US20240158134A1

US20240158134A1 - Container with a ring around the inner surface of the sidewall near the opening for holding a scoop

Info

Publication number: US20240158134A1
Application number: US17/985,873
Authority: US
Inventors: Jake Thomas Uzarski
Original assignee: Scoopholders LLC
Current assignee: Scoopholders LLC
Priority date: 2022-11-13
Filing date: 2022-11-13
Publication date: 2024-05-16

Abstract

Disclosed is a combination product of a container and scoop. The container has a cap and a container body. The container body has a circular ring attached to the inside of the sidewall of the container body near the opening of the container body. The scoop has a hook which is placed over the circular ring within the container body. The circular ring is held in place away from the sidewall of the container body by a set of legs. The hook is oriented on the top of the scoop, which is the side with the opening to the depression of the scoop.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The background of the invention is described in the following headings of a description, the field of the invention, and the description of the prior art.

DESCRIPTION

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

Containers are sold to the general public which hold granulated or powdered substances which are consumed for nutritional purposes. The granulated and powdered substances can be protein powders or other consumable substances. Other containers hold granulated or powdered substances which are not consumable, such as laundry detergent. The granulated and powdered substances are often portioned out from the container with a scoop. A scoop can be included inside the container when sold to the consumer.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART

Other containers exist which are combined with a scoop. The containers can have the scoop combined with the container, with the scoop within the container.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded front elevational view of a flat walled container and scoop combination product.

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of a flat walled container body with a top hook scoop removably attached to the flat walled container body circular ring.

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of a flat walled container and scoop combination product.

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of a flat walled container and scoop combination product.

FIG. 5A is an exploded front elevational view of the flat walled container body and screw cap.

FIG. 5B is a partial cut away front elevational view of the flat walled container body side wall and bottom wall.

FIG. 6A is top plan view of the flat walled container body.

FIG. 6B is a partial cut away top plan view of a flat walled container body.

FIG. 7A is a side elevational view of a screw cap.

FIG. 7B is a partial cut away side elevational view of a screw cap.

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of a screw cap.

FIG. 9 is a bottom plan view of a screw cap.

FIG. 10 is a left elevational view of a top hook scoop.

FIG. 11 is a rear elevational view of a top hook scoop.

FIG. 12 is a front elevational view of a top hook scoop.

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of a top hook scoop.

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view of a top hook scoop.

FIG. 15 is an exploded front elevational view of a necked container and scoop combination product.

FIG. 16 is a top plan view of a necked container body with a top hook scoop removably attached to the necked container body circular ring.

FIG. 17 is a top plan view of a necked container and scoop combination product.

FIG. 18 is a bottom plan view of a necked container and scoop combination product.

FIG. 19A is an exploded front elevational view of a necked container body and screw cap.

FIG. 19B is partial cut away front elevational view of a necked container body side wall and bottom wall.

FIG. 20A is a top plan view of a necked container body.

FIG. 20B is a partial cut away top plan view of a necked container body.

FIG. 21 is an exploded front elevational view of a flat walled container and scoop combination product with a granulated or powdered substance inside the flat walled container body.

FIG. 22 is an exploded front elevational view of a necked container and scoop combination product with a granulated or powdered substance inside the necked container body.

FIG. 23 is a front elevational view of a flat walled container and scoop combination product.

FIG. 24 is a front elevational view of a necked container and scoop combination product.

FIG. 25 is a front elevational view of a flat walled container and scoop combination product where the flat walled container is inverted and the scoop is rotated and touching the cap.

