Patent ID: 7159694
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: E06C

Abstract:
1. In combination, a step stool and paint container comprising a frame a tray coupled to the frame, the tray including means for receiving, one at a time, a first paint container having a generally square shape, a second paint container that has a generally circular cylinder shape and is configured to contain about the same volume of paint as the first paint container, and a third paint container that has a generally circular cylinder shape and is smaller than the second paint container, the receiving means including a larger container receiver and a smaller container receiver, the larger container receiver including a square bottom wall that has a generally square shape and perimeter and a square side wall that has a generally square shape and is coupled to and surrounds the square bottom wall to retain, one at a time, the first paint container and the second paint container on the square bottom wall in a larger container recess provided by the square bottom wall and the square side wall, the smaller container receiver being recessed from the square bottom wall and including a circular bottom wall that has a generally circular shape and a circular side wall that has a generally circular shape, connects the circular bottom wall and the square bottom wall, and surrounds the circular bottom wall to retain the third paint container on the circular bottom wall in a smaller container recess provided by the circular bottom wall and the circular side wall when the first paint container and the second paint container are not located in the larger container recess and a paint container having a generally square shape of substantially the same size perimeter as the perimeter of the square bottom wall.