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US 10,618,730 B2Granted
Retainer mechanism
OwnerGrigooris Manssourianinventor
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a retainer mechanism that may be associated with a bin or a lid of the bin to maintain lid in a closed (latched) position in relation to the bin.
Claims28
A device, comprising:
- a retainer member that is associated with one of a bin and a lid of the bin;
- and an adjusting member associated with one of the bin and the lid of the bin and further,
- the retainer member;
- the adjusting member includes a side with an uneven surface;
- the retainer member includes:
- a mounting support having an engagement section that has an uneven surface;
- a weighted lever assembly associated with the mounting support;
- the weighted lever assembly is actively moved to one of a hold or a release positions to hold or release the adjusting member;
- in the hold position the weighted lever assembly maintains the adjusting member against the engagement section to interlock the uneven surface of the engagement section with the uneven surface of the adjusting member;
- the weighted lever assembly is passively moved to the release position by gravitational force when the retainer member is tilted to a specific orientation only, which, in turn, releases the adjusting member, with the released adjusting member freeing the lid for operating the bin.
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A retainer mechanism, comprising:
- a retainer member;
- and
- an adjusting member associated with the retainer member;
- the adjusting member includes a side with an uneven surface;
- the retainer member is comprised of:
- a mounting support having an engagement section that has an uneven surface;
- and
- a weighted lever assembly associated with the mounting support;
- the adjusting member is held in hold position by the weighted lever assembly in a hold position, which maintains the uneven surface of the adjusting member to grip the uneven surface of engagement section;
- the weighted lever assembly is passively moved to the release position by gravitational force when the retainer member is tilted to a specific orientation only, which, in turn, releases the adjusting member, with the released adjusting member freeing the lid for operating the bin.
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A device, comprising:
- an adjusting member that is flexible includes a side with an uneven surface;
- the adjusting member is detachably associated with a retainer member;
- the retainer member includes:
- a mounting support that has an engagement section that has an uneven surface;
- and
- a movable weighted lever assembly associated with a mounting support;
- the weighted lever assembly is actively moved to one of a hold or a release positions to hold or release the adjusting member in relation to the retainer member;
- the adjusting member is held in hold position by the weighted lever assembly in the hold position, which maintains the uneven surface of the adjusting member against the uneven surface of the engagement section to securely maintain the adjusting member in the hold position;
- the weighted lever assembly is passively moved by gravitational force operating, on the weighted lever assembly to the release position to release the adjusting member from the retainer member when the retainer member is tilted to a specific orientation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.