Patent ID: 8177273
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
1. A device for bailing liquid and associated debris from a shallow puddle on a flexible sheet surface comprising: a container having an open top and a closed bottom and having a first longitudinal axis extending through the respective centers of the top and bottom, wherein the container has multiple substantially uniform transverse cross-sections, which lie in planes orthogonally aligned with respect to the first longitudinal axis, and wherein each of the transverse cross-sections is oblong and has a major transverse axis which bisects the transverse cross-section in the direction of its greatest length, and wherein a central transverse cross-section traverses the midpoint of the first longitudinal axis between the top and bottom of the container and has a central major transverse axis; a container opening defined by a peripheral rim, wherein the rim corresponds to the transverse cross-section at the top of the container; a transverse handle having a proximal end and a flared distal end, wherein the distal end is integrally molded to the container or is connected to the container by one or more handle attachment means, and wherein the transverse handle has a second longitudinal axis, and wherein the second longitudinal axis of the transverse handle is orthogonal to the first longitudinal axis of the container, and wherein the second longitudinal axis lies in the same plane as the central transverse cross-section, and wherein the second longitudinal axis is oriented at a handle alignment angle with respect to the central major transverse axis of the container, and wherein the handle alignment angle is less than 90 degrees, such that the transverse handle extends laterally from the container; and one or more interchangeable handle extension(s) of various or variable length(s), each handle extension comprising a solid or tubular pole that is removably attachable to the proximal end of the transverse handle by one or more first extension attachment means in the transverse handle and one or more cooperating second attachment means in the handle extension(s).