Patent ID: 6026982
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
A non-grip container to be picked up and held by a hand of a user, said container having a convex outer wall, a holder radially disposed on the outer wall of the container, the holder comprising a wall having a substantially U-shaped cross-section including a pair of legs, the legs of the ""U"" joining the convex outer wall of the container, wherein a chamber is formed between the convex outer wall of the container and the wall of the holder, the chamber having an opening, the chamber being closed at a point distal from the opening, and the wall of the holder having a concave inner surface, wherein a cross-section taken in a horizontal plane across the holder and container, the ratio of the cross-sectional area of the holder with respect to the cross-sectional area of the container is greater than 0.36, whereby when the user's hand is inserted through the opening and into the chamber, the user's hand is substantially in a curved natural, at rest open position with the palm and extended fingers of the hand being disposed around the convex outer wall of the container such that human effort is substantially reduced, and such that a forceful grip is not necessary to pick up and hold the container.