Holding a bucket stationary
OwnerLeon Harrellinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus and associated methodology contemplating holding a bucket stationary while a user mixes a substance in the bucket. A rigid base is configured to support the bucket upright upon a predetermined holding zone, and supports a selectively rotatable pivot member. A paddle has a proximal end attached to the pivot member and extends therefrom downwardly toward the base on one side of the pivot member. A foot-actuated lever has a proximal end attached to the pivot member and extends downwardly toward the base on the opposing side of the pivot member.
Claims20
An apparatus for holding a bucket stationary while a user mixes a substance in the bucket, comprising:
- a rigid base configured to receive a bucket of at least a first size upright upon at least one predetermined holding zone;
- one or more upright stanchions rising vertically from a top surface of the rigid base;
- a pivot member that is selectively rotatable around an axis of rotation, supported by the one or more upright stanchions at a height above the top surface of the rigid base;
- a paddle blade surface extending from the pivot member and terminating at a distal edge;
- a lever extending from the pivot member and selectively moveable to impart a torsion to the pivot member which, in turn, causes lateral displacement of the paddle blade surface toward the at least one holding zone;
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- a backstop operably opposing the paddle blade surface lateral displacement, thereby configured to compress a bucket received in the holding zone between the paddle blade surface and the backstop, wherein the height of the pivot member above the top surface of the rigid base defined by the one or more upright stanchions exceeds 2.25″ to provide a paddle blade lateral displacement of 0.75″ or more, thereby accommodating variations of diameter of the first size of buckets of at least 0.75″.
An apparatus for holding a bucket stationary while a user mixes a substance in the bucket, comprising:
- a rigid base configured to receive a bucket of at least a first size upright upon at least one predetermined holding zone;
- one or more upright stanchions rising vertically from a top surface of the rigid base;
- a selectively rotatable pivot member, supported by the one or more upright stanchions at a height above the top surface of the rigid base;
- a paddle having a proximal end attached to the pivot member and extending therefrom downwardly toward the base on one side of the pivot member terminating in a distal end;
- a foot-actuated lever having a proximal end attached to the pivot member and extending downwardly toward the base on the opposing side of the pivot member, wherein actuation of the lever causes lateral displacement of the distal end of the paddle of at least 0.75″ towards the at least one predetermined holding zone, thereby accommodating variations of diameter of the first size of buckets of at least 0.75″.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.