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US 7,407,063 B2Granted
Container
OwnerDwight Rockwell, lllinventor
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Abstract
A container that can hold a liquid, such as paint, or a granulated material includes a side wall portion, a bottom portion formed at one end of the side wall portion, and a well region formed in the bottom portion. The bottom portion includes an inclined surface. Alternatively, the bottom portion can be shaped to be frustoconical, hemispherical or an inverted pyramid.
Claims12
A paint bucket, comprising:
- a side wall portion of the paint bucket;
- a bottom portion formed at one end of the side wall portion of the paint bucket;
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- a well region formed in the bottom portion of the paint bucket,
- an intersection of the bottom portion and a plane passing through the well region and traversing the side wall portion from a first location on the side wall portion that is proximate to the well region to a second location on the side wall portion that is substantially opposite the first location and distal to the well region comprising an inclined surface that comprises a constant increasing slope from the first location on the sidewall to the second location on the sidewall, and
- the paint bucket being hand-carryable.
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