Patent ID: 7708242
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: B01F,B44D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for holding a bucket at a stationary position during operating procedures, said apparatus comprising: first and second carriages having pivotally attached inner edges arranged in such a manner that said first and second carriages freely rotate upwardly from a horizontal plane defined on a support surface, each of said first and second carriages articulating about a shared fulcrum axis confronting said inner edges; first and second arcuate walls directly conjoined to said first and second carriages and oppositely situated from said inner edges such that said first and second arcuate walls define a circular cavity within a combined perimeter thereof; and an arcuate lever directly and statically conjoined to said second carriage and extending laterally upwards away from an outer edge thereof; wherein said first and second carriages are pivoted about the fulcrum axis when said lever is biased downwardly towards the support surface such that said first and second walls extend apart from a horizontal equilibrium position and thereby increase a diameter of the cavity for receiving the bucket therein.