Container

Abstract

A container is disclosed with a container modification in the form of slanted sides terminating respectively at a bottom residing within a lower horizontal plane and at a top residing within a least one higher horizontal plane. The container is further disclosed to provide containerization, ease of transportation, and accessibility to its use in working on a slanted roofing surface wherein the container, by the resultant relocation of its center of gravity, remains stable on a slanted roofing surface. Further, the container is disclosed to facilitate use as a receptacle in a toss game where articles are tossed, from a distance, into such receptacle. The facilitation results from providing a receptacle target with a lowered facing rim and a stabilizing effect from the slanted sides that limits mis-hits from toppling over the container / receptacle. Other uses are envisioned as well (such as the typical uses of a bucket) within the realm of the instant disclosure.

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BACKGROUND[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The invention disclosed herein relates to an improved container for uses in containerizing, transporting and accessing roofing tools while applying roofing materials to a roof surface of a building or structure, as well as use in a toss game where the design of the improved container serves as the receiving object of the toss game. More particularly, the disclosed improved container invention as a roofing tool container is made to permit the bucket to rest on a slanted roofing surface within reach of the roofer to access readily the tools or materials contained therein to use in applying the roofing material. In addition to roofing tools, the container can also be used to carry liquid materials used on a roof, such as hot tar and paint. Additionally, the improved container invention is designed beneficially for use in receiving tossed objects in a tossing game.[0003]2. Description of the Prior Art[0004]While roofing materials generally ...

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Benefits of technology

[0009]Likewise, a receptacle for use as a target in a toss game may be of a variety of shapes. The provision of a receptacle of various shapes provided with a slanted bottom would provide the desired option of presenting the target opening in a favorable angle for a greater degree of success. A most preferred shape for said receptacle opening is the traditional circle. Thus, a circular bucket with a slanted bottom provides a target receptacle with a greater chance of success of the tossed object landing in the receptacle when the bucket opening is tilted in the direction of the position of the player tossing the article, while at the same time enhancing the stability of the bucket / receptacle by accounting for the change in its center of gravity.

Problems solved by technology

So, it is natural that storing (in the garage or other storage location), transporting (to the worksite) and accessing (during use) such tools during construction activities has not taken on specialized performance design requirements specific to roofing.

Yet, the working location and conditions confronted when applying roofing materials on roofs of a building or other structure are very different from constructing and applying materials on horizontal and vertical elements of a building.

The typical, fairly dramatic, slanted nature of roof surfaces that must be covered, usually with multiple layers of roofing materials, makes containerization, transportation and accessibility of the necessary tools required for their application potentially both unsafe and unreliable while on the roof.

For example, the typical means for storing, transporting and accessing carpentry tools on-the-job, while adequate for most demands of the construction workplace they are not designed to perform as successfully for roofing applications.

It does not work so well when the location for accessibility is on a slanted roof.

The greater the difficulty with any game, usually the greater the frustration on the part of the game participants.

Tilting a normal flat bottomed receptacle (e.g., a bucket) would result in the bucket falling over absent some support under the tilted direction side or some barrier placed under the tilted direction side, as the change in the bucket's center of gravity no longer could be supported by the bottom of the bucket.

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