FIG. 26 is a front elevational view of a necked container and scoop combination product where the necked container is inverted and the scoop is rotated and touching the cap.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Disclosed in this application are embodiments of containers which are combined with a scoop.
The container includes a container body and a cap to cover the opening of the container body.
An embodiment of the combination product of a container and a scoop is a flat walled container and scoop combination product 100. The flat walled container and scoop combination product 100 has a flat walled container body 110 with a removably attached top hook scoop 400 and a removably attached screw cap 300.
The flat walled container body 110 has a flat walled container circular opening 140. The flat walled container body circular opening 140 is formed from the flat walled container body top lip 153. The flat walled container body top lip 153 has a flat walled container body top lip inner edge 154 and a flat walled container body top lip outer edge 155.
The flat walled container body 110 has a flat walled container body sidewall 150. The flat walled container body sidewall 150 has flat walled container body sidewall inner face 151 and a flat walled container body sidewall outer face 152.
The flat walled container body sidewall inner face 151 connects to the flat walled container body top lip inner edge 154. The flat walled container body sidewall outer face 152 connects to the flat walled container body top lip outer edge 155.
The flat walled container body 110 has a flat walled container body bottom wall 156. The flat walled container body sidewall 150 connects to the flat walled container body bottom wall 156.
The flat walled container body bottom wall 156 has a flat walled container body bottom wall inner face 157 and a flat walled container body bottom wall outer face 158. The flat walled container body bottom wall inner face 157 connects to the flat walled container body sidewall inner face 151. The flat walled container body bottom wall outer face 158 connects to the flat walled container body sidewall outer face 152.
The flat walled container body 110 has a flat walled container body circular ring 180. The flat walled container body circular ring 180 is connected to a plurality of flat walled container body legs 190. Each flat walled container body leg 190 is connected to the flat walled container body sidewall inner face 151. The flat walled container body circular ring 180 holds a scoop, or in other words a scoop is removably attached to the flat walled container body circular ring 180.
More than one flat walled container body leg 190 connects the flat walled container body circular ring 180 to the flat walled container body sidewall inner face 151. The ideal amount of flat walled container body legs 190 are six. When there are six flat walled container body legs 190 there is enough support to have the flat walled container body circular ring 180 sturdy and not bend. An embodiment of the flat walled container body 110 is made from plastic. A possible plastic of the flat walled container body 110 is high-density polyethylene (HDPE). High-density polyethylene (HDPE) can be characterized by the chemical formula of (C2H4)n.
It is also expected that for some embodiments, in the manufacturing process, the flat walled container body 110 will be molded from one continuous piece of plastic which forms the flat walled container body sidewall 150, flat walled container body bottom wall 156, the flat walled container body legs 190, and the flat walled container body circular ring 180. The six flat walled container body legs 190 allows for enough rigidity of the flat walled container body circular ring 180. This rigidity is important if the elements of the flat walled container body sidewall 150, flat walled container body bottom wall 156, the flat walled container body legs 190, and the flat walled container body circular ring 180 are all made from one continuous piece of plastic, which can require the plastic to have qualities which work well for molding but may not give a rigid end product, requiring six flat walled container body legs 190. Additionally to have one continuous piece of plastic, the parts may need to be thin which requires extra rigidity from six flat walled container body legs 190.
Also the six flat walled container body legs 190 allows for enough space for a scoop to removably attach to the flat walled container body circular ring 180. If there were too many legs there would not be enough space for the scoop to be removably attached.
On the flat walled container body sidewall outer face 152 near the flat walled container body top lip 153 there are flat walled container body threads 170 which are formed into the outer flat walled container body sidewall outer face 152.
A screw cap 300 is removably attached to the flat walled container body 110 to cover the flat walled container body circular opening 140.
The screw cap 300 has a screw cap side wall 320. The screw cap side wall 320 has a screw cap side wall inner face 321 and a screw cap side wall outer face 322.
The screw cap 300 has a screw cap top wall 323. The screw cap top wall 323 has a screw cap top wall inner face 324 and a screw cap top wall outer face 325.
The screw cap side wall 320 is connected to the screw cap top wall 323. The screw cap side wall inner face 321 connects to the screw cap top wall inner face 324. The screw cap side wall outer face 322 connects to the screw cap top wall outer face 325.
On the screw cap side wall inner face 321 there are screw cap threads 310 which are formed into the screw cap side wall inner face 321.
The screw cap 300 is removably attached to the flat walled container body 110 where the screw cap threads 310 engage with the flat walled container body threads 170. The screw cap 300 is screwed onto the flat walled container body 110 to cover the flat walled container body circular opening 140 which keeps the contents of the flat walled container body 110 within the flat walled container body 110.
A scoop is removably attached to the flat walled container body circular ring 180 of the flat walled container body 110. An embodiment of the scoop is a top hook scoop 400.
The top hook scoop 400 has a scoop depression 410. The scoop depression 410 has a scoop depression opening 412. The scoop depression 410 is used to scoop out the substance held in the container, where the substance in held in the scoop depression 410. The scoop depression 410 describes the part of the scoop that forms the cavity to hold the scooped substance and not the cavity itself. The substance enters and exits the scoop depression 410 through the scoop depression opening 412. An embodiment of the scoop depression 410 has a scoop depression sidewall 413 and a scoop depression bottom wall 414. The scoop depression sidewall 413 connects to the scoop depression bottom wall 414.
An embodiment of the top hook scoop 400 has a scoop handle 411. The scoop handle 411 has a first end and a second end. The first end of the scoop handle connects to the scoop depression 410. In an embodiment of a top hook scoop 400, the scoop handle 411 connects to the scoop depression sidewall 413.
