Stacked pail separation device
OwnerBenjamin B. Bennettinventor
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Abstract
A pail separation device comprised of two halves, each half having a wedge at the end of an exterior brace, an interior brace having a curved face, and which is attached to the exterior brace, and a handle attached to the interior brace and to the exterior brace. Also included is a fastener for locking the two halves together. The two halves further include ridged surfaces that mesh together to reduce slipping. The first and second wedges are dimensioned to fit between pails in a stack of pails such that force applied to the first and second handles can push the first wedge and the second wedge between the pails of a stack of pails so as to separate those pails.
Claims20
A pail separation device, comprising:
- a first half including a first wedge at the end of a first exterior brace, a first interior brace attached to said first exterior brace, and a first handle attached to said first interior brace and to said first exterior brace;
- a second half including a second wedge at the end of a second exterior brace, a second interior brace attached to said second exterior brace, and a second handle attached to said second interior brace and to said second exterior brace;
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- a fastener for locking said first half to said second half;
- wherein said first wedge and said second wedge are dimensioned to fit between pails in a stack of pails;
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- wherein force applied to said first handle and to said second handle can push said first wedge and said second wedge between pails of a stack of pails such that said first wedge and said second wedge separate pails.
A pail separation device, comprising:
- a first wedge at the end of a first exterior brace;
- a first interior brace attached to said first exterior brace;
- a first handle attached to said first interior brace and to said first exterior brace;
- a second wedge at the end of a second exterior brace,
- a second interior brace attached to said second exterior brace;
- a second handle attached to said second interior brace and to said second exterior brace;
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- a fastener for locking said first interior brace to said second interior braces such that said first handle aligns with said second handle;
- wherein said first interior brace overlaps said second interior brace.
A pail separation device, comprising:
- a first interior brace having a first channel;
- a first wedge at one end of a first exterior brace, said first exterior brace attached to said first interior brace;
- a first handle attached to said first interior brace and to a second end of said first exterior brace;
- a second interior brace having a second channel;
- a second wedge at one end of a second exterior brace, said second exterior brace attached to said second interior brace;
- a second handle attached to said second interior brace and to said second exterior brace;
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- a fastener passing through said first channel and through said second channel, said fastener locking said first interior brace to said second interior brace.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.