US1864200A

US1864200A - Pail protector

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Publication number: US1864200A
Application number: US481705A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry L Kaufmann
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1930-09-13
Filing date: 1930-09-13
Publication date: 1932-06-21
Anticipated expiration: 1949-06-21

Description

June 21, 1932. KAUFMANN 1,864,200

PAIL PROTECTOR Filed Sept. 15. 1930 !llllllly M; Wwwy Patented June 21, -1932 UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE,

HENRY L. KA'UFMANN, 0F EWTOKM'MASSACHUSETTS PAIL PROTECTOR Application led September .13, 1930. Serial No. 481,705.

This invention relates to a cushioning protector for the basis of pails, buckets or other receptacles, and has forits principal object the provision of a simple and economical .s device of resilientfmaterial, which may be removably secured at the bottom portion of an ordinary pail without'special fastenings and which serves not only to protect the paill and the ioor or platform upon which it rests 1U from being chipped, scratched or marred through mutual contact, `but also to deaden the sound and disturbance commonly caused when an unprotected pail is deposited or movedv about upon a Ihard-surfaced floor,

is table, or other support.

The vimproved protector is particularly adapted as a cushioning device or silencer upon pails used in the operating-roomsof 'hospitals or under similar conditionswhere 2u the absence of distracting noises is essential to proper concentration. The article may, however, be employed generally to protect the pail and its supporting surface fromdamage, and it may be fitted to buckets, cans or other receptacles whose shape and size may vary within wide limits. f

recommended embodiment of the invention is illustrated inI the accompanying drawing in association with around pai 30 having sloping sides, but its applica-tion to 'receptacles of other shapeswill be apparent.

t In the drawing 1 a Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the pail equipped with the improved protector; r Fig. 2 is `a perspective view of the protector; and

Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged radial sections of an 2respectively.

In the particular embodiment chosen for the purpose of illustration, the protector com-` prises a substantially cylindrical sleeve yor body portion 5 of rubber or other resilient material, and a'ilexible and resilient, ringi like base portion 6 substantiall y thicker than ,the sleeve portion to furnis an interior lannular ledge or shoulder 7 `The sleeve 5 is adapted, upon being expanded, to receive the bottom portion of the pail 8 and,` upon contraction, to embrace the pail and hence secure the a sheet of vulcanized rub used in automobile tires, and the rubber base)` ad p x ring 11 may be produced from a rubber'cylinortions ofthe articles shown in Figs. 1-

protector therein, withthe pep riphery of the pail bottom 9 Vseating upon the shoulder 7 of the protector.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the thickened base portion 6vof Figs. 1 and 2 may be formed 55' by doubling the lower portion 10 of the sleeve over al rubber base ring or core 11 and cementing the folded margln upon the inner face of the\sleeve as at l2. It will be observed that a protector bottom, thereby reducing the cost of manu-v facture, as compared with the expense of producing a protector having a closed bottom, and providing a more sanitary protector, for it is apparent that any liquids, 35' dirt, or'othermattenwhich may passdownwardly bet-Ween the sleeve and the pail will drop throughfthe open' ring instead of collectlng at the bottom of the protector.

An article constructed asabove described "0 may be readily applied to or removed from the pail, it is durable, inuse and fulfills its intended purposes" without adding Aappreciably to` the weight of the pail or detracting from its normal use or appearance; and ,it 75` may be constructed at little expense from common materials. For example, the sleeve portion 5 of the protectorgnay be made from er, similar to that der or tube which may have an axial reinforce,`

13 of metal, such as is used in making tires for velocipedes, infants carriages or the like. A

The endsf of the core 11 may be joined in ac- 35' cordance with common practice by connecting the ends of the wire 13, and the lower portion ofthe sheet may be wrapped around the ring 11 and fastened upon the lnner` surface .of the sleeve by' a suitable cement or other securing 9o'.

means. j Owing to lthe liexibility of the base ring and its sleeve the protector may easily be shapedto fit the bottom'of a polygonal pail,

if desired; and its adaptation to other recep- 9'5` tacles is obvious. The diameter of the sleeve should ordinarily be less than that of the' ail,

but in case the pail has sloping sides the s eeve ma have th'e`. same diameter as the 'ailbase if It will be observed that'the sleeve 100 thus formed is open at the e0 disclosure is for the purpose of 5 extends a substantial distance upwardly from the base of the pail, thereby protecting the sides of the pail from against kicks or other impacts while the pail is in use or while it is being emptied over the edge of a sink or other receptacle.1 A

It should be understood that the present illustration only and that this invention includes all modifications and equivalents which within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim 1. A protector for application to the bottom portion of a pail comprising a sleeve portion of sheet rubberfand a base ring larger in cross-section 'than sleeve, the base ring consisting of a rubber core and the lower margin of the sleeve being doubled around the ring and secured to the v inner surface of the sleeve.

2. A protector forl application to the bot# tom portion of a pail, comprising a sleeve portion of sheet rubber, and a base Iring larger in cross-section than the thickness of the sleeve, the base ring consisting of a rubber core and the lower margin of the sleeve being doubled around the ring and secured to inner surface of the sleeve, the sleeve portion extending upwardly a substantial distance .over'the sides of the receptacle thereby to protect the sides from impacts.

3. A protector'for application tothe bottom of a ail, comprising a sleeve portion of sheet rubber adapted to receive and embrace the bottom of the pail, and

cross-section'than the sleeve the base ring being embraced by the lower margin of the sleeve and permanently attached thereto thereby to provide an interior annular` constituting a seat for the pail bottom, and

`the sleeve portionextending upwardly a substantial distance from the base ring to protect 4 i. the sides of the pail from impacts.

:Signed by me at Boston, Massachusettsi this 6th day of September,'1930.-

p HENRY L.

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the thickness of the the p a base ring of resilient material oisubstantially larger ledge