Patent ID: 6022638
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y10S

Abstract:
An electric storage battery comprising a container having side and end walls, a cover having opposed side and end walls attached to the respective side and end walls of the container, a handle attached to said cover and having a user grip area, and an arm adjacent said user grip area, each arm having a pin-and-button structure for attaching said handle to said cover, said cover having two sets of handle attachment structures comprising pockets molded into the cover, each of said pockets having an insertion aperture forming an insertion position for attaching said handle to said cover and an assembly aperture forming an assembly position for the attached handle, said insertion apertures being complementally sized to accept therethrough said handle arm buttons and said pockets being sized to allow movement of said buttons from the insertion position to the assembly position, said pins each having a cross-section allowing movement of the pins from the insertion position to the assembly position and the buttons from the insertion aperture to the assembly aperture, said button not being present in the assembly aperture when the pin is in the insertion aperture, said button and said assembly position apertures being complementally sized such that said buttons cannot be pulled out through said assembly aperture when the handle is in the assembly position, said handle in the assembly position being rotatable from a rest position adjacent an end or side wall of the container to an upright, service position, rotation from the rest position to the service position rotating the handle arm pins such that the cross-sectional configuration of each pin resists movement of the handle from the assembly position to the insertion position.