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A paint bucket is disclosed held within a pocket formed in an apron disposed at the front of a user, such paint bucket having a semicircular front portion and a substantially flat bottom and rear portion with the top of the semicircular front portion curving downward to meet the top of the rear port

A paint bucket is disclosed held within a pocket formed in an apron disposed at the front of a user, such paint bucket having a semicircular front portion and a substantially flat bottom and rear portion with the top of the semicircular front portion curving downward to meet the top of the rear portion and having an inwardly disposed planar lip member extending rearward from the inside of the semicircular front portion, defining a paint receipt opening between the planar lip member and the rear portion.

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1. A combination apron and paint bucket wherein such apron includes a body portion having a mid-waist portion, a neck strap for support around the neck, a waist strap for adherence of the body portion of the apron to the body of a wearer and a pocket formed at said mid-waist portion of the apron for

1. A combination apron and paint bucket wherein such apron includes a body portion having a mid-waist portion, a neck strap for support around the neck, a waist strap for adherence of the body portion of the apron to the body of a wearer and a pocket formed at said mid-waist portion of the apron for receipt of a paint bucket therein, said paint bucket having: a semicircular front portion having a height, a top, a bottom and first and second side; a flat bottom; a substantially flat rear portion having a height, a top, a bottom, and first and second sides; and a planar lip member; said bottom of said semicircular front portion and said bottom of said rear portion attached to the bottom of said paint bucket; said first and second sides of said semicircular front portion attached, respectively, to said first and second sides of said rear portion, said top of said rear portion being lower than the top of said semicircular front portion, said top of said semicircular front portion curving downward to meet said top of said rear portion forming first and second curved sides, said planar lip member disposed within said paint bucket extending rearward from said semicircular front portion toward said rear portion and defining a paint receipt opening within said paint bucket between said planar lip member and said rear portion. 2. A paint bucket for use disposed in a pocket formed in an apron, comprising:a semicircular front portion having a height, a top, a bottom, and first and second sides;a rear portion having a top, a bottom and first and second sides, said first and second sides joined, respectively, with said first and second side ends of said semicircular front portion, said paint bucket forming a “D” shape in cross-section;a paint bucket bottom;said bottom of said rear portion and said bottom of said semicircular front portion connected to said paint bucket bottom, forming a fluid holding structure;wherein said top of said rear portion is disposed lower than the top of said semicircular front portion; andsaid first and second sides of said semicircular front portion curve downward from the top of said semicircular front portion to the top of said rear portion. 3. The structure of claim 2 further including a planar lip member, said planar lip member attached to said semicircular front portion below said top of said semicircular front portion and extending toward said rear portion, defining a paint receipt opening between said planar lip member and said rear portion.