Stackable bucket
View Patent ↗A stackable bucket having a floor, a back wall, and two side walls has a tapered front to back floor but wherein the back wall is substantially rectangular. A diagonal bend allows each side plate to connect to the tapered floor and to the rectangular back wall. Gussets and double-ended reverse hooks may also be used to provide spacing between nested buckets.
1. An assembly of stackable buckets wherein successive buckets nest into one another, comprising said successive buckets, at least one double-ended reverse hook installed on a first of said buckets using a downward facing end of said hook, and wherein an upward facing end of said hook supports a portion of a leading edge of a bottom of another of said buckets.
2. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said downward facing end of said hook is engaged in a gap provided between a lip plate welded to a floor of said first bucket and a bolt-on edge connected to said lip plate.
3. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said at least one double-ended reverse hook is installed on an outside of a bottom of said first of said buckets.
4. A method of stacking buckets comprising:
placing a first bucket on a surface such that an opening of said first bucket faces downward;
providing at least one double-ended reverse hook having a downward facing end and an opposing upward facing end;
placing said at least one double-ended reverse hook on said first bucket;
placing a second bucket over said first bucket such that a leading edge of a bottom of said second bucket is supported by said upward facing end of said at least one hook.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein said leading edge of the bottom of said second bucket comprises a floor leading edge of said second bucket.
6. The method of claim 4 wherein said leading edge of the bottom of said second bucket comprises a bolt-on edge and a lip plate.
7. The method of claim 4 wherein said downward facing end of said at least one double-ended reverse hook is placed in a gap between a lip plate welded to a floor of said first bucket and a bolt-on edge connected to said lip plate.
8. The method of claim 4 wherein said at least one double-ended reverse hook is placed on an outside of a bottom of said first bucket.