Container system and bracket therefor
AssigneeBusch Systems International Inc.
InventorCraig Busch
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Abstract
The present invention is a container system comprising: a container having an opening with a rim; a lid for covering the opening, the lid being movable between an open position and a closed position in which the lid covers the opening; and a bracket secured to the rim, the bracket having a raised portion spaced from the rim and defining an open chamber between the raised portion and the rim, wherein the raised portion includes a bracket aperture that is positioned to be aligned with a corresponding lid aperture in the lid when the lid is in the closed position, and wherein a gap in the raised portion extends from the bracket aperture to an edge of the raised portion.
Claims23
A container system comprising:
- a container having an opening with a rim;
- a lid for covering the opening, the lid being movable between an open position and a closed position in which the lid covers the opening;
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- a bracket secured to the rim, the bracket having a raised portion spaced from the rim and defining an open chamber between the raised portion and the rim, wherein the raised portion includes a bracket aperture that is positioned to be aligned with a corresponding lid aperture in the lid when the lid is in the closed position, and wherein a gap in the raised portion extends from the bracket aperture to an edge of the raised portion.
A bracket for a container system comprising:
- a first base comprising a first bottom surface;
- a second base comprising a second bottom surface, the second base spaced apart from the first base;
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- a raised portion connected to the first and second bases and extending between the first and second bases, the raised portion comprising:
- a third bottom surface at least partially elevated from each of the first and second bottom surfaces,
- a bracket aperture, and
- a gap extending through the raised portion from the bracket aperture to an edge of the raised portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.