Wafer basket and handle

Claim 2

In combination, a wafer basket and an easily attachable and detachable handle therefor, the basket having generally upright side and end walls and an open top, the end walls having their upper surfaces centrally recessed to provide each wall with spaced, upright, opposing edges, each wall having aligned, outwardly open transverse slot closely adjacent the top of the basket and the junctures of the end and side walls; and the handle having a pair of stiff, upright legs and leg manipulating means joining upper ends of the legs and spacing the legs to span the basket end-to-end, each leg including at its lower end basket gripping means comprising a transverse bar receivable in the transverse slots of the respective end wall of the basket, the lower end of the leg including upright edges oriented with respect to the transverse bar to confront the upright edges of the basket end wall when the transverse bar is seated in the slot to restrain side-to-side movement of the handle with respect to the basket, the transverse bars of the legs engaging the slots adjacent the upper corners of the basket to stably lift and support the basket.

Claim 3

The basket and handle of claim 1 wherein the lower end of the leg of the handle includes a plate with side edges receivable between and confronting the opposing edges of the side wall, the transverse bar being carried by the plate and having ends extending transversely of the plate for reception in the slots adjacent the upper corners of the basket.

Claim 4

The basket and handle of claim 1 wherein the leg manipulating means comprises a pair of elongate and stiff but resiliently flexible arms extending between upper ends of the handle legs and resiliently urging the legs inwardly against the end walls of the basket, the arms being mutually oriented and spaced to produce outward swinging of the legs when one of the arms is flexed toward the other.

Claim 5

The basket and handle of claim 1 wherein the slot in the basket end wall and the transverse bar of the handle are generally rectangular in cross section and have mating respective upper and lower surfaces to restrain tilting of the handle axially of the basket.

Claim 6

In combination, a wafer basket and an easily attachable and detachable handle therefor, the basket having generally upright side and end walls and an open top and bottom, the end walls each having a central, downwardly extending recess therein defining spaced end wall sections adjacent the side walls and having upright, spaced inner edges, the end wall sections of each end wall having aligned, outwardly open, generally rectangular slots therein closely adjacent the upper corners of the basket; the handle comprising a pair of stiff, upright legs joined at their upper ends by elongate and stiff but resiliently flexible arms normally urging lower ends of the legs toward each other, the arms being mutually oriented and spaced to produce outward swinging of lower ends of the legs to span the basket end-to-end when one of the arms is flexed toward the other, the lower ends of the legs each having a plate having upright side edges received between and confroNting the spaced, inner edges of the respective recessed end wall and carrying a transverse bar with ends of generally rectangular cross section extending from the plate edges for reception in and co-action with the aligned slots in the respective basket end wall to resist tilting of the handle longitudinally of the basket.

Claim 7

In combination, a wafer basket and an easily attachable and detachable handle therefor, the basket having generally upright side and end walls and an open top and bottom, the end walls each having a central, downwardly extending recess therein defining spaced end wall sections adjacent the side walls and having upright, spaced inner edges, the end wall sections of each end wall having aligned, outwardly open, generally rectangular slots therein closely adjacent the upper corners of the basket; the handle comprising a pair of stiff, upright legs joined at their upper ends by elongate and stiff but resiliently flexible arms normally urging lower ends of the legs toward each other, the arms being mutually oriented and spaced to produce outward swinging of lower ends of the legs to span the basket end-to-end when one of the arms is flexed toward the other, the lower ends of the legs each having a plate having upright side edges received between and confroNting the spaced, inner edges of the respective recessed end wall and carrying a transverse bar with ends of generally rectangular cross section extending from the plate edges for reception in and co-action with the aligned slots in the respective basket end wall to resist tilting of the handle longitudinally of the basket.