Connected to the second end of the scoop handle 411 is a scoop hook 415. The scoop hook 415 has a scoop hook end tip 416, which is the end of the scoop hook 415. An embodiment of the top hook scoop 400 has the scoop hook end tip 416 oriented on the top of the top hook scoop 400. The top of the top hook scoop 400 is considered the portion of the top hook scoop 400 where the scoop depression opening 412 is oriented.
The top hook scoop 400 is removably attached to the flat walled container circular ring 180 where the scoop hook 415 is oriented over, or hooked over, the flat walled container circular ring 180.
The advantage of the scoop hook end tip 416 oriented on the top of the top hook scoop 400 is that when the scoop hook 415 is oriented over the flat walled container body circular ring 180 the bottom of the top hook scoop 400 can be oriented away from the flat walled container body sidewall inner face 151 and the scoop depression opening 412 will be towards the flat walled container body sidewall inner face 151. In an embodiment of the top hook scoop 400, the bottom of the top hook scoop 400 would hit the flat walled container body sidewall inner face 151 if the hook was oriented the toward the bottom of the top hook scoop 400. Therefore, the top hook scoop 400 can hang with the scoop hook 415 on the flat walled container body circular ring 180 and the scoop handle 411 parallel to the flat walled container body sidewall 150, when the flat walled container body 110 is resting on a flat surface. An embodiment of the flat walled container body 110 has the flat walled container body circular ring 180 close enough to the flat walled container body sidewall inner face 151 to allow a person's hand to enter the flat walled container body 110 and get to the contents within the flat walled container body 110. With the flat walled container body circular ring 180 close to the flat walled container body sidewall inner face 151, if the hook was oriented so the hook was oriented on the bottom side instead of the top side of the scoop, the bottom of the scoop depression 410 would hit the flat walled container body sidewall inner face 151. A user may want the top hook scoop 400 to hang naturally without hitting the flat walled container body sidewall inner face 151. Where if the hook was oriented so the hook was oriented on the bottom side instead of the top side of the scoop, that would cause the scoop to be at an angle.
The advantage of the hook on the top of the top hook scoop 400 is that the user can hold the scoop depression 410 and the scoop hook 415 is on the other side. Therefore, the user's hand is on the other side of the top hook scoop 400 from the scoop hook 415 if grabbed by the scoop depression 410 and the user's hand will not be in the way of the scoop hook 415, and subsequent easier placement of the scoop hook 415 on the flat walled container body circular ring 180. The orientation of the scoop hook 415 on the top of the scoop is important for the flat walled container and scoop combination product 100 because often the opening of the flat walled container body 110 does not have a flat walled container body circular opening 140 significantly larger than the user's hand so the ability to hold the scoop depression 410 and not have the user's hand in the way is useful.
The ability to hold the scoop depression 410 is helpful because a scoop with a short handle is commonly used when combined with a container. The scoop handle 411 is often not very long so the user may have a hard time holding onto the scoop handle 411 if the user naturally wants to hold the top hook scoop 400 as it will hang. Therefore with the ability to hold onto the scoop depression 410 oriented towards the center of the flat walled container body 110 is helpful. The hanging position of the scoop with a hook is the hook near the flat walled container body circular ring 180 and the scoop depression 410 near the flat walled container body bottom wall 156. The scoop handle 411 is often not very long because the top hook scoop 400 is easier to use when the top hook scoop 400 does not hit the substance held within the flat walled container body 110, and the flat walled container body 110 is usually filled almost completely with the substance to make full use of the flat walled container body 110. Also, with a short scoop handle 411 the top hook scoop 400 will not touch the substance in the flat walled container body 110 which leads to a cleaner user experience of the top hook scoop 400 because the substance within the flat walled container body 110 can be a powdered or granulated substance 500 where just slight touching of the substance with the top hook scoop 400 can pick up a small amount of powder or granules which is unwanted and cause unintended scattering of the substance.
Also another advantage of the scoop hook 415 being oriented on the top of the top hook scoop 400 is that if the scoop handle 411 is flush with the top of the scoop depression sidewall 413 then the user can hold the scoop depression 410 and place the top of the scoop depression sidewall 413 on the flat walled container body circular ring 180 and then slide the top hook scoop 400 so the top hook scoop 400 moves from the top of the scoop depression sidewall 413 hitting the flat walled container body circular ring 180 to the scoop handle 411 hitting the flat walled container body circular ring 180 and then engaging the scoop hook 415 onto the flat walled container body circular ring 180. This allows for the user to have a larger area to place the top hook scoop 400 on the flat walled container body circular ring 180, which is the top of the scoop depression sidewall 413 in addition to the scoop handle 411 for greater ease in engaging the scoop hook 415 on the flat walled container body circular ring 180. This greater ease is important because the area for the user to hold their hand can be confined by the size of the flat walled container body circular ring 180. This above described motion is the holding of the scoop depression 410 then placing the top of the hook scoop 400 on the flat walled container body circular ring 180 and sliding the hook scoop 400 until engagement of the scoop hook 415.
The flat walled container body circular ring 180 has the advantage of being that the ring is the same in any rotation of the container. Many times, when the screw cap 300 is screwed onto the flat walled container body 110 the flat walled container 110 is rotated because with a larger container often the container is rotated by the user and the cap is kept in the same position. When the flat walled container body 110 is rotated the flat walled container body 110 will be in a different orientation at different times. When the flat walled container body 110 is in a different orientation a flat walled container body circular ring 180 as the holder for the top hook scoop 400 has an advantage that the ring is the same in each of the different orientations of the flat walled container body 110. If the holder of the scoop was a bar over a portion of the opening of the flat walled container body 110 or a single hook, the bar or hook would be in a different orientation at different times the user uses the flat walled container body 110 because the flat walled container body 110 is rotated to a different position each time the flat walled container body 110 is used.
Another embodiment of a container with a circular ring attached to the sidewall of the container body and a removably attached scoop to the circular ring is a necked container and scoop combination product 200.
