Patent Application
20240010119
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The disclosure relates to holding devices and more particularly pertains to a new 30 holding device for securing a bucket in a bed of a truck. The device includes a plate, a pair of tabs extending downwardly from the plate and an annular panel attached to the plate. The plate is positionable in a bed of a truck such that each of the tabs abuts a rear edge of the bed. A bucket is positionable in the annular ring to inhibit the bucket from sliding in the bed.
The prior art relates to holding devices including bucket holder that includes a block with a well for receiving a bucket and a pair of brackets that each engage a top step of a ladder for securing a bucket to the ladder. The prior art discloses a tool tray that is mountable to a ladder which includes a support panel, a pair of brackets attached to the support panel which each includes arms to engage legs of a ladder and an annular ring for receiving a paint bucket. The prior art discloses a bucket restraint that includes a panel with a pair of lobes being spaced from each other and an annular ring extending upwardly from the panel for receiving a bucket. The prior art discloses a bucket holder that includes a base panel, a plurality of legs extending upwardly from the panel and a pair of rings each attached to respective ones of the legs for surrounding a respective pair of buckets.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a truck has a bed and a tailgate hingedly attached to the bed. A holding unit is provided and the holding unit is positionable on the bed. The holding unit has a pair of grips which each grip the bed thereby inhibiting the holding unit from sliding in the bed. The holding unit has a receiver for insertably receiving a bucket for securing the bucket on the bed.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A holding unit 26 provided and the holding unit 26 is positionable on the bed 14. The holding unit 26 has a pair of grips 28 which each grip the bed 14 thereby inhibiting the holding unit 26 from sliding in the bed 14. Additionally, the holding unit 26 has a receiver 30 for insertably receiving a bucket 32 to secure the bucket 32 on the bed 14. 15 The bucket 32 may be a five gallon bucket or any other cylindrical object may be positioned in the receiver 30. The holding unit 26 comprises a plate 34 that has an upper surface 36, a bottom surface 38 and a perimeter edge 40 extending between the upper surface 36 and the bottom surface 38. The perimeter edge 40 has a first side 42, the bottom surface 38 rests against the top surface 18 of the bed 14 has the first side 42 is aligned with the rear edge 20 of the bed 14.
A pair of tabs 44 is provided and each of the tabs 44 has an upper edge 46, a rear face 48 and a front face 50. The upper edge 46 of each of the tabs 44 is coupled to the first side 42 of the perimeter edge 40 of the plate 34 such that each of the tabs 44 defines a respective one of the grips 28 of the holding unit 26. Additionally, each of the tabs 44 is oriented to lie on a plane that is perpendicularly oriented with the bottom surface 38 of the plate 34 such that each of the tabs 44 extends downwardly from the plate 34. The front face 50 of each of the tabs 44 abuts the rear edge 20 of the bed 14 thereby inhibiting the plate 34 from sliding forwardly in the bed 14 when the truck 12 is driving. The rear face 48 abuts the front surface 24 of the tailgate 16 when the tailgate 16 is closed thereby inhibiting the plate 34 from sliding rearwardly in the bed 14 when the truck 12 is driving.
An annular panel 52 is provided that has a lower edge 54 and the lower edge 54 is coupled to the upper surface 36 of the plate 34 such that the annular plate 34 defines the receiver 30. Furthermore, the annular panel 52 surrounds the bucket 32 when the bucket 32 is placed on the plate 34 for restraining the bucket 32. The annular panel 52 is centrally positioned on the plate 34 and the annular panel 52 defines a closed ring. Each of the plate 34, the tabs 44 and the annular panel 52 are comprised of a rigid material, including but not being limited to, plastic or metal. Furthermore, each of the annular panel 52 and tabs 44 may be welded to the plate 34 or each of the annular panel 52, the plate 34 and each of the tabs 44 may be a unitary structure.
In use, the tailgate 16 is opened and the plate 34 is positioned on the top surface 18 of the bed 14 such that each of the tabs 44 abuts the rear edge 20 of the bed 14. In this way the tabs 44 inhibit the plate 34 from sliding forwardly on the bed 14. The bucket 32 is positioned on the plate 34 such that the annular panel 52 surrounds the bucket 32 thereby restraining the bucket 32 on the plate 34. The tailgate 16 is closed thereby inhibiting the plate 34 from sliding rearwardly in the bed 14. In this way the bucket 32 is secured while the truck 12 is driving. Furthermore, the bucket 32 is positioned in an easily accessible location to facilitate the bucket 32 to be removed from the bed 14.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
