Inventors:
Terry Eugene Eason - Long Beach CA, US
International Classification:
B65D 1/40
B65D 1/16
B65D 25/32
B65D 25/20
Abstract:
My idea is for a new 5 gal. plastic utility bucket that can be used safely in hydroponics. My idea is for a new safer utility bucket that is easily pulled with the hand, rope or a lanyard, and can be easily pushed near the bottom with a foot, stick or a pole grabber when heavily loaded. My newly designed bucket bottom enables my bucket to slide over carpets, concrete, and other rough surfaces making close working or long pulling of my bucket easier and safer to work with. My new bottom design will not hold water, and will slowly wear down from the center diamond out to the slightly lowering inside and outside ridges. My bucket will tilt and fall over when empty when a weight is placed on the bucket top near the edge, and can be pushed over easier at the top than a normal 5 gal. bucket due to the lipped bottom edge and when heavy with water. I am hopeful that this bucket design will be safer around children if one was to fall into a bucket. The bucket's wire handle boxes on left and right side of my bucket have been altered with new hooking holes that are designed into the bucket mold. The pulling holes on the top and bottom corners of each box on all sides of each corner are used for a ring or lanyard for long pulling of a heavy bucket.My EZ-Sliding buckets will be manufactured as a one piece unit from a large steel mold and using high pressure heated plastic injection machines. I believe this bucket will help eliminate unsafe and expensive bucket dollies and the old back-breaking no sliding plastic buckets that are used in close working environments today. My bucket will also be used in recreational environments like fishing, picnicking and gardening and more.
