Utility apron

Abstract

A utility apron for use on a support device such as a bucket, a can, and the like, having an interior, an exterior, an opening, a lip at the opening, and a longitudinal axis. The utility apron comprises a shell which may include a lip portion for contacting the lip of the support device, an interior surface for disposition at the interior of the support device and toward the longitudinal axis of the support device, and an exterior surface for disposition at the exterior of the support device and away from the longitudinal axis of the support device. The apron further includes a first pocket disposed upon the interior surface of the shell, and a second pocket disposed upon the exterior surface of the shell. Each of the first and second pockets includes a resilient opening, the size of which is variable depending upon the extent to which the resilient opening is extended.

Description

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention[0002] The present invention relates to utility aprons useful for retaining various items such as cleaning items and, more specifically, to utility aprons which are adapted for use with support devices, examples of which might include buckets, cans, frames and the like.[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art[0004] There are many instances in which it is useful to have items such as cleaning items retained in a single location for ease of access, storage and transportation. One approach to such item retention, used in the past for retention of tools, involves using an apron disposed in, on or around a container such as a bucket. Such item retention aprons typically have included one or more recesses or pockets into which the items may be disposed.[0005] Such apron designs typically have been limited, for example, in that they are not of suitable size and shape for appropriate retention of a wide range of items. They also have not generally been of sui...

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Benefits of technology

[0008] Still another object of the invention is to provide a utility apron for support devices, which apron can firmly secure the items to be retained.

Problems solved by technology

Such apron designs typically have been limited, for example, in that they are not of suitable size and shape for appropriate retention of a wide range of items.

They also have not generally been of suitable size and shape for retaining cleaning items, such as items used in the cleaning of residences and other buildings, and in other cleaning applications.

Moreover, the designs typically are not particularly well suited to securely retaining items of varying sizes within the pockets and easily releasing them from the recesses or pockets.

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