Device for placing and holding soiled items therein
AssigneeSanalife B.V.
InventorTheodoor Jacobus Robert Schuur
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Abstract
A device (1) for placing and holding soiled items, in particular soiled items such as soiled diapers, therein, comprising a container (2) and a lid (3), wherein the lid (3) includes a hollow cylinder (5), which is open at least at one end (4), in which cylinder (5) a body (6) is capable of reciprocal motion, wherein the lid (3) can pivot relative to the container (2) between a first position, in which an Item can be inserted into the cylinder (5) from outside; and a second position, in which the body (6) can move downward in the cylinder (5) under the influence of the force of gravity so as to push the item into the container (2), and wherein the device (1) is provided with a locking device (12) for locking the lid (3) in the second position.
Claims9
A device for placing and holding soiled items, therein, comprising:
- a container and a lid,
- wherein the lid includes a hollow cylinder which is open at least at one end such that a body is capable of reciprocal motion within the hollow cylinder,
- wherein the lid can pivot relative to the container between a first position, in which an item can be inserted into the hollow cylinder from outside, and a second position, in which the body can move downward in the hollow cylinder under the influence of the force of gravity so as to push the item into the container,
- wherein the device is provided with a locking device for locking the lid in the second position,
- wherein the locking device comprises an operating element which is movable between a retracted position, in which the lid is locked in the second position, and an extended position, in which the lid is released in the second position, and
- wherein the lid is provided with two opposite cams which are rotatably provided in correspondingly shaped recesses of the container, wherein the cams define a pivot axis for pivoting the lid between the first and the second position relative to the container, and wherein the operating element prevents rotation of at least one of the cams in the retracted position and allows such rotation in the extended position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.