Patent ID: 7988012
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: E04F,E04G

Abstract:
1. A joint compound container comprising: two opposing end walls; a body having a generally trough shape formed from two planar side walls attached to a floor via a corner-free shared edge, and also attached to said end walls; each of said side walls and said end walls forms an obtuse angle with respect to said floor; said side walls and said end walls having an integrally formed, substantially thicker unitary portion near an upper edge of said side walls and said end walls, said substantially thicker portion increasing in thickness from a bottom edge to a top edge; a scraping edge mounted in said thicker unitary portion of each side wall and positioned adjacent to said upper edge of said side wall, said scraping edge extending generally vertically upwardly from an upper edge of said substantially thicker portion of said side walls; and two spaced apart tabs integrally formed with and depending from an outer surface of said thicker unitary portion of each of said end walls, wherein said tabs on the container contact corresponding tabs on an adjacent container for creating an air space between vertically stacked containers.