Container handles - Patent 1431193

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EP 1 431 193 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	01.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/36

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	23.06.2004 Bulletin 2004/26

(21)	Application number: 03078892.1

(22)	Date of filing: 16.12.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B65D 1/24

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

16.12.2002 GB 0229184
03.02.2003 GB 0302387

(71)	Applicant: DW Plastics N.V.
	Bilzen, 3740 (BE)

(72)	Inventor:
	Wambeke, Alain Marcel 3440 Zoutleeuw (BE)

(74)	Representative: Beitsma, Gerhard Romano
	Corinium B.V. Corinium Patents Ltd., Postbus 69 2650 AB Berkel en Rodenrijs 2650 AB Berkel en Rodenrijs (NL)

(54)	Container handles

(57) A container for storing and/or transporting objects is made of a plastics material and comprises a base extending in a first direction and at least two side walls (3) extending from the base in a second, substantially perpendicular direction. The container is provided with a handle section (6) covered at least partially with a gripping layer (7) made out of a thermoplastic material having a smaller hardness than said plastics material. Suitable view holes (19) allow the gripping layer material to be visible and to form indicia, such as letters and numbers. The handle section (6) may be substantially U-shaped so as to provide a cavity (18) which may be filled with the thermoplastic material constituting the gripping layer (7).

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