# US 11,305,934 B2 · Waste/recycling receptacle protector/monitor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,305,934 B2 - Document ID: US11305934B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/235,114 - Filed: 2021-04-20 - Published: 2021-11-04 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2021-04-20 - Applicants: Marshall Gause - Inventors: Marshall Gause - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11305934B2 ## CPC - B65F 1/1615: {with means for locking, fastening or permanently closing thereof} - B65F 2210/108: Authorization means - B65F 2210/128: Data transmitting means - B65F 2210/148: Locking means - B65F 2210/165: Remote controls - B65F 2210/168: Sensing means - 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 The present disclosure provides a waste/recycling receptacle protector/monitor for obtaining at least one objective for an individual. The waste/recycling receptacle protector/monitor includes a tension adjustable fastening module. The tension adjustable fastening module has first and second opposing ends that adapt to extend along at least one direction of a lid of a waste/recycling receptacle. The tension adjustable fastening module breaks apart under a predetermined opposable force preset by the individual. The at least one objective includes protection against at least one of theft of the waste/recycling receptacle, natural climate, personal data theft, and unauthorized dumping into the waste/recycling receptacle and surveillance of vicinity and one or more objects around the waste/recycling receptacle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A waste/recycling receptacle protector/monitor for obtaining at least one objective for an individual, the waste/recycling receptacle protector/monitor comprising: a tension adjustable fastening module, wherein the tension adjustable fastening module has first and second opposing ends that adapt to extend along at least one direction of a lid of a waste/recycling receptacle, wherein the tension adjustable fastening module breaks apart under a predetermined opposable force preset by the individual, wherein the tension adjustable fastening module comprising: a retaining latch having at least one strap at first and second opposing ends of the retaining latch, wherein the retaining latch comprises a first fastener attached to the first end of the at least one strap of the tension adjustable fastening module and a second fastener attached to the second end of the at least one strap of the tension adjustable fastening module, the first fastener being matingly engageable with the second fastener; and a securing mechanism constructed and arranged to secure the retaining latch and the at least one strap to the lid. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The waste/recycling receptacle protector/monitor as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one objective comprising: protection against at least one of theft of the waste/recycling receptacle, natural climate, personal data theft, and unauthorized dumping into the waste/recycling receptacle; and surveillance of vicinity and one or more objects around the waste/recycling receptacle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The waste/recycling receptacle protector/monitor as recited in claim 1, wherein the waste/recycling receptacle comprising: a container body; the lid connected to the container body through one or more mechanical means; and an engagement member on an outer surface of the container body or the lid to engage with the tension adjustable fastening module. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The waste/recycling receptacle protector/monitor as recited in claim 1, wherein the retaining latch may be configured for selectively setting between a manual mode, a semi-automatic mode or an automatic mode, wherein the securing mechanism is governed by the predetermined opposable force preset by the individual, wherein the tension adjustable fastening module is constructed and arranged to maintain the lid in a closed position and the first fastener and the second fastener are matingly engaged with each other in a first engaged position, and to release the lid from the closed position when the first fastener and the second fastener are in a second non-engaged position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The waste/recycling receptacle protector/monitor as recited in claim 1, wherein the waste/recycling receptacle protector/monitor may comprise one or more thermal cameras, one or more day imagers, a plurality of sensors, a processor, and a memory, wherein the memory comprises instructions configured to cause the processor to obtain the at least one objective for the individual, wherein the tension adjustable fastening module, the one or more thermal cameras, the one or more day imagers and the plurality of sensors are coupled with the processor and the memory, wherein the processor, the one or more thermal cameras, the one or more day imagers, and the plurality of sensors are located inside or around the waste/recycling receptacle, wherein the one or more thermal cameras comprising at least one of cooled thermal cameras and uncooled thermal cameras, wherein the one or more day imagers comprising at least one of coloured cameras, omnidirectional cameras, and pan-tilt-zoom cameras, wherein the plurality of sensors comprising at least one of one or more tension sensors to release a retaining latch, one or more GPS sensors, one or more accelerometer sensors, one or more magnetometer sensors, one or more gyroscope sensors, one or more barometer sensors, one or more proximity sensors, one or more motion sensors, one or more microphones, one or more weather sensors, one or more thermal sensors, one or more wireless fidelity sensors, and one or more image sensors. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The waste/recycling receptacle protector/monitor as recited in claim 1, wherein the waste/recycling receptacle protector/monitor may be configured to connect with a communication device of the individual. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The waste/recycling receptacle protector/monitor as recited in claim 1, wherein the waste/recycling receptacle protector/monitor may comprise a power supply to run one or more electronic and electric modules located inside or around the waste/recycling receptacle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The waste/recycling receptacle protector/monitor as recited in claim 1, wherein the waste/recycling receptacle protector/monitor may be operated through at least one of a touch screen installed on the waste/recycling receptacle, a keypad installed on the waste/recycling receptacle or remotely using a communication device of the individual.