Paint tray
AssigneeTovarna LLC
InventorsJohn Archard, Charles Cooper
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Abstract
A fluid tray is disclosed, the fluid tray comprising a base, a rim, a plurality of sidewalls arranged between an edge of the base and the rim and extending in an upward direction from the base, a reservoir defined by the base and the sidewalls, at least one container securing mechanism integrated or coupled to the rim or at least one sidewall, and at least one drainage spout, and wherein the at least container securing mechanism and the drainage spout operate to drain a fluid from a container into the reservoir when the container is in a substantially vertical position above the reservoir and the container is coupled to the fluid tray using one of the at least one container securing mechanism.
Claims21
A fluid tray comprising,
- a base;
- a rim;
- a plurality of sidewalls, wherein each sidewall of the plurality of sidewalls is arranged between an edge of the base and the rim, and wherein each sidewall of the plurality of sidewalls extends in an upward direction from the base;
- a reservoir, the reservoir defined by the base and the plurality of sidewalls;
- at least one container securing mechanism one of integrated and coupled to the rim or at least one sidewall of the plurality of sidewalls;
- at least one drainage spout;
- and
- wherein the at least one container securing mechanism and the at least one drainage spout operate to drain a fluid from a container into the reservoir, wherein the draining is based at least in part on,
- positioning the container in a vertical or substantially vertical position above the reservoir, and
- coupling the container to the fluid tray using one of the at least one container securing mechanism.
A method for draining a container into a fluid tray, comprising:
- providing a fluid tray, the fluid tray comprising:
- a base,
- a plurality of sidewalls, wherein each sidewall is arranged between an edge of the base and a rim of the fluid tray, and wherein each sidewall extends in an upward direction from the base,
- the rim comprising a plurality of corners, each corner comprising an intersection of two adjacent sidewalls of the plurality of sidewalls,
- a reservoir, the reservoir defined by the base and the plurality of sidewalls,
- a plurality of container securing mechanisms, wherein each container securing mechanism is one of integrated and coupled to one of the rim, a corner, or at least one sidewall of the plurality of sidewalls, and
- at least one drainage spout;
- the method further comprising:
- placing an opening of at least one container above the reservoir, such that the at least one container is (1) in an inverted orientation over the fluid tray, and (2) at an angle sufficient to permit flow of at least one fluid from the at least one container into the fluid tray;
- securing the fluid tray to the at least one container via at least one of the plurality of container securing mechanisms;
- and
- draining, via the at least one drainage spout, a portion of the at least one fluid from the at least one container into the fluid tray.
A fluid tray comprising:
- a base;
- a rim comprising a plurality of corners;
- a plurality of sidewalls, wherein each sidewall is arranged between an edge of the base and the rim of the fluid tray, and wherein each sidewall extends in an upward direction from the base;
- at least one container securing mechanism one of integrated and coupled to one of the rim, at least one corner of the plurality of corners, and at least one sidewall of the plurality of sidewalls;
- a drainage spout located in one of the plurality of corners, wherein at least a portion of the drainage spout is configured to be received in an opening of a container when the fluid tray is secured to the container;
- and
- a reservoir configured to contain a fluid, the reservoir at least partially surrounded by the base and the plurality of sidewalls,
- wherein:
- at least a portion of the fluid is configured to drain into the container when the fluid tray is secured to the container via the at least one container securing mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.