The necked container and scoop combination product 200 contains a necked container body 210 with a removably attached front hook scoop 400 and a removably attached screw cap 300.
The necked container body 210 has a necked container body circular opening 240. The necked container body circular opening 240 is formed from the necked container body top lip 253. The necked container body top lip 253 has a necked container body top lip inner edge 254 and a necked container body top lip outer edge 255.
The necked container body 210 has a necked container body sidewall 250. The necked container body sidewall 250 has a necked container body sidewall inner face 251 and a necked container body sidewall outer face 252.
The necked container body sidewall inner face 251 connects to the necked container body top lip inner edge 254. The necked container body sidewall outer face 252 connects to the necked container body top lip outer edge 255.
The necked container body 210 has necked container body bottom wall 256. The necked container body sidewall 250 connects to the necked container body bottom wall 256.
The necked container body bottom wall 256 has a necked container body bottom wall inner face 257 and a necked container body bottom wall outer face 258. The necked container body bottom wall inner face 257 connects to the necked container body sidewall inner face 251. The necked container body bottom wall outer face 258 connects to the necked container body sidewall outer face 252.
The necked container body 210 has two sections which are the necked container body narrowed upper portion of the container body 230 and necked container body lower portion of the container body 231. The necked container body narrowed upper portion of the container body 230 can be considered the neck. The necked container body top lip 253 forms the top of the necked container body narrowed upper portion of the container body 230. The bottom of the necked container body narrowed upper portion of the container body 230 connects to the top of the necked container body lower portion of the container body 231. The necked container body bottom wall 256 forms the bottom of the necked container body lower portion of the container body 231. The necked container body narrowed upper portion of the container body 230 is narrower than the necked container body lower portion of the container body 231, which makes the necked container body narrowed upper portion of the container body 230 the neck of the necked container body 210.
The necked container body 210 has a necked container body circular ring 280. The necked container body circular ring 280 is connected to a plurality of necked container body legs 290. Each necked container body leg 290 is connected to the necked container body sidewall inner face 251. The necked container body circular ring 280 holds a scoop, or in other words a scoop is removably attached to the necked container body circular ring 280.
More than one necked container body leg 290 connects the necked container body circular ring 280 to the necked container body sidewall inner face 251. The ideal amount of necked container body legs 290 are six. The reasoning for the amount of six legs is similar to the reasoning for the embodiment of the flat walled container body 110. When there are six necked container body legs 290 there is enough support to have the necked container body circular ring 280 sturdy and not bend, and enough space to removably attach the scoop. An embodiment of the necked container body 210 is made from plastic. A possible plastic of the necked container body 210 is high-density polyethylene (HDPE). High-density polyethylene (HDPE) can be characterized by the chemical formula of (C2H4)n.
It is also expected that for some embodiments, in the manufacturing process, the necked container body 210 will be molded from one continuous piece of plastic which forms the necked container body sidewall 250, necked container body bottom wall 256, necked container body legs 290, and the necked container body circular ring 280. The six necked container body legs 290 allows for enough rigidity if the necked container body sidewall 250, necked container body bottom wall 256, necked container body legs 290, and the necked container body circular ring 280 are all made from one continuous piece of plastic, which can require the plastic to have qualities which work well for molding but may not give a rigid end product, requiring six necked container body legs 290. Additionally to have one continuous piece of plastic the parts may need to be thin which requires extra rigidity from six necked container body legs 290.
Also, the six necked container body legs 290 allows for enough space for a scoop to removably attach to the necked container body circular ring 280. If there were too many legs there would not be enough space for the scoop to be removably attached.
On the necked container body sidewall outer face 252 near the necked container body top lip 253 there are necked container body threads 270 which are formed into the necked container body sidewall outer face 252.
A screw cap 300 is removably attached to the necked container body 210 to cover the necked container body circular opening 240.
The screw cap 300 is removably attached to the necked container body 210 where the screw cap threads 310 engage with the necked container body threads 270. The screw cap 300 is screwed onto the necked container body 210 to cover the necked container body circular opening 240 which keeps the contents of the necked container body 210 within the necked container body 210.
A scoop is removably attached to the necked container body circular ring 280. An embodiment of the scoop is a top hook scoop 400. The top hook scoop 400 is removably attached to the necked container body circular ring 280 where the scoop hook 415 is oriented over the necked container body circular ring 280.
A possible variation of the container includes a snap on top or cap.
The circular ring for the flat walled container body 110 and the necked container body 210 is situated close to the top lip of each. When the circular ring is close to the top lip when the cap is attached to the container body, the cap is close enough to the circular ring such that if the container body is rotated or inverted the top hook scoop 400 will touch the cap as the top hook scoop 400 rotates and the top hook scoop 400 will not detach from the circular ring or less likely to detach from the circular ring.
The use of the wording circular ring, in the above embodiments, is meant to describe a circular shape for the profile of the whole object. The cross section of the circular ring may not be a circle. So the cross section of the material may be oval or rectangular but the profile is circular, when looking from a top plan view.
The wording of a continuous piece of molded piece of plastic can also be described as a solid piece of plastic with the intention of describing plastic all molded together at once and not fused together later from separate parts.
The present invention is not limited to the above described embodiments. The above described embodiments are merely illustrative and other variations and modifications may be possible without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising,

