Patent ID: 9149007
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: A01G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A blow molded nursery container comprising: a substantially circular side wall; a closed bottom end; an open top end; a projecting lip positioned on the outer circumference of the open top end, the lip including a radial flange portion extending outwardly from the periphery of the open top end, a recessed portion attached to the flange and having a substantially hollow cross-section formed during blow-molding of the container and defined by an inner wall, an outer wall spaced apart from the inner wall, and a lower wall attaching the inner wall to the outer wall so as to define a hollow area between the inner and outer walls, and an upper wall attached to the outer wall and extending over the hollow area and at least a portion of the flange, the recessed portion being radially separated from the side wall by the flange so as to form a channel; at least two handles connected to the container, each handle including a flexible member with a portion that is located above and spaced apart from the lip, the spacing permitting access by a user's fingers, the flexible member extending through at least two holes in the flange of the lip between the sidewall and the recessed portion, and wherein a portion of the flexible member extends in the channel between the holes and is restrained on an opposite side of the side wall or flange from the portion above the lip so as to connect the handle to the container.