Receptacle with shield

Abstract

A receptacle including a shield to protect label or graphics, where the label can be separate from, in between, or in combination with the receptacle and / or the shield. The receptacle including stacking lugs to help reduce vacuum and friction when de-nesting the receptacles. The receptacle including a lid that helps when storing certain types of goods and / or serves as a seat. A septum or receptacle molded into the lid to allow for injection of inert gases or flushing headspace.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 147521, filed on Apr. 14, 2015, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes.BACKGROUND[0002]1. Technical Field[0003]The current subject matter is directed to receptacles, such as buckets, with shields and labels to convey information.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Buckets have become a popular medium of transporting goods. There are different labeling mechanisms and lids available today. However, bucket labels are prone to scratch and tear, and are not durable, especially during packaging, shipping, and storing.SUMMARY[0006]Therefore, it is important for bucket labels to be adequately protected to ensure proper conveyance of information to the user. Furthermore, having labels and shields that protrude from the bucket may also hinder from efficient stacking or nesting of the buckets. Therefore, there is a need to ha...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]Nested buckets often times create a vacuum or friction in between the buckets that make separating the nested buckets difficult. This makes nesting and de-nesting more cumbersome, requiring more effort and time, and may even limit the number of buckets one could nest because of the difficulty of de-nesting buckets at a high height. Therefore, it is important to identify ways to reduce the vacuum or friction.

[0010]Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a bucket including a lid. The lid may help store certain types of goods. A septum or receptacle may be molded into the lid to allow for injection of inert gases or flushing headspace. Additionally, the bucket may have sufficient strength so that the lid may serve as a seat for sitting.

Problems solved by technology

However, bucket labels are prone to scratch and tear, and are not durable, especially during packaging, shipping, and storing.

Furthermore, having labels and shields that protrude from the bucket may also hinder from efficient stacking or nesting of the buckets.

Nested buckets often times create a vacuum or friction in between the buckets that make separating the nested buckets difficult.

This makes nesting and de-nesting more cumbersome, requiring more effort and time, and may even limit the number of buckets one could nest because of the difficulty of de-nesting buckets at a high height.

Furthermore, one of the challenges to transporting certain goods in buckets is the lack of proper environments for storing and transporting these goods for lengths of time.

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