DECANTER WITH ATTACHED SPOUT-HANDLE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

摘要

Decanter with attached spout-handle comprising a glass carafe having a neck portion with an upstanding ledge providing an opening thereinto, a spout-handle having an annular cavity loosely receiving the ledge of the carafe therein, and a plurality of attachment elements securely received within the cavity of the spout-handle and engaging the ledge of the carafe for interlocking and securing the spout-handle with the carafe about its opening. A flexible material is received within the cavity of the spout-handle for sealing against leakage the spout-handle with the carafe. The attachment element comprise a plurality of spring clip elements at spaced locations about the opening of the carafe, each being a spring metal strip having a substantially V configuration with first and second legs joined at a rounded center portion which is positioned over and secured with the ledge of the carafe, with the legs being on opposite sides of the ledge. The cavity of the spout-handle provides opposite surfaces and each of the legs of the spring clip elements engages an opposite respective surface for securing the clip element and the spout-handle with the carafe.