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Granted Patent B2
US 10,173,808 · App. 15/330,439 · Granted Jan 8, 2019

Bucket handle retainer

Inventor: James Arthur Lee, Jr. (Ukiah, CA)
B65D25/32A47J45/065A47J47/18F16M13/02
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,173,808
App. No.
15/330,439
Granted
Jan 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bucket handle retainer with a substantially flat rectilinear resilient plate. The plate has an upper tip that corresponds to the inside dimension of the internal cavity of the handle holding portion of a standard five gallon bucket. The plate includes a spring biased finger capable of frictionally engaging the inside wall of the handle holding portion. The plate also includes a holding portion capable of being grasped by a user's fingers to insert or remove the plate from the handle holding portion of the bucket. A preferred embodiment includes the handle retainer is injection molded from nylon plastic.

Claims (4)

1. A bucket and a bucket handle retainer comprising:

a bucket with a handle and a handle holding portion having an internal cavity;

a flat rectilinear resilient plate in the form of a block of plastic;

said block including an aperture allowing a screw to hold said block within said internal cavity of said handle holding portion of said bucket when said screw penetrates an outer wall of said cavity and enters the aperture of said plastic block.

Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62284341 · Sep 28, 2015
Related Publication 20180079555A1 · Mar 22, 2018
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