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Bucket handle retainer

US10173808B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 22, 2016
Grant dateJan 8, 2019
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 28, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16M13/02
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

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.

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