Patent ID: 9010582
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A method of using a base apparatus able to be detachably connected proximate a bottom of one of at least two conventional material containers, comprising the steps of: a. providing a commercial material container with a container bottom that is substantially horizontal and proximate in horizontal periphery to its outermost horizontal periphery, is designed to be used alone without the detachable base apparatus being attached thereto, and contains commercial material that ranges from solid to liquid to gas; b. providing the base apparatus, comprising: i. an apparatus bottom substantially horizontal with an outer edge and ii. a side having smooth inner surface, a side top, a side bottom, a horizontal periphery, the side bottom continuously affixed to the outer edge of the apparatus bottom, and the side top comprising at least one attaching element not including a snap lock attaching element and able to be detachably attached independently to an outside of the at least two differently branded conventional commercially available material containers proximate their container bottoms; c. selecting the attachment element most appropriate for detachably attaching the commercially available material container with the base apparatus; d. placing in the base apparatus at least one accessory that is useful in the use of material in the commercial material container; and e. engaging the attaching element to attach the base apparatus to the outside of the conventional commercial material container proximate its container bottom.