Patent ID: 7284777

Claim:
A method of lifting and transporting a five gallon bucket, said method comprising the steps of: providing a bucket having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall being attached to and extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said bottom wall being circular; providing a coupler configured to be removably attached to said bucket, said coupler including; a post having a top end, a bottom end, a front side, a back side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side; a lower handle being attached to said back side of said post; a plurality of arms each having a first end and second end, each of said first ends being attached to one of said first and second lateral sides such that each of said first and second lateral sides has at least one arm attached thereto, each of said arms being positioned in a plane orientated perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said post and being arcuate and being curved away from said lower handle; at least one loop being attached to one of said second ends of at least one arm extending away from said first lateral side such that each of said arms extending away from said first lateral side has a loop attached thereto; at least one strap being attached to one of said second ends of at least one arm extending away from said second lateral side such that each of said arms extending away from said first lateral side has a strap attached thereto, said at least one strap having a free end being removably extendable through said at least one loop; abutting each of said arms against said peripheral wall and extending said straps around said bucket; extending said straps through said loops such that said bucket is urged toward said post; and lifting said bucket with said coupler.