System and Method for Collecting, Mixing, and Pouring of Materials

Abstract

An apparatus is formed from a sheet of substantially rectangular material in which a seam is formed joining two sides, thus forming an envelope having a bottom, one sealed end, an open top, and one open side. The open top has an edge folded and seamed into a series of handles extending around an entire perimeter of the open top.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus comprising:
 a sheet of substantially rectangular material comprising a seam joining two sides, thus forming an envelope having a bottom, one sealed end, an open top, and one open end;   the open top having a perimeter, the perimeter of the open top folded and seamed to form a series of handles extending around the entire perimeter.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the handles are formed using a substantially triangular seam around the perimeter of the open top. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the substantially triangular seam is a clipped triangular pattern. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the handles are formed using a wave seam around the perimeter of the open top. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , the sheet made of flexible plastic material. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , comprising a total of ten handles. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a volume-limiting seam across a corner of the sealed end and the bottom. 
     
     
         8 . A method comprising:
 folding over between three and six inches of material from each of two edges of a rectangular sheet of plastic, and stitching each of the folded material to the sheet using a continuous seam along each of the two edges, thus forming a series of handles extending the entire length of each of the two edges; and   folding the sheet in half and seaming two ends of the two edges together on one side, thus forming the sheet into an envelope having an enclosed bottom, an open top, one open end, and one sealed end.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the continuous seam is a substantially triangular pattern. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the continuous seam is a clipped triangular pattern. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the continuous seam is a wave pattern. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the continuous seam forms a total of ten handles. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising including a volume-limiting seam across a corner of the sealed end and the bottom. 
     
     
         14 . A material collection and mixing apparatus comprising:
 a sheet of substantially rectangular plastic comprising a seam joining two sides, thus forming an envelope having a bottom, one sealed end, an open top, and one open end;   the open top having a perimeter, the perimeter of the open top folded and seamed to form a series of ten substantially triangular handles extending around the entire perimeter.   
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 14 , further comprising a volume-limiting seam across a corner of the sealed end and the bottom.