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A container having walls and a handle attached to the exterior of the container is disclosed. The container has handle receiving means in the form of a keyhole-shaped slot spaced apart from the wall of the container by a distance sufficient to accommodate a flange on the end of the handle. The keyho

A container having walls and a handle attached to the exterior of the container is disclosed. The container has handle receiving means in the form of a keyhole-shaped slot spaced apart from the wall of the container by a distance sufficient to accommodate a flange on the end of the handle. The keyhole-shaped slot has an orifice connected to a tapered slot which is open at the end opposed to the orifice. A shaft located at the end of the handle at each of its opposed ends has two spaced-apart flanges thereon. The shaft and the keyhole cooperatively act for insertion of the shaft into the orifice of the keyhole. At least one of the flanges attached to the handle is sectioned to form an edge in the shape of a hook. During insertion of the handle onto the container, the hook contacts a fulcrum located juxtaposed to the tapered slot of the keyhole which acts as a lever to snap the handle onto the container.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A container having walls and a handle attached to the exterior of the container;said handle having two opposed ends, each of which is attached to the container, each of said ends having a shaft with two spaced-apart flanges thereon;said container having handle receiving means in th

[ We claim:] [1.] A container having walls and a handle attached to the exterior of the container;said handle having two opposed ends, each of which is attached to the container, each of said ends having a shaft with two spaced-apart flanges thereon;said container having handle receiving means in the form of a keyhole-shaped slot spaced apart from the wall of the container by a distance sufficient to accommodate the flange distal to the handle, said keyhole shaped slot having an orifice connected to a tapered slot, said tapered slot being open at the end opposed to the orifice;said shaft and said keyhole cooperatively being of diameters such that the shaft may be slid along the tapered slot and forcibly inserted into the orifice,at least one flange being sectioned to form an edge on said flange that passes from the perimeter of the flange to the shaft and thereafter curves back towards the perimeter on the opposed side of the shaft, forming a hook shape;a fulcrum located juxtaposed to the tapered slot of the keyhole at a distance from the orifice such that the pin is spaced apart from the flange when the shaft is located in the orifice but at a distance from the longitudinal axis of the keyhole that is less than the radius of the sectioned flange;said fulcrum being located such that contact is made with the sectioned flange during attachment of the handle on the container.