Waste container with improved latch

A waste container including:

• a body having a base and a side wall extending upward from the base to define a container interior, the side wall having a rearward portion opposite a front portion;
• a lid hingeably secured to the body proximate the rearward portion of the side wall;
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• a latch assembly selectively securing the lid only to the front portion of the side wall, the latch assembly including an upper latch portion above the lid, the upper latch portion including a handle portion rotatably mounted to the lid, wherein the handle portion is rotatable about an axis generally transverse to the lid to selective release the latch assembly, the latch assembly further including a lower latch portion below the lid, wherein the upper latch portion is snap-fit connected to the lower latch portion.

A waste container including:

• a body having a base and a side wall extending upward from the base to define a container interior, the side wall having a rearward portion opposite a front portion;
• a lid hingeably secured to the body proximate the rearward portion of the side wall;
• and
• a latch assembly selectively securing the lid only to the front portion of the side wall, the latch assembly including a rotatable handle portion rotatably mounted to the lid, wherein the handle portion is rotatable about an axis generally transverse to the lid to selective release the latch assembly, wherein the rotatable handle portion includes a plurality of ribs extending radially outward relative to the axis.

A waste container including:

• a body having a base and a side wall extending upward from the base to define a container interior, wherein the base is integrally molded with the side wall, and wherein the side wall is integrally molded with a lip projecting horizontally outward from an upper portion of the side wall and then downward from the upper portion of the side wall, an outer rib molded integrally with the lip and protruding upward from the lip;
• a lid hingeably secured to the upper portion of the side wall and movable to a closed position on the lip, the lid including an outer lip integrally molded with the lid and extending downward, the outer lip contacting the lip of the side wall inward of the outer rib when the lid is in the closed position, wherein a lower edge of the outer lip is below an upper edge of the outer rib when the lid is in the closed position, the outer rib protruding upward from the lip outward of the lid when the lid is in the closed position on the lip;
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• a latch assembly selectively securing the lid to the side wall, wherein the latch assembly includes a plurality of latch members, any of which can selectively interlock with the front portion of the side wall by rotation of the rotatable handle portion.

A waste container including:

• a body having a base and a side wall extending upward from the base to define a container interior, the side wall having a rearward portion opposite a front portion;
• a lid hingeably secured to the body proximate the rearward portion of the side wall;
• and
• a latch assembly selectively securing the lid only to the front portion of the side wall, the latch assembly including a rotatable handle portion rotatably mounted above the lid, wherein the handle portion is rotatable about an axis generally transverse to the lid to selective release the latch assembly, the latch assembly further including a lower portion below the lid and secured to the handle portion, wherein the rotatable handle portion includes a plurality of ribs extending radially outward relative to the axis.