Patent ID: 8540097

Claim:
A container comprising: a base, a sidewall extending upward from the base, a finish at an upper margin of the sidewall surrounding an opening into an interior of the container enclosing a prescribed volume, the sidewall including a pair of recesses situated on opposite sides of a vertical midline, each of the recesses including upper and lower sockets situated at upper and lower ends of the recesses; and a pair of handle elements adapted to be received wholly within the pair of recesses in the sidewall, each of the handle elements including upper and lower ball portions received in the upper and lower sockets situated at upper and lower ends of one of the recesses, the ball portions being pivotable within the socket portions so as to permit the handle elements to be displaced from within the sidewall recesses to a position projecting outward from the sidewall sufficiently to permit the pair of handle elements to be grasped in one hand, at least one of the upper and lower ball portions is non-spherical so as to provide a detent biasing the handle elements toward a fully retained or a fully projecting position.