Plant tray/pot handle
First Claim
1. A flexible polymeric handle having opposed ends for lockably inserting into apertures of one of a plant tray or pot, said handle comprising:
- an elongated flexible polymeric body having a longitudinal axis, said body having opposed ends;
a generally triangular locking tab at each of said opposed ends, said tab including a tip at an end of said body and a base spaced inwardly from said tip;
a longitudinally extending slit extending from said tip to said base of each of said tabs to bisect said tabs; and
a secondary tab aligned with the longitudinal axis of said body and said longitudinal slit, said secondary tab having a wide end and a narrow end wherein said wide end is hinged to said polymeric body and said narrow end is proximate to said tip of said locking tab and communicates with said longitudinally extending slit.
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Abstract
A handle includes highly flexible locking tabs at opposite ends. Each of the opposed ends includes a generally triangular tab with a longitudinally extending slit aligned with the longitudinal axis of the handle for allowing the triangular tab to deflect for ease of insertion into an aperture in a tray or pot. The handle ends also include a secondary locking tab which is spaced in alignment with the longitudinally extending slit inwardly of the generally triangular tab. The locking ends include inwardly extending slots which define shoulders which engage a side of the tray or pot opposite the triangular tab for stabilizing the end of the handle in its locking engagement with the tray or pot.
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19 Claims
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1. A flexible polymeric handle having opposed ends for lockably inserting into apertures of one of a plant tray or pot, said handle comprising:
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an elongated flexible polymeric body having a longitudinal axis, said body having opposed ends; a generally triangular locking tab at each of said opposed ends, said tab including a tip at an end of said body and a base spaced inwardly from said tip; a longitudinally extending slit extending from said tip to said base of each of said tabs to bisect said tabs; and a secondary tab aligned with the longitudinal axis of said body and said longitudinal slit, said secondary tab having a wide end and a narrow end wherein said wide end is hinged to said polymeric body and said narrow end is proximate to said tip of said locking tab and communicates with said longitudinally extending slit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A flexible polymeric handle having opposed ends for lockably inserting into apertures of one of a plant tray or pot, said handle comprising:
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an elongated flexible polymeric body having a longitudinal axis, said body having opposed ends; a generally triangular locking tab at each of said opposed ends, said tab including a tip at an end of said body and a base spaced inwardly from said tip; a longitudinally extending slit coaxial with said longitudinal axis of said body and extending from said tip to said base of each of said tabs; and a secondary tab aligned with the longitudinal axis of said body and said longitudinal slit, said secondary tab having a wide end and a narrow end wherein said wide end is hinged to said polymeric body and said narrow end is proximate to and communicates with said longitudinally extending slit, wherein said body includes a pair of opposed laterally extending slots extending inwardly from edges of said body toward said longitudinally extending slit in alignment with the junction of said longitudinally extending slit and said narrow end of said secondary tab at each end of said body; and wherein said pair of opposed laterally extending slots define a shoulder aligned with and longitudinally spaced from said base of said generally triangular tab wherein said shoulder engages a side of a plant tray or pot opposite the triangular tab when inserted into a plant tray or pot. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A flexible polymeric handle having opposed ends for lockably inserting into apertures of one of a plant tray or pot, said handle comprising:
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an elongated flexible polymeric body having a longitudinal axis and opposed locking ends; wherein each of said locking ends is defined in part by a generally triangular tab, said tab including a pair of flukes defined, in part, by a pair of spaced slits extending from a base of said tab toward said tip in spaced relationship to said longitudinal axis of said body; a longitudinally extending slit extending between said slits from said tip to said base of each of said tabs to bisect said tabs; and a pear-shaped tab having an axis aligned with said longitudinally extending slit, said pear-shaped tab having a wide end and a narrow end wherein said wide end is hinged to said polymeric body and said narrow end is proximate to and communicates with said longitudinally extending slit such that said pear-shaped tab deflects from the plane of said body and improves the flexibility of said tab for insertion into an aperture of a plant tray or pot for locking said locking ends of said handle to a plant tray or pot. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A flexible polymeric handle having opposed ends for lockably inserting into apertures of one of a plant tray or pot, said handle comprising:
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an elongated flexible polymeric body having a longitudinal axis and opposed locking ends; wherein each of said locking ends is defined in part by a generally triangular tab, said tab including a pair of flukes defined, in part, by a pair of spaced slits extending from a base of said tab toward said tip in spaced relationship to said longitudinal axis of said body; a longitudinally extending slit coaxial with said longitudinal axis of said body and extending between said slits from said tip to said base of each of said tabs; and a pear-shaped tab having an axis aligned with said longitudinally extending slit, said pear-shaped tab having a wide end and a narrow end wherein said wide end is hinged to said polymeric body and said narrow end is proximate to and communicates with said longitudinally extending slit such that said pear-shaped tab deflects from the plane of said body and improves the flexibility of said tab for insertion into an aperture of a plant tray or pot for locking said locking ends of said handle to a plant tray or pot, wherein said body includes a pair of opposed laterally extending slots extending inwardly from edges of said body toward said longitudinally extending slit in alignment with the junction of said longitudinally extending slit and said narrow end of said secondary tab at each end of said body; and wherein said pair of opposed laterally extending slots define a shoulder aligned with and longitudinally spaced from said base of said generally triangular tab wherein said shoulder engages a side of a plant tray or pot opposite the triangular tab when inserted into a plant tray or pot.
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18. A flexible polymeric handle having opposed ends for lockably inserting into apertures of one of a plant tray or pot, said handle comprising:
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an elongated flexible polymeric body having a longitudinal axis, said body having opposed ends; a generally triangular locking tab at each of said opposed ends, said tab including a tip at an end of said body and a base spaced inwardly from said tip; a longitudinally extending slit coaxial with said longitudinal axis of said body and extending from said tip to said base of each of said tabs; and a secondary elongated, generally pear-shaped tab aligned with the longitudinal axis of said body and said longitudinal slit, said secondary tab having a wide end and a narrow end wherein said wide end is hinged to said polymeric body and said narrow end communicates with said longitudinally extending slit, and wherein said body includes a pair of opposed laterally extending slots extending inwardly from edges of said body toward said longitudinally extending slit in alignment with the junction of said longitudinally extending slit and said narrow end of said secondary tab at each end of said body, wherein said pair of opposed laterally extending slots define a shoulder aligned with and longitudinally spaced from said base of said generally triangular tab. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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