US2925979A - Paint bucket support for use on staging - Google Patents

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Feb. 23, 1960 w. P. WALKER PAINT BUCKET SUPPORT FOR USE on STAGING Filed March 29, 1957 INVENTOR W\ LLIAM P WALKER ATTORNEY.

United States Patent Ofilice 2,925,979 Patented Feb. 23,

PAINT BUCKET SUPPORT FOR USE ON STAGING William P. Walker, Mountain View, Calif.

Application March 29,. 1957, Serial No. 649,479 2 Claims. (Cl. 2485146) This invention relates to painting equipment and deals with a safety support for paint buckets and the like on staging.

The invention to be described hereinafter has been directed toward painting equipment but itwill become apparent that the device will find usefulness in other fields, particularly where staging is used.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a support for paint buckets that may be used on conventional staging for painting, etc., with means for movably securing the support to the staging to prevent inadvertently upsetting or knocking the support and the buckets off the staging.

Another object is to provide a paint bucket support for use on a staging wherein the bucket is safely supported in an elevated position above the floor of the staging so that the painter does not have to stoop to reach the bucket with his brush.

Still another object is the provision of a support for a paint bucket having supporting legs thereon wherein two of said legs have means for clamping over opposite edges of a staging plank.

Briefly stated, this invention embodies a stool, preferably a three legged stool, having means for supporting a paint bucket thereon, wherein two legs of the stool are hinged to swing on the bucket supporting means and each leg carries two inwardly extending flange members spaced apart at the lower end of the legs to fit above-and below the edge of a staging plank, with means for exertinga force tending to pull the legs together thereby effecting a clamping action on the edges of the plank and locking the stool to the staging. A paint bucket supported in this manner is at an elevation easily reached by the painter and is held securely against inadvertently tipping or spilling thereby reducing the labor and time in painting.

In addition, it is an object of this invention to provide means in a stool of the character described whereby said stool may be used apart from the staging and still perform the functions of a stool supporting a bucket of paint in a normal manner.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent as the description proceeds in conjunction with the drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a view of my paint bucket support as it would be applied to a staging plank.

Fig. 2 is a side view of Fig. 1, taken on line 22.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view showing how my stool may be used in the conventional manner of a common stool.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the construction of the hinged legs on my stool, and

Fig. 6 is a view, partly in section, taken on line 66 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawing it will be seen that my invention comprises, generally speaking, a basket 11 adapted to receive and support a bucket 12 in an upright position, and three legs 13, 14, and 15. I prefer to use three legs,

of'forms and be constructed of any suitable material, it

being deemed suflicient. to state that the only requirement isthat it be suitable to hold a conventional bucket of paint in an upright position. a

The three elgs are attached to the basket in the following' manner. Leg 15, in this case, is the third leg and is suitably attached to the basket at point 16 diametrically opposite point. 17 where there is rigidly attached a short section of pipe 18. The joining of these members maybe made by welding, riveting, or in any suitable manner for the purpose described- Attached to the member 18, such as by welding, is a plate 19, and swingably mounted on pivot points 20 and 21 on the opposite ends of this plate are the two legs 12 and 14 respectively. For best results, these legs may be flared slightly from the perpendicular as shown in Fig. 2. A handle 22 is attached to the plate 19 for lifting and otherwise handling the support. On the lower end of the member 18, I slidably mount a section of pipe 23 and fix -a handle 24 to this section by welding 25. The pipe section 23 carries a pivot point 26' from which links 27 and 28 extend to pivot points 29- and 30 on the legs 13 and 14 respectively. Connecting the pivot points 29 and 30 is a tension spring 31 which normally exerts a force tending to pull together and when the stool is not on a staging and is not locked as shown in Fig. 6, the legs assume the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5. Toprevent the legs coming to the dotted line position of Fig. 5, I provide a U-member 32 which is adapted to slip into the open ends of the handles 22 and 24 and keep them from separating. This would be the position shown in Fig. 6 and would be the position of the legs when used for a conventional stool.

On the lower end of each leg 13 and 14 I provide an inwardly extending foot or clamp 33 which is adapted to extend in and over the top of a staging plank 34. Also on each leg I provide a sliding member 35 which is adapted to slide up and down on the leg. This member carries a set screw 36 for holding it fixed in various positions on the leg and a rod 37 which extends downwardly from the member 35 and is turned inwardly to provide a foot or clamp 38 similar to the foot 33. This clamp is adapted to extend inwardly under the edge of the staging plank 34. Under this arrangement, the two legs 13 and 14 may be spread to clamp over the edges of the plank 34 and the spread of the legs may be regulated by moving handle 24 upwardly toward handle 22 to span the size of plank in use.

In Fig. 4 I have shown how the flanges 33 and 38 may be positioned for using the stool with conventional feet. In this case, the two flanges are brought together and the lock member 32 would be used in the ends of the handles 22 and 24. The stool would in effect become a conventional stool with a basket for holding a bucket of paint or the like.

To mount the support on staging, it is only a matter of spreading the legs 13 and 14 by pulling the two handles 22 and 24 together. The lower ends of the legs 13 and 14 are then slipped over the edges of the plank 34 and the flanges 33 and 38 fitted above and below the edge. The spring 31 will hold the legs against the sides of the plank and the flanges above and below both edges of the plank will prevent any possibility of inadventently tipping the stool over or pushing it off the staging. The paint bucket will be held in an elevated position where it is quickly and easily accessible to the painter. The third leg 15 will normally fall in the middle of the plank and will constitute a conventional three legged stool securely mounted on a staging plank. The stool may be moved along the plank from place to place by grasping both handles 22 and 24 and squeezing them together thereby releasing the pressure of the legs 13 and 14 on the sides of the plank, whereupon the stool may be slid to a ,new position and clamped again by releasing the handles 22 and 24.

I claim:

1. A paint bucket support comprising, a basket adapted to receive and support a bucket of paint, not less than three legs attached to and supporting said basket in an elevated position, two of said legs being swingably mounted on pivot points on said basket to swing toward and away from each other, means for optionally forcing said legs to swing away from each other, tension means for normally exerting a force tending to swing said legs toward each other, each of said legs having an inwardly extending foot at the lower end thereof, and a member slidably mounted on said legs above said foot, said sliding member having 4 a rod extending therefrom with a foot on the end thereof extending inwardly below said first mentioned foot on said legs.

2. The elements of claim 1 and in addition thereto: means for holding said sliding members in various fixed positions on said legs.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,408,876 Frey -2 Mar. 7, 1922 1,810,726 Pierce June 17, 1931 2,028,098 Zafuta Ian. 14, 1936 2,452,684 Robinson Nov. 2, 1948 2,575,573 Wiedman Nov. 20, 1951 2,598,753

Bolsey June 3, 1952

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