Patent ID: 7410074

Claim:
A paint bucket, comprising: a) fluid impervious receptacle formed from a single one-piece unitary structure comprising an upstanding continuous sidewall including opposing sidewalls having upper and lower edges, opposing front and rear walls having upper and lower edges, the upper edges of the sidewalls and the front and rear walls defining a continuous upper edge, defining an upper plane, of the continuous sidewall, and a substantially horizontal bottom wall, adjoined to the lower edges of the sidewalls and the front and rear walls and defining a bottom plane, cooperating with continuous sidewall to form the fluid impervious receptacle; b) the upper plane substantially parallel to the bottom plane; c) the rear wall comprising: 1) two first support panels each adjoining one of the opposing sidewalls; 2) a central panel having sufficient width to accommodate a roller of a paint roller, the roller having a curvature, the central panel having an upper end including an upper edge inset from the upper edge of the rear wall, and a lower concave end leading to an opposing lower edge adjoining the bottom wall, the lower concave end for accommodating the curvature of the roller; 3) a horizontal support panel, having a width equal to the width of the central panel and residing in the upper plane, that extends between and adjoins the upper edge of the rear wall and the upper edge of the central panel; 4) the lower edge of the central panel sufficiently inset from the upper edge of the central panel to form an incline between the lower edge of the central panel and the upper edge of the central panel; 5) two second support panels each adjoining one of the first support panels, the central panel, and the horizontal support panel; and 6) the horizontal support panel, the central panel, and the two second support panels together extend into the fluid impervious receptacle from the two first support panels to provide the rear wall with structural rigidity to prevent the rear wall from buckling and bending.