Device for storing articles

Claim 1

IN A RELATIVELY LARGE CONTAINER COMMONLY USED FOR TRANSPORTING OR STORING VARIOUS MATERIALS AND INCLUDING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL SIDE WALL EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM A CIRCULAR BOTTOM WALL, AND HAVING A REMOVABLE LID INCLUDING A PERIPHERAL FLANGE SURROUNDING THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID SIDE WALL, THE IMPROVEMENT FOR ADAPTING SAID CONTAINER AS A CONVENIENT PORTABLE STORAGE DEVICE FOR A PLURALITY OF ARTICLES EACH HAVING AN ELONGATED HANDLE, COMPRISING MEANS DEFINING A PLURALITY OF ANGULARLY SPACED OPENINGS WITHIN AN ANNULAR PORTION OF SAID LID INWARDLY OF SAID FLANGE AND EACH SAID OPENING BEING OF SUFFICIENT SIZE TO RECEIVE A HANDLE, AND A MEMBER REMOVABLY POSITIONED WITHIN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING THE END PORTION OF EACH SAID HANDLE AND FOR RETAINING SAID END PORTION IN GENERAL VERTICAL ALIGNMENT UNDER SAID OPENING IN SAID LID THROUGH WHICH SAID HANDLE IS INSERTED TO POSITION SAID HANDLE SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY WITHIN SAID CONTAINER SO THAT THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF THE ARTICLE IS POSITIONED GENERALLY ABOVE SAID OPENING RECEIVING SAID HANDLE TO PREVENT TIPPING OF SAID CONTAINER.