Patent ID: 7258312

Claim:
Bucket stabilizing apparatus for stabilizing a cylindrical bucket during the mixing of the fluid contents thereof, comprising: (a) a horizontal planar base member containing a circular opening having a diameter (D 1 ) that is slightly greater than the diameter (D 2 ) of the bucket; (b) a planar support member having opposed first and second edge portions, said second edge portion containing a semi-circular recess having a given radius (R); and (c) pivot means connecting said support member first edge portion with said base member for movement about a horizontal pivot axis that extends normal to the vertical plane that contains the centers of said circular opening and said semi-circular recess, the distance (d 2 ) between said pivot axis and said semi-circular recess being greater than the distance (d 1 ) between said pivot axis and said circular opening, whereby when the bottom of the bucket is inserted within said circular opening, said support member may be pivotally operable by the user toward a clamping position above said base member in which the wall of said semi-circular recess is in clamping engagement with the outer circumferential surface of said bucket.