Bucket
AssigneeConstruction Research & Technology GmbH
InventorsDavid A. Smith, Danielle Maria Shacklady McAtee
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Abstract
Provided is a bucket including a bucket body with an improved handle attachment. The bucket body includes a reinforcing collar extending about the perimeter of the bucket body. A ring is engaged to the bucket body by locating the ring within a channel defined on the exterior surface of the bucket body. The ring extends about the perimeter of the bucket body and engages a pivotable arcuate handle. The engagement of the ring in an annular channel and the handle to the ring results in the even distribution of a lifting force across the ring and reinforcing collar.
Claims16
A bucket comprising:
- a bucket body including an upstanding continuous sidewall, a bottom wall, an open top, an interior, and an exterior surface, wherein said bottom wall and said open top define a distance therebetween;
- a collar extending outwardly from said exterior surface and around the perimeter of said bucket body, wherein said collar includes upstanding slots and wherein said collar is located between from about 50% to about 100% of said distance from said bottom wall;
- a channel on said exterior surface of said bucket body and adjacent said collar, wherein said channel is substantially L-shaped;
- a ring engaged with said channel;
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- a handle comprising first and second ends, wherein said handle is pivotably engaged to said ring and wherein said first and second ends are inserted into said upstanding slots.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.