Patent ID: 6942191

Claim:
An upright receptacle and an apparatus used in resisting the tendency of said upright receptacle, having a top and a bottom separated by a height and containing a viscous material, to rotate on a support surface contacting the bottom of the receptacle in response to application of a stirring force, said apparatus comprising, in combination: a) a sheet-like, substantially-planar member; b) said member having an internal aperture surrounding said receptacle; c) said internal aperture being offset from the center of said substantially-planar member; d) a chain, one end of said chain being engaged to said substantially-planar member; e) the opposed free end of said chain being engaged to a clip for securing said free end of said chain to the top of said receptacle; and f) the length of said chain being less than the height of said receptacle whereby said planar member is in contact with and inclined with respect to said surface when secured to said receptacle.