Waste bin
OwnerColin Wellsinventor
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Abstract
A waste container comprising an opening, a permanent closure member, and an adhesive attached to the closure member for irreversibly sealing the closure member to another part of the container so as to, in use, permanently close the opening in the container.
Claims13
A paperboard or cardboard waste container comprising:
- an opening,
- a permanent closure member,
- an adhesive attached to the closure member for irreversibly sealing the closure member to another part of the container so as to, in use, permanently close the opening in the container;
- and
- a reversible closing mechanism for reversibly closing the opening prior to irreversibly sealing the container with the permanent closure member;
- wherein the reversible closing mechanism comprises a first reversible closure panel and a second reversible closure panel for reversibly closing the opening of the container, and a mechanical fastener;
- wherein, when the container is reversibly closed by the reversible closing, the inside surface of one of the first and second closure panels contacts the inside surface of the other of the first and second closure panels;
- and wherein the container is configured such that when the container is irreversibly sealed by the permanent closure member and the adhesive, the first and second closure panels overlap such that the inside surface of one of the first and second closure panels contacts the outside surface of the other of the first and second closure panels such that the other panel is underneath the one panel and the adhesive is between the first and second closure panels.
A method of using a paperboard or cardboard waste container, said container comprising paperboard or cardboard, an opening, a permanent closure member, an adhesive attached to the closure member for irreversibly sealing the closure member to another part of the container so as to, in use, permanently close the opening in the container, and a reversible closing mechanism for reversibly closing the opening prior to irreversibly sealing the container with the permanent closure member;
- wherein the reversible closing mechanism comprises a first reversible closure panel and a second reversible closure panel for reversibly closing the opening of the container, and a mechanical fastener;
- wherein, when the container is reversibly closed by the reversible closing, an inside surface of one of the first and second closure panels contacts an inside surface of the other of the first and second closure panels;
- and wherein the container is configured such that when the container is irreversibly sealed by the permanent closure member and the adhesive, the first and second closure panels overlap such that the inside surface of one of the first and second closure panels contacts the outside surface of the other of the first and second closure panels such that the other panel is underneath the one panel and the adhesive is between the first and second closure panels, and a mechanical fastener;
- wherein the method comprises:
- contacting the inward surface of one of the first and second closure panels with the inward surface of the other of the first and second closure panels, and using the mechanical fastener to reversibly seal the first and second closure panels so as to reversibly close the opening in the container;
- and
- subsequently overlapping the first and second closure panels such that the inward surface of one of the first and second closure panels contacts the outward surface of the other of the first and second closure panels and using the adhesive to irreversibly seal the inward surface to the outward surface so as to permanently close the opening in the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.