Robin A Walker

US Patent:

20210070497, Mar 11, 2021

Filed:

Sep 9, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/565151

Inventors:

Robin E. Walker - Chicago IL, US

International Classification:

B65D 21/02
B65D 43/02
B65D 43/16
B65D 51/24

Abstract:

A lid for a bucket comprises a center portion and at least one side portion. In some embodiments, the side portion is removably coupled to the center portion. In some embodiments, the side portion is hingedly connected to the center portion and includes at least one cutout suitable for receiving a bail mount of the bucket. The hinged connection between the center portion and the side portion may be on an axis substantially perpendicular to an axis on which plural bail mounts of the bucket lie.

US Patent:

20190382166, Dec 19, 2019

Filed:

Aug 30, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/557414

Inventors:

Robin E. Walker - Chicago IL, US
Randolph J. Schafernak - Arlington Heights IL, US

International Classification:

B65D 43/22
B65D 43/16

Abstract:

A lid for a bucket comprises a front lid portion and a rear lid portion, where the front lid portion may be hingedly connected to the rear lid portion in some embodiments, and the front lid portion and rear lid portion may comprise one center portion in other embodiments. In hinged embodiments, the hinge may be offset from a center of the lid. In some embodiments, the lid includes a plurality of cut outs or openings configured to receive plural bail mounts on the bucket. In some embodiments, the front lid portion has a semi-circular configuration and the rear lid portion has a substantially flat back configured to match a flat back of a bucket. In some embodiments, the lid includes at least one flex zone capable of being flexed to facilitate placing the lid onto the bucket and over at least one bail mount on the bucket.