Automatic roll-top waste container with a spring-activated lid

An automatic, roll-top waste container with a spring-activated lid comprises:

• a receptacle;
• a flexible lid;
• a sleeve;
• a retraction mechanism;
• a locking mechanism;
• the sleeve being laterally connected onto a rear wall of the receptacle;
• the flexible lid being slidably engaged across a first sidewall and a second sidewall of the receptacle;
• the retraction mechanism being operably coupled in between the sleeve and the flexible lid, wherein the retraction mechanism retracts the flexible lid into the sleeve;
• the locking mechanism being operably coupled in between the flexible lid and a front wall, wherein the locking mechanism selectively prevents the flexible lid from retracting into the sleeve;
• the retraction mechanism comprises a spring and a first anchoring point;
• the flexible lid comprises a second anchoring point;
• the first anchoring point traversing into a bottom surface of the sleeve;
• the spring being terminally connected to the first anchoring point;
• the spring being terminally connected to the second anchoring point, opposite the first anchoring point;
• the locking mechanism comprises a spring-loaded hinge, a handle, a linkage, and a latch-bolt;
• the flexible lid comprises a strike plate;
• the spring-loaded hinge being laterally connected onto the front wall;
• the linkage being terminally and rotatably connected onto the spring-loaded hinge;
• the latch-bolt being terminally connected onto the linkage;
• the handle being terminally connected onto the linkage, opposite the latch-bolt;
• the strike plate being terminally connected onto the flexible lid, opposite the retraction mechanism;
• and
• the strike plate protruding from the flexible lid.