Patent ID: 6047842
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B25H,B62B

Abstract:
A container device, comprising:a bucket having a bottom and a perimeter side wall defining an interior space, said perimeter side wall of said bucket having an upper edge defining a top opening into said interior space of said bucket;a lid substantially covering said top opening of said bucket: anda plurality of storage trays being disposed in a stack of storage trays in said interior space of said bucket, wherein each of said storage trays comprises:a tray base and a perimeter rim wall extending around said tray base of said storage tray, the perimeter rim wall having an upper edge;a support base having top and bottom faces;said top face of said support base having a hole, said bottom of said bucket being inserted into said hole of said top face of said support base;said bottom face of said support base having ground engaging members extending therefrom;wherein said tray base of each of said storage trays further includes upper and lower surfaces, said lower surface of said tray base of said storage tray being for resting on the perimeter rim wall of another storage tray therebeneath; andwherein said tray base of each of said storage trays further includes a lifting handle extending upwardly from said upper surface of said tray base of said storage tray and extending above a plane defined by the upper edge of the perimeter rim wall, the upward extension of said lifting handle forming a recess in said lower surface of said tray base of said storage tray, said recess having a pair of opposed side walls and a pair of opposed end walls, said recess of an upper one of said storage trays in said stack of storage trays receiving a protruding portion of the lifting handle of a lower one of said storage trays in said stack of said storage trays to permit the upper storage tray to rest on the upper edge of the perimeter rim wall of the lower storage tray.