Patent ID: 6260732
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A carton holder for liquid cartons characterized by generally planar side walls and a rectangular transverse cross section, said carton holder comprising: a one-piece handle body including a generally rectangular bail portion and an outwardly projecting and downwardly depending handle, said bail portion having an interference fit in a normal position with respect to said side walls whereby said carton may be telescopically slidably disposed with respect thereto, said bail portion having juxtaposed ends connected to an inner end of said handle, a vertically extending slot formed in said inner end of said handle between said juxtaposed ends of said bail portion and transverse to one side wall of said container; actuator means carried by said handle and coacting with said inner end of said handle adjacent said slot and effective for increasing the spacing between said juxtaposed ends of said bail portion sufficiently to establish a telescopic sliding fit between said bail member and said side walls of said carton as a result of movement of said actuator means between said normal position and a second position.