Patent ID: 7040498

Claim:
A wallboard mud container apparatus, comprising: a lid portion, a container portion attached to the bottom of said lid portion, wherein said container portion includes a floor portion and an annular wall portion projecting upward from said floor portion, wherein said lid portion is adapted to be attached to top portions of said annular wall portion, wherein said lid portion includes a snap-fit connection with said container portion, wherein said snap-fit connection is in a form of a snap-fit lid frame formed of the periphery of said lid portion, wherein said snap-fit lid frame is adapted to receive top edges of said annular wall portion to form an air-tight seal with said top edges of said annular wall portion, and wherein said lid portion defines a portion peripherally surrounded by said snap-lid frame to define a receptacle for a wallboard mud knife adapted to lie within said receptacle, and means for removably securing said wallboard mud knife in disposition within said receptacle, wherein said portion peripherally surrounded by said snap-lid frame is recessed below said snap-fit lid frame such that said wallboard mud knife is adapted to lie flush with respect to said snap-lid frame when said knife is removably secured by said means in disposition within said receptacle, and said apparatus further including: a pre-loaded quantity of wallboard mud in said container portion.