Container system with supportable liner
AssigneeBusch Systems International Inc.
InventorCraig Busch
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Abstract
A waste or recycling container system is disclosed. The container system includes a container and a rigid liner for inserting into the container. The liner includes a supporting structure provided on a wall of the liner. The liner also includes bag retention structures. The liner is capable of being placed in the container in a first position and a second position. In the first position, the bag retention structures are below an opening of the container. In the second position, the supporting structure rests on a resting portion of the container walls and the liner is elevated with respect to the first position such that the bag retention structures are above the opening of the container.
Claims24
A waste or recycling container system comprising:
- a container comprising a container base and one or more container walls extending upwardly from the container base, the one or more container walls defining a first interior space and a first opening with a first rim;
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- one or more rigid liners for inserting into the first interior space, each liner comprising:
- a liner base and one or more liner walls extending upwardly from the liner base, the one or more liner walls defining a second interior space into which waste or recycling is placed and a second opening with a second rim,
- a supporting structure provided on one of the one or more liner walls, the supporting structure comprising one or more anchor portions, the one or more anchor portions each having a guiding wall with a planar surface substantially parallel to the one liner wall, the planar surface extending from a lower edge of the anchor portion to an upper edge of the guiding wall, the upper edge of the guiding wall being part of an upper edge of the second rim,
- one or more bag retention structures provided on the one or more liner walls, and a handle, the handle being recessed with respect to the guiding wall,
- wherein each liner is capable of being placed in the first interior space in at least a first position and a second position,
- wherein, in the first position, the bag retention structures are below the first opening, and
- wherein, in the second position, the supporting structure rests on a resting portion of the one or more container walls and the liner is elevated with respect to the first position such that the one or more bag retention structures are positioned higher than the first rim and vertically spaced apart from the first rim.
A rigid liner for a waste or recycling container, the liner comprising:
- a liner base and one or more liner walls extending upwardly from the liner base, the one or more liner walls defining an interior space and an opening with a rim,
- a supporting structure for supporting the liner on the container, the supporting structure provided on one of the one or more liner walls, wherein the supporting structure comprises a cantilever for resting on a resting portion of the container, the cantilever extending from the one liner wall and one or more anchor portions extending downwardly from an end of the cantilever for forming a channel between the one or more anchor portions and the one liner wall, wherein each of the one or more anchor portions has a guiding wall with a planar surface substantially parallel to the one liner wall, the planar surface extending from a lower edge of the anchor portion to an upper edge of the guiding wall, the upper edge of the guiding wall being part of an upper edge of the rim;
- a handle, the handle being recessed from the guiding wall;
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- one or more bag retention structures provided on the one or more liner walls, wherein the one or more bag retention structures are positioned higher than the cantilever with respect to the liner base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.