Patent ID: 7913874

Claim:
A plastic container for a particulate product, said container comprising: a generally square base and respective first, second, third and fourth sides upstanding from said base, the first, second and third sides being generally flat; a top, which includes a rim, which connects with said first, second, third and fourth sides, said top including an opening therein which is large enough in diameter to allow a person's hand to pass therethrough to permit removal of the particulate product; a shoulder extending upwardly and inwardly from the sides, said rim extending up from the top of the shoulder to the top opening, a line extending over the shoulder from the juncture of the sides and the shoulder to the top of the rim forming an angle of less than 40° with a vertical line extending up from the sides, at least at some point along said sides; wherein the fourth side includes a pass-through handle defined interiorly by a substantially straight wall which extends horizontally in substantially straight lines from the generally flat first side to the generally flat third side, a vertical segment located outwardly from the substantially straight wall and having a width, in the direction parallel to the substantially straight wall, which is substantially less than the width of the substantially straight wall, the space between the substantially straight wall and the vertical segment forming a pass-through opening, with the distance between the substantially straight wall and the vertical segment being large enough for a portion of a person's hand to pass therethrough, and the width of the vertical segment in the horizontal direction parallel to the width of the substantially straight wall being small enough that the portion of the person's hand passing through the opening can grasp the vertical segment with the person's fingers, and wherein said top opening extends over a portion of said vertical segment.