Pail with integral graduations

Abstract

A pail with integral graduations. The pail has a bottom, a top rim, and a sidewall connecting the bottom and the top rim. There is at least one integral graduation in the sidewall comprising a shelf extending circumferentially around at least a part of the sidewall.

1 . A pail with integral graduations, comprising: 
 a bottom;    a top rim;    a sidewall connecting the bottom and the top rim; and    at least one integral graduation in the sidewall comprising a shelf extending circumferentially around at least a part of the sidewall.    
   
   
       2 . The pail of  claim 1  comprising a plurality of integral graduations.  
   
   
       3 . The pail of  claim 2  wherein the graduations each comprise a shelf.  
   
   
       4 . The pail of  claim 1  wherein the shelves are essentially horizontal.  
   
   
       5 . The pail of  claim 1  wherein the shelves are vertically spaced from one another.  
   
   
       6 . The pail of  claim 1  wherein the shelves are vertically aligned with one another.  
   
   
       7 . The pail of  claim 1  wherein the shelves are separated vertically from one another by a short sidewall segment.  
   
   
       8 . The pail of  claim 7  wherein the short sidewall segments are essentially vertical.  
   
   
       9 . The pail of  claim 1  further comprising volume indications proximate the internal graduations.  
   
   
       10 . The pail of  claim 1  wherein the shelves are all located in the same portion of the sidewall.  
   
   
       11 . The pail of  claim 10  wherein the portion of the sidewall comprising the shelves is at a more shallow angle that is the rest of the sidewall.  
   
   
       12 . The pail of  claim 1  wherein the shelves extend out away from the center of the pail.  
   
   
       13 . The pail of  claim 1  further comprising a handle.  
   
   
       14 . The pail of  claim 1  further comprising a pour spout.  
   
   
       15 . A pail with integral graduations, comprising: 
 a bottom;    a top rim;    a sidewall connecting the bottom and the top rim; and    a plurality of integral graduations in the sidewall, each graduation comprising an essentially horizontal shelf extending circumferentially around part of the sidewall, wherein the shelves are vertically spaced from one another.    
   
   
       16 . A pail with integral graduations, comprising: 
 a bottom;    a top rim;    a sidewall connecting the bottom and the top rim;    a plurality of integral graduations in the sidewall, each graduation comprising an essentially horizontal shelf extending out away from the center of the pail and circumferentially around part of the sidewall, wherein the shelves are vertically aligned with one another and vertically separated from one another by short, essentially vertical sidewall segments; and    volume indications proximate the internal graduations.