Handle assembly for drywall finisher box
View Patent ↗A handle assembly for a container dispensing a seaming compound comprises a connector plate configured for coupling to the container, a first handle, and a second handle, wherein each of the first handle and the second handle is coupled to the connector plate.
1. A handle assembly for a finisher box having a pivotably mounted pressure plate, the handle assembly suitable for gripping by a user's two hands and comprising:
a connector plate configured for removably coupling to the pressure plate, a top surface of the connector plate defining a plane;
an extension directly coupled to the connector plate;
a first handle including a first end directly coupled to the extension and a second end defining a first gripping surface for gripping with a first hand of the user, wherein the first handle includes a first longitudinal axis that intersects with the plane non-orthogonally; and
a second handle including a vertical portion, a first angled portion, and a second angled portion, the second angled portion defining a second gripping surface for gripping with a second hand of the user, the vertical portion coupled to the connector plate, the first angled portion extending from the vertical portion such that the longitudinal axes of the vertical portion and the first angled portion form an obtuse angle, the second angled portion extending from the first angled portion such that longitudinal axes of the first angled portion and the second angled portion form an acute angle, wherein the longitudinal axis of the vertical portion intersects substantially orthogonally with the plane,
wherein the second handle is removably coupleable to the connector plate in either one of a first orientation and a second orientation.
2. The handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second orientation is 180 degrees from the first orientation.
3. The handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the connector plate includes a pair of spaced edges and the second handle is directly coupled to the connector plate between the pair of spaced edges.
4. The handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the connector plate includes a pair of spaced edges, and wherein both of the extension and the second handle are directly coupled to the connector plate between the pair of spaced edges.
5. The handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the connector plate includes a pair of openings, each configured to receive a fastener coupled to the pressure plate for securing the handle assembly to the container.