Patent ID: 6026980
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A one-piece blow-molded closed plastic drum comprising:a generally cylindrical body portion defining an outer cylindrical surface;a bottom integrally-molded with a lower end of said cylindrical body portion;a head portion integrally-molded with an upper end of said cylindrical body portion and defining a top and a transition area extending around and connected at a lower end to an upper end of said body portion and connected at an upper end to said top;a handling ring integrally-molded with said drum and having a leg member connected to and extending upwardly from generally said upper end of said transition area and a grippable member extending generally outwardly from an upper end of said leg member to define an outer circumferential surface on said handling ring; andsaid transition area having an outside curved surface below and outwardly of the connection to said leg member of said handling ring and of a predetermined radius so that said body portion outer surface is positioned in a tangential plane in close proximity to a tangential plane along said handling ring outer surface.