US 12,411,438 B2
Toner container handle
Emily Stefano Adams, Lexington, KY (US); Brian Lester Boettcher, Versailles, KY (US); and Patrick Lawrence Ransom, Lexington, KY (US)
Assigned to Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US)
Filed by LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC., Lexington, KY (US)
Filed on Jul. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/762,008.
Application 18/762,008 is a continuation of application No. 17/961,093, filed on Oct. 6, 2022, granted, now 12,055,872.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/406,831, filed on Sep. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0353774 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/0875 (2013.01) [G03G 21/1842 (2013.01); G03G 21/1846 (2013.01); G03G 2215/068 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1846 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toner container for use in an image forming device, comprising:
a body having a top and a bottom relative to an operative orientation of the toner container when the toner container is installed in the image forming device, the body having a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side, the second side is opposite the first side, the fourth side is opposite the third side, the body has a reservoir for holding toner;
a downward facing outlet port positioned on the first side of the body for exiting toner from the toner container;
a handle pivotable relative to the body about a pivot axis between a first position and a second position, the handle includes a front segment extending along the first side of the body when the handle is in the first position for contacting a corresponding pry surface in the image forming device when the handle moves from the first position to the second position for lifting the toner container from a corresponding toner container receptacle in the image forming device when the toner container is installed in the image forming device; and
a notch in the first side of the body below the front segment of the handle when the handle is in the first position providing clearance for the corresponding pry surface in the image forming device during removal of the toner container from the corresponding toner container receptacle in the image forming device.