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US 11,247,841 B2Granted
Trash containment systems and methods
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsStephen M. Young, Brandon Wayne Freyling, Kevin Griffith Swanson
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Abstract
A trash containment system and method includes a container housing including one or more panels that define a retaining chamber within the container housing. The retaining chamber is configured to removably receive and retain a trash container. The container housing is configured to be retained within a compartment of a monument. A door is configured to be moved between an open position and a closed position. The retaining chamber is exposed in the open position and closed in the closed position.
Claims20
A trash containment system comprising:
- a container housing including one or more panels that define a retaining chamber within the container housing, wherein the retaining chamber is configured to removably receive and retain a trash container, wherein the container housing is configured to be retained within a compartment of a monument;
- rails secured to interior surfaces of the one or more panels, wherein the rails are configured to retain the trash container within the retaining chamber, wherein the rails comprise a trash director that downwardly slopes from a top end towards a bottom end, wherein the trash director is configured to direct trash towards the retaining chamber;
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- a door that forms a front of the container housing, wherein the door is configured to be moved between an open position and a closed position, wherein the retaining chamber is exposed in the open position and closed in the closed position, and wherein the door comprises:
- an inlet that leads to the retaining chamber;
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- an access flap moveably secured to the inlet.
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A method of making a trash containment system, the method comprising:
- forming a container housing from one or more panels that define a retaining chamber within the container housing;
- coupling a door adjacent the container housing such that the door forms a front of the container housing;
- coupling the door to a cabinet adjacent to a compartment;
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- positioning rails on interior surfaces of the one or more panels, wherein the positioning the rails comprises forming a trash director that downwardly slopes from a top end towards a bottom end, wherein the trash director is configured to direct trash towards the retaining chamber, wherein the rails are configured to securely retain the trash container within the retaining chamber.
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An interior monument for use in a vehicle, the interior monument comprising:
- a cabinet having a compartment;
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- a trash containment system within the cabinet, the trash containment system comprising:
- a container housing including a first panel and a second panel formed of a composite material including a core sandwiched between opposed first and second skins, wherein the core includes a plurality of interconnected honeycomb cells, wherein the first panel and the second panel are formed and coupled together to define a retaining chamber, wherein the retaining chamber is configured to removably receive and retain a trash container, wherein the container housing is retained within the compartment;
- rails secured to interior surfaces of one or both of the first panel or the second panel, wherein the rails are configured to retain the trash container within the retaining chamber, and wherein the rails comprise a trash director that downwardly slopes from a top end towards a bottom end, wherein the trash director is configured to direct trash towards the retaining chamber;
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- a door that forms a front of the container housing and is configured to be moved between an open position and a closed position, wherein the door is coupled to the cabinet adjacent the compartment, wherein the door comprises:
- an inlet that leads to the retaining chamber;
- and
- an access flap moveably secured to the inlet.
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A trash containment system comprising:
- a container housing including one or more panels that define a retaining chamber within the container housing, wherein the retaining chamber is configured to removably receive and retain a trash container, wherein the container housing is configured to be retained within a compartment of a monument, wherein the one or more panels comprise a first panel that provides a first lateral wall and a top wall;
- and a second panel connected to the first panel and that provides a second lateral wall, a rear wall, and a base wall, wherein the retaining chamber is defined by the first lateral wall, the top wall, the second lateral wall, the rear wall, and the base wall, and wherein the first panel and the second panel overlay at least portions of interior surfaces of one or both of the compartment or a wall of the monument;
- rails secured to interior surfaces of one or both of the first panel or the second panel, wherein the rails are configured to retain the trash container within the retaining chamber, and wherein the rails comprise a trash director that downwardly slopes from a top end towards a bottom end, wherein the trash director is configured to direct trash towards the retaining chamber;
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- a door that forms a front of the container housing, wherein the door is configured to be moved between an open position and a closed position, wherein the retaining chamber is exposed in the open position and closed in the closed position, and wherein the door comprises:
- an inlet that leads to the retaining chamber;
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- an access flap moveably secured to the inlet.
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A trash containment system comprising:
- a container housing including one or more panels that define a retaining chamber within the container housing, wherein the one or more panels are formed of a composite material, wherein the retaining chamber is configured to removably receive and retain a trash container, and wherein the container housing is configured to be retained within a compartment of a monument;
- rails secured to interior surfaces of the one or more panels, wherein the rails are configured to retain the trash container within the retaining chamber, and wherein the rails comprise a trash director that downwardly slopes from a top end towards a bottom end, wherein the trash director is configured to direct trash towards the retaining chamber;
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- a door that forms a front of the container housing, wherein the door is configured to be moved between an open position and a closed position, wherein the retaining chamber is exposed in the open position and closed in the closed position, and wherein the door comprises:
- an inlet that leads to the retaining chamber;
- and
- an access flap moveably secured to the inlet.
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An interior monument for use in a vehicle, the interior monument comprising:
- a cabinet having a compartment;
- and
- a trash containment system within the cabinet, the trash containment system comprising:
- a container housing including a first panel and a second panel formed of a composite material, wherein the first panel and the second panel are formed and coupled together to define a retaining chamber, wherein the retaining chamber is configured to removably receive and retain a trash container, wherein the container housing is retained within the compartment;
- rails secured to interior surfaces of one or both of the first panel or the second panel, wherein the rails are configured to retain the trash container within the retaining chamber, and wherein the rails comprise a trash director that downwardly slopes from a top end towards a bottom end, wherein the trash director is configured to direct trash towards the retaining chamber;
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- a door that forms a front of the container housing and is configured to be moved between an open position and a closed position, wherein the door is coupled to the cabinet adjacent the compartment, wherein the door comprises:
- an inlet that leads to the retaining chamber;
- and
- an access flap moveably secured to the inlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.