SELECTIVELY ATTACHABLE BUCKET HANDLE

摘要

A selectively attachable bucket handle for a bucket configured to detachably engage with, and accommodate, certain features of a bucket such that the bucket handle is rigidly secured to a bucket, and such that the bucket handle translates a lifting force, applied to the bucket handle, onto a bucket. The bucket handle is also configured to detachably engage with a bucket without preventing a bucket from receiving a lid. The bucket handle is configured to detachably engage with a bucket such that the rest of the bucket handle projects perpendicularly away from a side of a bucket.

主权项

1. A selectively attachable bucket handle for a bucket, the bucket having a cylindrical side wall with a rim, the bucket also having a collared skirt and at least one flange integral with and running circumferentially around the side wall, the collared skirt spaced outwardly from the side wall such that a space is defined between the collared skirt and the side wall, a plurality of vertical planar ribs interposed radially along the space and buttressing the collared skirt, the selectively attachable bucket handle comprising:
a) a handling component; and b) a first attachment component and a second attachment component, each, integral with, and spaced from, the handling component, the first attachment component configured to detachably engage with a length along the collared skirt and a corresponding rib of a bucket, the second attachment component configured to detachably engage with a length along the at least one flange of a bucket; wherein, when the bucket handle is detachably engaged with a bucket via the first attachment component and the second attachment component:
the first attachment component and the second attachment component are fixed in place along the length of the collared skirt and along the length of the at least one flange, respectively; andthe first attachment component, the second attachment component, and the handling component are integrated such that a lifting force, applied to the handling component, is translated onto the bucket.