Patent ID: 7428977

Claim:
A construction painter's bucket comprising: a container portion forming a shape defining an open top and a closed bottom spaced downwardly from the top, including a sidewall extending between and interconnecting the top and bottom, the sidewall terminating in a peripheral rim along the top; a bracket spaced inboard of the sidewall having an elongated exterior surface including lower and upper portions, with the lower portion spaced downwardly below the rim and the upper portion presenting a wiping lip spaced above the rim; a plurality of support members, connected to the lower portion inboard of the sidewall and extending from the lower portion to interior locations of the sidewall, respectively, suspending the wiping lip inboard of the rim; and a plurality of discrete stowage spaces defined by the support members together with the exterior surface of the bracket and the sidewall, respectively, wherein the support members present a corresponding plurality of ledges discontinuous with each other and suitable for resting a construction painter's brush.