# US 11,111,075 B2 · Roll out cart with bite guard > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,111,075 B2 - Document ID: US11111075B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/851,379 - Filed: 2020-04-17 - Published: 2020-10-22 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-04-17 - Assignees: Rehrig Pacific Company - Applicants: Rehrig Pacific Company - Inventors: Derick Foster; John Matthew Thomson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11111075B2 ## CPC - B65F 1/1615: {with means for locking, fastening or permanently closing thereof} - B65F 1/1468: {Means for facilitating the transport of the receptacle, e.g. wheels, rolls (hand-operated refuse vehicles B65F3/005)} - B65F: GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE (disinfecting refuse A61L; refuse disintegrators B02C; sorting refuse B03B; B07B; handcarts for transporting refuse receptacles B62B; sack holders B65B67/00; converting refuse into fertilisers C05F; converting refuse into solid fuels C10L; sewers, cesspools E03F; arrangements in buildings for the disposal of refuse E04F17/10; refuse-consuming furnaces F23G; {for surgical articles A61B50/36}) ## Abstract A roll-out cart includes a container body having a side wall extending upward to a mouth of the container body. A lid is pivotably connected to a rear portion of the container body. The lid is pivotable between an open position and a closed position covering the mouth of the container body. A latch selectively secures a front portion of the lid to a front portion of the container body. The latch includes an outer latch assembly having a first actuator. A guard defines a recess on the front portion of the container body. The first actuator of the latch is within the recess. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A container comprising: a container body having a side wall extending upward to a mouth of the container body; a lid pivotably connected to a rear portion of the container body, the lid pivotable between an open position and a closed position covering the mouth of the container body; a latch selectively securing a front portion of the lid to a front portion of the container body, the latch including an outer latch assembly having a first actuator and a second actuator, wherein the latch selectively releases the front portion of the lid from the front portion of the container body upon movement of the first and second actuators toward one another; and a guard defining a recess on the front portion of the container body between a first portion and a second portion of the guard, wherein the first portion and the second portion are forward-most surfaces of the guard, wherein the first portion and the second portion project forward such that the first actuator and the second actuator are between the first portion and the second portion of the guard, wherein the first actuator of the latch is within the recess of the guard such that the first and second actuators are recessed rearwardly of the first portion and the second portion of the guard, and wherein the guard is open forwardly such that the first and second actuators are accessible from the forward direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 wherein the guard includes at least one fin projecting from the front portion of the container body. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The container of claim 2 wherein the at least one fin of the guard includes a pair of fins between which is defined the recess, wherein the pair of fins project forward adjacent the first and second actuators such that the first and second actuators are between the pair of fins. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The container of claim 3 wherein the fins are formed integrally with the outer latch assembly. ### Claim 5 A container comprising: a container body having a side wall extending upward to a mouth of the container body; a lid pivotably connected to a rear portion of the container body, the lid pivotable between an open position and a closed position covering the mouth of the container body; a latch selectively securing a front portion of the lid to a front portion of the container body, the latch including an outer latch assembly having a first actuator; and a guard including a pair of fins between which is defined a recess on the front portion of the container body, wherein the first actuator of the latch is within the recess, wherein the guard includes a rear plate portion formed integrally with the pair of fins, wherein the rear plate portion is positioned between the outer latch assembly and the container body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The container of claim 3 wherein the lid is hingeable about an axis through a rear handle portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The container of claim 1 further including a grab bar secured to the front portion of the container body and wherein the container body further includes an upper grab point molded into the front portion above the grab bar. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The container of claim 7 wherein the upper grab point is below the outer latch assembly. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The container of claim 7 wherein the upper grab point is above the outer latch assembly. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The container of claim 9 wherein the container body includes a lip projecting outward and downward from at least a portion of a periphery of the mouth, and wherein the upper grab point is a portion of the lip. ### Claim 11 A container comprising: a container body having a side wall extending upward to a mouth of the container body, wherein the container body includes a lip projecting outward and then downward from at least a portion of a periphery of the mouth, wherein a front portion of the lip defines an upper grab point for automated handling equipment; a lid pivotably connected to a rear portion of the container body, the lid pivotable between an open position and a closed position covering the mouth of the container body; a latch selectively securing a front portion of the lid to a front portion of the container body, the latch including an outer latch assembly having a first actuator configured to release the latch upon movement of the first actuator in a first direction relative to the container body, wherein the outer latch assembly is positioned below the upper grab point, such that at least a portion of the upper grab point projects forwardly of the outer latch assembly; and a guard defining a recess on the front portion of the container body, wherein the first actuator of the latch is within the recess, wherein a first portion of the guard is the forward-most surface of the guard and is aligned with and spaced from the first actuator in a second direction opposite the first direction sufficiently to permit access to the first actuator by a human's fingers between the first actuator and the first portion of the guard in a direction perpendicular to the front portion of the container body, and wherein the guard is open in the perpendicular direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The container of claim 11 further including a grab bar secured to the front portion of the container body. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The container of claim 12 wherein the outer latch assembly includes a second actuator, wherein the latch selectively releases the front portion of the lid from the front portion of the container body upon movement of the first and second actuators toward one another. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The container of claim 13 wherein the first and second actuators are within the recess of the guard such that a second portion of the guard is spaced away from and aligned with the second actuator in the first direction. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The container of claim 14 wherein the guard includes at least one fin projecting from the front portion of the container body. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The container of claim 15 wherein the at least one fin of the guard includes a pair of fins between which is defined the recess. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The container of claim 16 wherein the fins are formed integrally with the outer latch assembly. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The container of claim 16 wherein the guard includes a rear plate portion formed integrally with the pair of fins, wherein the rear plate portion is positioned between the outer latch assembly and the container body. ### Claim 19 A container comprising: a container body having a side wall extending upward to a mouth of the container body; a lid pivotably connected to a rear portion of the container body, the lid pivotable between an open position and a closed position covering the mouth of the container body; a latch selectively securing a front portion of the lid to a front portion of the container body, the latch including an outer latch assembly having a first actuator and a second actuator, wherein the latch is configured to release the the lid from the front portion of the container body upon movement of the first and second actuators toward one another with the first actuator moving in a first direction relative to the container body; and a guard defining a recess on the front portion of the container body, wherein the first actuator and the second actuator of the latch are within the recess of the guard, wherein a first portion of the guard is spaced away from and aligned with the first actuator in a second direction opposite the first direction, and a second portion of the guard is spaced away from and aligned with the second actuator in the first direction, wherein the first and second actuators are between the first portion and the second portion of the guard, wherein the first and second actuators are recessed rearwardly of forward-most surfaces of the guard, wherein the first and second actuators are between the forward-most surfaces of the guard and wherein the guard is open in a forward direction away from the latch. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The container of claim 19 wherein the guard includes a pair of fins between which is defined the recess, wherein the pair of fins project forward adjacent the first and second actuators such that the first and second actuators are between the pair of fins. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The container of claim 19 wherein the first portion of the guard is configured so that a user can insert a finger between the first portion of the guard and the first actuator before moving the first actuator to release the latch.