Patent ID: 9567135
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A47C,A63B

Claim:
1. An equipment storage and transport apparatus, comprising: a bucket having a bottom wall and a barrel-shaped side wall attached to a periphery of said bottom wall and extending upwardly therefrom such that together said bottom and side walls define an interior chamber of said bucket to store and carry equipment items therein; spaced apart lower and upper bands forming respective lower and upper circumferential portions of said side wall of said bucket, wherein said upper band is thicker than the thickness of the bucket sidewall, and wherein the combined thickness of said lower band and said bucket sidewall is thicker than a middle circumferential portion of said side wall of said bucket extending between said lower and upper circumferential portions; spaced apart lower and upper bands forming respective lower and upper circumferential portions of said side wall of said bucket that are each greater in thickness than a middle circumferential portion of said side wall of said bucket extending between said lower and upper circumferential portions: a handle terminating at a pair of opposite ends being attached at opposite first locations on said upper band of said side wall of said bucket, said handle being configured to enable a user to grip said handle and then lift and carry said bucket; at least one support member attached at a second location on said lower band of said side wall of said bucket being displaced below, and angularly from, said opposite first locations of said opposite ends of said handle on said upper band of said side wall of said bucket, said at least one support member being configured to receive and hold an end of an elongated equipment item; and at least one retainer member attached at a third location on said upper band of said side wall of said bucket being displaced above said second location of said at least one support member and angularly about said upper band of said side wall of said bucket from said opposite first locations of said opposite ends of said handle, said at least one retainer member being configured to position the elongated equipment item substantially upright relative to said support member.