Paint bucket lid with pouring spout

Claim 2

A paint pourer attachment capable of replacing the usual pryoff lid on an annular lid-mounting rim of a paint bucket, said attachment comprising a replacement lid which is applicable to said annular rim when the regular lid is detached and temporarily set aside and provided with a concavo-convex hemispherical hood, said hood being adapted to overhang the receptacle portion of the paint bucket when in use and the concave underneath side thereof providing a paint trapping and concentrating funnel capable of directing paint to an opening provided in said hood, said hood having a dispensing spout communicating with said opening and projecting beyond the convex surface of said hood, the outer marginal bottom portion of said hood being provided with hood attaching and retaining means, said means embodying a flat web which is semicircular in plan and of uniform cross-sectional thickness and of a width that it constitutes a shield, said shield being adapted to reside flatwise atop and bridge over said mounting rim and the channel portion thereof, said web having an outer peripheral edge provided with an elevated resilient snapfit retainer which is channel shaped in cross section and designed and adapted to retentively snap over a bead which marginally encompasses said rim, the outer wall of said channel having a turned-in lateral lip releasably engageable with a coacting shoulder portion on said bead, said web having an inner peripheral edge provided with a depending flange terminating at its bottom in an outwardly directed lip capable of being releasably interlocked with a cooperating lip on an inward wall of the channel of the aforementioned rim.

Claim 3

For use on a paint bucket having an openable top provided with an annular lid-mounting rim having a lid-keying channel overhanging the bottom of the bucket and a concentric encompassing bead fixed and providing an exterior overhanging shoulder, a readily applicable and removable paint pourer attachment capable of replacing the usual bucket closing lid, said attachment comprising an auxiliary replacement lid provided with a dispensing spout alignable and communicable wiTh the receptacle portion of said bucket, said auxiliary lid having an outer marginal portion provided with attaching and retaining means, said means embodying a web providing a shield, said shield adapted to bridge over and cover the channel of said mounting rim, said web having an outer peripheral edge provided with a resilient snap-fit retainer, said retainer being channel shaped in cross section and designed and adapted to retentively snap over said bead and cooperate with said shoulder in a manner to locate and retain said attachment in its ready to use pouring position, said replacement lid comprising a semispherical hood overhanging and occupying a plane above the open top of said bucket, the underneath concave side of said lid cooperating with the receptacle portion of the bucket and mounting rim and defining a paint-concentrating funnel capable of directing paint into the dispensing spout, said attachment being made of one piece of moldable plastic material, said attaching and retaining means being pliant and capable of being snapped and lodged in place by hand pressure and subsequently caught hold of and freed for removal at will, said web being semicircular in plan and having an inner peripheral edge provided with a depending flange commensurate in length with the length of said web, said flange terminating at its bottom in a lateral outwardly directed lip capable of being releasably interlocked with an existing lip on a coacting inward wall of the channel of said lip-mounting rim, said web and said channel-shaped retainer being yieldable when manually spread and being capable of nominal expansion and being possessed of inherent contraction properties in a manner to fittingly and retentively coordinate with lid-mounting rims such as are provided on buckets of slightly varying diameters.

Claim 4

For use on a paint bucket having an openable top provided with an annular lid-mounting rim having a lid-keying channel overhanging the bottom of the bucket and a concentric encompassing bead fixed and providing an exterior overhanging shoulder, a readily applicable and removable paint pourer attachment capable of replacing the usual bucket closing lid, said attachment comprising an auxiliary replacement lid provided with a dispensing spout alignable and communicable wiTh the receptacle portion of said bucket, said auxiliary lid having an outer marginal portion provided with attaching and retaining means, said means embodying a web providing a shield, said shield adapted to bridge over and cover the channel of said mounting rim, said web having an outer peripheral edge provided with a resilient snap-fit retainer, said retainer being channel shaped in cross section and designed and adapted to retentively snap over said bead and cooperate with said shoulder in a manner to locate and retain said attachment in its ready to use pouring position, said replacement lid comprising a semispherical hood overhanging and occupying a plane above the open top of said bucket, the underneath concave side of said lid cooperating with the receptacle portion of the bucket and mounting rim and defining a paint-concentrating funnel capable of directing paint into the dispensing spout, said attachment being made of one piece of moldable plastic material, said attaching and retaining means being pliant and capable of being snapped and lodged in place by hand pressure and subsequently caught hold of and freed for removal at will, said web being semicircular in plan and having an inner peripheral edge provided with a depending flange commensurate in length with the length of said web, said flange terminating at its bottom in a lateral outwardly directed lip capable of being releasably interlocked with an existing lip on a coacting inward wall of the channel of said lip-mounting rim, said web and said channel-shaped retainer being yieldable when manually spread and being capable of nominal expansion and being possessed of inherent contraction properties in a manner to fittingly and retentively coordinate with lid-mounting rims such as are provided on buckets of slightly varying diameters.