Title: Handle attachment for drinking water bottle

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1. A handle assembly that is removably attachable to a carboy bottle of the type that has a straight cylindrical side wall to permit said bottle to be lifted and placed in an inverted position, which assembly includes:

a. first and second transversely arcuate rigid sheets that may be disposed on opposite sides of said carboy bottle and in abutting contact therewith, said first and second sheets each having upper and lower circumferential edges, said first sheet when said carboy bottle is in an upright position having vertical first and second edges that extend between said upper and lower circumferential edges thereof, and said second sheet having third and fourth vertical edges that extend between said upper and lower edges thereof;

b. first and second handles secured to said first and second sheets;

c. first, second, third and fourth pairs of pliable horizontal bands, said first and second pairs of bands connected to said first sheet and extending in opposite directions from said first and second edges thereof, said third and fourth pairs of bands connected to said second sheet and extending in opposite directions from said third and fourth edges thereof, said first and third pairs of bands having free ends that are separated by a first space, and said second and fourth bands having free ends that are separated by a second space;

d. a pair of first manually operable locking means connected to said free ends of said first and third pairs of bands and disposed in said first spaces, said first manually operable locking means capable of occupying first and second positions, said first manually operated locking means when in said first positions holding said free ends of said first and third pairs of bands a minimum distance from one another, and said first manually operable locking means when in a second position holding said free ends of said first and third pairs of bands in a maximum distance from one another; and

e. a pair of manually adjustable means connected to said free ends of said second and fourth pairs of bands disposed in said second spaces for so adjusting the lengths of said second spaces that when said first manually operable locking means are moved from said second to said first position said first and second sheets and said first, second, third and fourth bands are forced into pressure frictional contact with said cylindrical side wall to the extent said carboy bottle may be lifted by said first and second handles and disposed in an inverted position, and said first manually operable locking means when in said second position increasing the length of said second spaces that said handle assembly may be moved longitudinally relative to said cylindrical side wall of said carboy bottle to be mounted on or removed from the latter.

2. A handle assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein each of said handles is of elongate U shape, projects outwardly from that one of said sheets on which it is mounted, and is angularly disposed on said sheet.

3. A handle assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein each of said first manually operable locking means includes:

f. first and second brackets secured to the free ends of one of the pairs of said first and third bands;

g. a pivot member secured to said second bracket;

h. a handle pivotally supported on said pivot member; and

g. a link pivotally connected to said first bracket and to said handle, with said handle when pivoted from a second to a first position moving said link inwardly to engage said pivot member and minimize the length of said first space.

4. A handle assembly as defined in claim 1 wherein each of said pair of manually adjustable means includes:

f. first and second tabs that project outwardly from the free end of said second and fourth bands adjacent said second space; and

g. a screw rotatably supported in a non-longitudinally movable position in said first tab that engages a tapped bore in said second tab.

Other info:

Inventors: Madsen, Fred C. (Long Beach, CA, US)

Application Number: 591780
Filing Date: 1975-06-30
Publication_date: 1976-06-22
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 294/31.2
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

1460268	Jun, 1923	Ottman	294/31.
1838348	Dec, 1931	Woodman	294/31.
2385913	Oct, 1945	Fink	224/45.
3050326	Aug, 1962	Miller	294/31.
3615115	Oct, 1971	Simms	16/114.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Kundrat, Andrew V.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Babcock; William C.