outwardly directed offset is provided in the side walls below the side wall slots to furnish a storage ledge for the handle when it is in a horizontal or stowed position. A further embodiment utilizes a retention button intermediate the locking bar and support bar and positioned between the side wall and flange. The button is sized to be larger than the width of the side wall slots; thus, inhibiting removal of the handle from the basket once the handle and basket are assembled.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4215789 (1980-08-01), Pfeifer

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