US 6,981,937 B2
Handle for mounting on packaging, device for mounting the handle and method of mounting handles on packaging
Alain Dufrene, Chemin du Canadel, F-84570 Mormoiron (France)
Appl. No. 10/257,986
PCT Filed Jan. 30, 2002, PCT No. PCT/FR02/00352
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 30, 2002,
PCT Pub. No. WO02/060679, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 08, 2002.
Claims priority of application No. 01 01282 (FR), filed on Jan. 31, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2003/0145431 A1, Aug. 07, 2003
Int. Cl. B31B 1/86 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 493—226 36 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for mounting ends of a handle into slits of a package, the device comprising:
guide rails comprising longitudinal helical grooves which guide and orient the ends of the handle from a first position to a second position,
wherein, in the second position, the ends of the handle are oriented in a direction that is perpendicular to the first position and to the slits of the package,
wherein each guide rail is mounted about a pivot axis.