a container body,

the container body comprising,

a sidewall, the sidewall has an inner face and an outer face,

a top lip,

the inner face of the sidewall connects to the top lip, the outer face of the sidewall connects to the top lip,

the top lip forms a circular opening to the container body,

a bottom wall,

the sidewall connects to the bottom wall,

a circular ring,

a plurality of legs,

each leg has a first end and a second end, the first end of each leg is connected to the circular ring, the second end of each leg is connected to the inner face of the sidewall,

a cap,

the cap removably attaches to the container body to cover the circular opening of the container body,

a scoop,

the scoop has a hook,

the hook is removably hooked over the circular ring.

2. The apparatus as in claim 1,

the container body is a continuous piece of molded plastic.

3. The apparatus as in claim 1, further comprising,

the container body has an upper portion and a lower portion,

the upper portion of the container body has a top and a bottom,

the lower portion of the container body has a top and a bottom,

a first section of the sidewall of the container body, the first section of the sidewall of the container body has a top and a bottom,

a second section of the sidewall of the container body, the second section of the sidewall of the container body has a top and a bottom,

the upper portion of the container body is formed from the top lip of the container body and the first section of the sidewall of the container body,

the top of the first section of the sidewall of the container body connects to the top lip of the container body,

the top lip of the container body forms the top of the upper portion of the container body,

the bottom of the first section of the sidewall of the container body forms the bottom of the upper portion of the container body,

the bottom of the upper portion of the container body connects to the top of the lower portion of the container body,

the lower portion of the container body is formed from the second section of the sidewall of the container body and the bottom wall of the container body,

the top of the second section of the sidewall of the container body forms the top of the lower portion of the container body,

the bottom of the second section of the sidewall of the container body connects to the bottom wall of the container body,

the bottom wall of the container body forms the bottom of the lower portion of the container body,

the upper portion of the container body is narrower than the lower portion of the container body,

the second end of each of the legs is connected to the inner face of the first section of the sidewall of the container body.

