Patent ID: 6609333
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
An apparatus for use with a container, comprising:a handle portion; and first and second longitudinal members extending downward from said handle portion in spaced apart relation, each of said longitudinal members having a lower hook member extending from a lower portion thereof, and each of said longitudinal members having an inverted upper hook member extending from a portion of said longitudinal member between said lower hook member and said handle portion and spaced apart therefrom; wherein the inverted upper hook members are fixed relative to their respective longitudinal members; wherein the inverted upper hook member has a height greater than the height of the respective lower hook member; whereby said apparatus is capable of engaging a container comprising side walls having upper regions and lower portions with a plurality of apertures formed in said lower portions, by said lower hook members capable of engaging said apertures of said container such that said hook members each confront an edge of a corresponding aperture, and by said inverted upper hook members engaging upper regions of said container side walls, whereby said container is capable of being supported by said lower hook members confronting said edges of said apertures in said side walls of said container; and whereby said handle is capable of being stabilized with respect to said container by said upper hook members engaging said upper regions of said container side walls.