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US 11,078,013 B2Granted
Trash containers
AssigneePail Pal Inc.
InventorKaren Factor
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Abstract
An accessory comprises a clamp configured for clamping onto the transport device frame and a trash container coupled to the clamp.
Claims18
An accessory, comprising:
- a clamp;
- and
- a trash container that is coupled to the clamp and comprises at most two compartments including an upper compartment and a lower compartment, a lid and a single pivot,
- the upper compartment having an upper compartment base, an opening extending through the upper compartment base and an upper compartment sidewall extending from the upper compartment base and being delimited at a same height at a distal end thereof, the upper compartment sidewall having an upper compartment exterior surface extending continuously about an outer surface of a first portion of the trash container and an upper compartment interior surface extending continuously about and delimiting an inner surface of the upper compartment sidewall, the upper compartment interior surface and the upper compartment base defining an upper compartment interior chamber,
- the lower compartment including a lower compartment base having a first surface and a second surface being mirror opposite the first surface and a lower compartment sidewall extending continuously about an entirety of the lower compartment from the lower compartment base and being delimited at a same height at a distal end thereof, the lower compartment sidewall having a lower compartment exterior surface extending continuously about an outer surface of the lower compartment sidewall and a lower compartment interior surface extending continuously about and delimiting an inner surface of the lower compartment sidewall, the lower compartment interior surface and the first surface of the lower compartment base defining a lower compartment interior chamber, the upper compartment exterior surface and the lower compartment exterior surface together defining an outer periphery of the trash container that is entirely exposed to an external environment with the second surface of the base of the lower compartment defining an outer periphery of a proximal end of the trash container that is entirely exposed to an external environment,
- the lid delimited at an outer periphery that extends uninterrupted continuously thereabout to completely cover the distal end of the upper compartment in a closed position, and the lid rotatably coupled to the upper compartment to define an outer periphery of the container in conjunction with the upper compartment and the lower compartment, and
- the pivot extending from the lower compartment to the upper compartment along the upper compartment sidewall entirely within a first spline and the lower compartment sidewall entirely within a second spline such that the first spline and the second spline fully encompass the pivot along the upper compartment sidewall and the lower compartment sidewall, at least one of the upper compartment and the lower compartment is pivotable between a first position and a second position, both the first compartment and the second compartment being independently pivotable of each other with the upper compartment chamber being in fluid communication with the lower compartment chamber through the opening in the first position and contactable with the lower compartment chamber and the lower compartment chamber interior chamber being accessible in the second position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.