Appeal No. 97-0677
Application No. 08/312,710
2. A one-piece blow-molded closed plastic drum
comprising: a generally cylindrical body portion defining an
outer cylindrical surface and an inside surface;
a bottom integrally-molded with a lower end of said
cylindrical body portion;
a head portion integrally-molded with an upper end of said
cylindrical body portion and defining a top having an inside
surface and a transition area extending around and connected at
a lower end to an upper end of said body portion and connected
at an upper end to said top;
a handling ring integrally-molded with said drum and
having a leg member extending upwardly from generally said
upper end of said transition area and a grippable member
extending generally outwardly from an upper end of said leg
member to define an outer circumferential surface on said
handling ring; and
said transition area having an inside curved surface below
the connection to said leg member of said handling ring and
with at least one predetermined radius so that no acute angles
are formed between said inside surfaces of said top, said
transition area and said body portion.
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