Patent ID: 6896156

Claim:
A container for holding paint, said container comprising: (a) a body defining an interior volume, said body comprising: a plurality of side walls joined at rounded corners to provide said body with a substantially square cross-section, a first pair of said side walls being joined at a first one of the corners; a bottom wall having a recess formed therein for receiving the finger of a user, said recess extending diagonally between the first pair of side walls and being positioned toward the first one of the corners; (b) a top collar joined to the body and having a passage extending therethrough for providing access to said interior volume of the body, said collar having an exterior thread; (c) a cap for closing the passage through the collar, said cap having an interior thread for mating with the exterior thread of the collar to secure the cap to the collar; and (d) a bail handle structure connected to the container.