Height adjustable waste disposal device with bag-grabbing membrane
AssigneeDooli Products, LLC
InventorDavid M Stravitz
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Abstract
Waste container including a telescoping wall construction defining an interior space receivable of a bag and which has wall sections positionable in a plurality of different positions to provide the wall construction with different operational heights, and a bag handling assembly coupled to the wall construction. The wall sections can be locked into engagement with one another and released when desired. The bag handling assembly includes a bag support defining an opening and including a membrane having at least one slot. Each slot is defined by a pair of opposed walls, possibly parallel to one another. The opposed walls of each slot are spaced apart a distance to enable a bag, when inserted through the slot(s), to be pinched by the opposed walls.
Claims20
A container, comprising:
- a telescoping wall construction defining an interior space receivable of a bag, said wall construction having wall sections positionable in a plurality of different positions to provide said wall construction with a plurality of different heights;
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- a bag handling assembly coupled to an upper end region of said wall construction,
- said bag handling assembly comprising:
- a bag support defining an opening and including a membrane having at least one slot through which the bag passes when present;
- a retainer extending inward from said wall construction at an upper end region of said wall construction, said retainer defining an opening, said bag support being pivotally coupled to said retainer;
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- a closure component pivotally coupled to said bag support independent of the pivotal coupling of said bag support to said retainer, said closure component defining an opening at least partly aligning with the opening defined by said retainer,
- said bag support and said closure component including cooperating clamping structure that clamps the bag when present between said bag support and said closure component while said closure component is pivoted against said bag support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.