4. The apparatus as in claim 3,

the plurality of legs is six legs.

5. The apparatus as in claim 1,

the plurality of legs is six legs.

6. The apparatus as in claim 5, further comprising,

a granulated or powdered product is inside the container body.

7. The apparatus as in claim 1,

a first set of threads formed into the outer face of the sidewall of the container body,

a second set of threads formed into the cap,

the first set of threads and the second set of threads are configured for the second set of threads to engage with the first set of threads to allow the cap to screw onto the container body.

8. The apparatus as in claim 7,

the container body is a continuous piece of molded plastic.

9. The apparatus as in claim 1, further comprising,

the scoop has a top side and a bottom side,

the scoop has a depression,

the hook has an end tip,

the depression has an opening,

the end tip of the hook is oriented on the top side of the scoop,

the opening of the depression is oriented on the top side of the scoop.

10. The apparatus as in claim 9, further comprising,

the scoop has a first end and a second end,

the scoop has a handle,

the depression is oriented on the first end of the scoop,

the handle has a first end and a second end,

the first end of the handle connects to the depression,

the hook connects to the second end of the handle,

the depression has a bottom wall,

the bottom wall of the depression is oriented on the bottom side of the scoop.

11. The apparatus as in claim 10,

the plurality of legs is six legs,

the container body is a continuous piece of molded plastic.

12. The apparatus as in claim 11, further comprising,

the container body has an upper portion and a lower portion,

the upper portion of the container body has a top and a bottom,

the lower portion of the container body has a top and a bottom,

13. The apparatus as in claim 12, further comprising,

a second set of threads formed into the cap,

14. The apparatus as in claim 13, further comprising,

a granulated or powdered product is inside the container body.

15. An apparatus, comprising,

a container body,

the container body comprising,

a sidewall, the sidewall has an inner face and an outer face,

a top lip,

the top lip forms a circular opening to the container body,

a bottom wall,

the sidewall connects to the bottom wall,

a circular ring,

a plurality of legs,

a cap,

a scoop,

the scoop has a hook,

the hook is removably hooked over the circular ring,

a position of the container body of the circular opening of the container body directly above the bottom wall of the container body,

a position of the container body of the bottom wall of the container body directly above the circular opening of the container body,

the circular ring and the hook are configured so the scoop will hang down if the container body is in the position of the circular opening of the container body directly above the bottom wall of the container body,

the circular ring and the hook are configured so the scoop can rotate and come in contact with the cap if the cap is positioned to cover the circular opening of the container body and the container body is rotated from the position of the circular opening of the container body directly above the bottom wall of the container body to the position of the bottom wall of the container body directly above the circular opening of the container body.

16. The apparatus as in claim 15, further comprising,

the scoop has a top side and a bottom side,

the hook has an end tip,

the end tip of the hook is oriented on the top side of the scoop.

17. The apparatus as in claim 16, further comprising,

the scoop has a first end and a second end,

the scoop has a depression,

the depression is oriented on the first end of the scoop,

the scoop has a handle,

the handle has a first end and a second end,

the first end of the handle connects to the depression,

the hook connects to the second end of the handle,

the depression has an opening, a sidewall, and a bottom wall,

the opening of the depression is oriented on the top side of the scoop,

the bottom wall of the depression is oriented on the bottom side of the scoop.

18. The apparatus as in claim 17, further comprising,

the plurality of legs is six legs,

the top lip of the container body has an inner edge and an outer edge,

the inner face of the sidewall of the container body connects to the inner edge of the top lip of the container body, the outer face of the sidewall of the container body connects to the outer edge of the top lip of the container body,

the bottom wall of the container body has an inner face and an outer face,

the inner face of the sidewall of the container body connects to the inner face of the bottom wall of the container body, the outer face of the sidewall of the container body connects to the outer face of the bottom wall of the container body.

19. The apparatus as in claim 17, further comprising,

the plurality of legs is six legs,

the container body has an upper portion and a lower portion,

the upper portion of the container body has a top and a bottom,

the lower portion of the container body has a top and a bottom,

20. The apparatus as in claim 19,

the container body is a solid piece of molded high-density polyethylene plastic.