Patent Application
20160051951
The disclosure relates to holding devices and more particularly pertains to a new holding device for holding a mixing bucket stationary while contents of the mixing bucket are being mixed.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a support having a top wall, a bottom wall and a perimeter wall coupled to and extending between the top wall and the bottom wall. The top wall has a depression therein configured for receiving a mixing bucket. The depression has a lower wall and a peripheral wall coupled to and extending upwardly from the lower wall. The perimeter wall of the support has at least one opening extending therein for receiving feet of a user. A plurality of wheels is coupled to the bottom wall. A retaining assembly is coupled to the depression. The retaining assembly is configured to engage the mixing bucket and maintain the mixing bucket in a stationary position while contents of the mixing bucket are mixed together.
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
As best illustrated in
The support 12 may include an upper section 34 and a lower section 36 integrally coupled together. The upper section 34 includes the top wall 18. The lower section 36 has a top surface 38 spaced below the top wall 18. The perimeter wall 22 of the support 12 includes a medial wall 40 coupled to and extending between the top wall 18 and the top surface 38 of the lower section 36. The perimeter wall 22 of the support 12 has at least one opening 42, 44 extending therein. The openings 42, 44 extend into the lower section 36 of the support 12, and more particularly, may extend into the first end 14 of the support 12. The openings 42, 44 are spaced and horizontally aligned relative to each other wherein each of the openings 42, 44 is configured for receiving a foot 45 of a user therein. The top wall 18 has a plurality of compartments 46 extending therein each configured for receiving a stifling device 48, such as the one shown in
A retaining assembly 54 is positioned on and attached to the peripheral wall 30 of the depression 24 and is configured to engage the mixing bucket 26 and maintain the mixing bucket 26 in a stationary position while contents of the mixing bucket 26 are mixed together. The retaining assembly 54 may include a plurality of securing members 56 spaced from each other on the peripheral wall 30 of the depression 24. Alternatively, the retaining assembly 54 may include a single continuous securing member 56 that extends around a circumference of the peripheral wall 30. Each of the securing members 56 is comprised of a non-slip material 58, such as sandpaper, elastomers or the like. Each of the securing members 56 may be elongated and may extend from the top wall 18 of the support 12 to the lower wall 28 of the depression 24.
In use, the mixing bucket 26 is placed into the depression 24 and contents to be mixed are poured into the mixing bucket 26. The user's feet 45 are then inserted into the openings 42, 44. A stifling device 48, which may be manual or electric, is inserted into the mixing bucket 26 to mix the contents of the mixing bucket 26 in a conventional manner.
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.
