Bucket

Abstract

Example embodiments of the present invention include improved bucket designs that have one or more handles located toward a base portion of a bucket. For example, the bucket can include a body portion that defines an interior portion of the bucket. In addition, the bucket can include a base portion below the body portion of the bucket. Further, the bucket can include one or more voids located in the base portion that form a handle.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A bucket, comprising:
 a body portion having a floor and a body wall, the body portion defining an interior portion;   a base portion positioned below the body portion, the base portion comprising a base wall coupling with the body wall; and   a void located in the base wall of the base portion, the void sized and configured to form a handle.   
     
     
         2 . The bucket of  claim 1 , wherein the void extends through the base wall. 
     
     
         3 . The bucket of  claim 1 , wherein the void extends from the base wall through a bottom portion of the base portion. 
     
     
         4 . The bucket of  claim 1 , wherein the handle is accessible from a bottom portion of the base portion. 
     
     
         5 . The bucket of  claim 1 , wherein the floor separates the interior portion from the base portion. 
     
     
         6 . The bucket of  claim 1 , wherein the floor comprises a flat surface extending completely between a first end of the body wall and a second end of the body wall. 
     
     
         7 . The bucket of  claim 1 , wherein a volume of the interior portion is independent from the base portion and the handle. 
     
     
         8 . The bucket of  claim 1 , wherein the base portion comprises a flat surface extending across a bottom portion of the base portion forming a bottom surface of the base portion. 
     
     
         9 . The bucket of  claim 1 , wherein the bucket comprises a single piece of plastic material for the base portion and the body portion. 
     
     
         10 . The bucket of  claim 1 , wherein the bucket comprises a first piece of plastic material for the base portion and a second piece of plastic material for the body portion. 
     
     
         11 . The bucket of  claim 10 , wherein the base portion and the body portion are fused together. 
     
     
         12 . The bucket of  claim 10 , wherein the base portion is selectively joined to the body portion. 
     
     
         13 . The bucket of  claim 1 , wherein the handle comprises one or more ergonomic features. 
     
     
         14 . The bucket of  claim 13 , wherein the one or more ergonomic features comprises finger indentations on a grip of the handle. 
     
     
         15 . The bucket of  claim 13 , wherein the one or more ergonomic features comprises a foam material on a grip of the handle. 
     
     
         16 . The bucket of  claim 13 , wherein the one or more ergonomic features comprises a foam material lining a surface of the handle formed by the void. 
     
     
         17 . The bucket of  claim 1 , wherein the bucket is stackable within an interior portion of another bucket having a cylindrical shape and a similar volume. 
     
     
         18 . A bucket, comprising:
 a body portion having a floor and a body wall, the body portion defining an inner portion;   a base portion positioned below the body portion, the base portion comprising a base wall coupling with the body wall;   a first void located in the base wall of the base portion, the first void sized and configured to form a first handle; and   a second void located in the base wall on an opposing side of the base portion from the first void, the second void sized and configured to form a second handle.   
     
     
         19 . The bucket of  claim 18 , wherein the bucket comprises one or more additional voids located in the base wall of the base portion, each of the one or more additional voids sized and configured to form an additional handle. 
     
     
         20 . The bucket of  claim 19 , wherein the first void, second void, and one or more additional voids are spaced out evenly across the base wall.