Composite handle for portable containers

Claim 1

A composite handle for a portable container, comprising (a) a pair of handles (M, M') each fastened to a side of said container (C), and each handle consisting of at least two straps (1, 2) of flexible strong material, said two straps of each handle being fastened together at an intermediate section (101) to be gripped by a user; and (b) adhesive strip means (7) for removably securing by mutual engagement an intermediate section (101) of one handle (M) to a corresponding intermediate section (101) of the other handle (M'), in superposed relation, so as to obtain, at said mutually engaged intermediate portions (101) of each handle (M, M'), a single composite gripping section having sufficient thickness and rigidity to allow easy gripping by said user; (c) one of said two straps composing each handle having a width which is approximately twice the width of the other of said straps, said double-width strap being folded over its longitudinal edges at said intermediate section so as to reduce its width, at said intermediate section, substantially to the width of said other strap.