Bucket holder

Claim 1

In the combination of a bucket holder and a bucket securely carried thereby in an upright attitude, the provision of said bucket having an outurned lip and a bail with the bail having a clasp engageable bail portion positionable over and at a certain distance above said lip, said bucket holder consisting of an elongated generally flat strip provided with upper and lower ends interconnected by a wall engageable center portion spacing the upper and lower ends from each other, at least one of said portions having at least fastener means to secure the holder to a vertical wall with the upper end over the lower end, said lower end being outurned to supportingly interlatch with a bucket lip placed thereon, said upper end supporting a clasp having upturned and downturned clasp portions engaging each other and cooperating to define a bail clasp, said lower end and said clasp extending forwardly of and on a common side of said strip, said downturned clasp portion being considerably longer than and restricted in movement by said upturned clasp portion, said downturned clasp portion being normally biased against said upturned clasp portion and being separable therefrom when a bail portion is pressed thereagainst to move said downturned clasp portion rearwardly away from said upturned clasp portion and generally towards said center portion of said strip, and thence moved between the upturned and downturned clasp portions into a position in which the bail portion is imprisoned by said clasp portions on said upper end while said bucket lip is interlatched with said lower end to thereby secure the bucket in an upright attitude.