Patent ID: 7152755

Claim:
In a one-piece, molded plastic container, the improvement comprising: a container body having a base and a circumferential sidewall extending upwardly from the base, the upper end of the sidewall forming an open top for the container; and, a bail for lifting and carrying the container, the bail being a plastic bail integrally molded with the container body and the bail having a bail base and a bail sidewall, the respective ends of the bail being formed with the sidewall of the container body adjacent an upper, open end thereof, the sidewall having bosses integrally molded therewith and projecting outwardly from the sidewall for connecting the ends of the bail with the container body, the spacing of the bosses being less than 170° apart whereby the container, when empty and lifted using the bail does not hang vertically, but when full does hang vertically and whereby the thickness of the bail base is uniform throughout the length of the bail, and the base and sidewalls of the bail are of substantially the same thickness as the sidewall of the container body such that the bail has a bend radius that is free from having a living hinge at the connection of the bail and the bosses.