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US 11,453,529 B1Granted
Method and apparatus to extend life of receptacle
OwnerDamon Troyaninventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed that includes providing a waste receptacle body and removably connecting a skid plate sized to cover a lower base of the receptacle, where the skid plate includes an opening through the skid plate sized to allow a user to lift the waste receptacle in part by the opening through the skid plate. A user observes wear on an exposed side of the skid plate over time and removes and flips the skid plate in response to the observed wear.
Claims13
A method comprising:
- providing a waste receptacle body including a top opening into a space defined by side walls and an enclosed bottom comprising a lower base;
- removably connecting a skid plate sized to cover the lower base where the skid plate includes grips sized to allow a user to lift the waste receptacle;
- observing wear on an exposed side of the skid plate over time;
- and removing and flipping the skid plate in response to the observed wear so that the exposed side is adjacent to the lower base.
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A method comprising:
- providing a waste receptacle body, the waste receptacle body including a top opening into an interior space, the interior space defined by side walls and an enclosed bottom, the waste receptacle body further including exterior sides and an exterior base surrounded by a peripheral skirt;
- removably connecting a skid plate sized to cover the exterior base where the skid plate includes grips sized to allow a user to lift the waste receptacle;
- in response to observed wear on an exposed side of the skid plate over time, removing and flipping the skid plate so that the exposed side faces the exterior base within the peripheral skirt.
A waste receptacle comprising:
- A waste receptacle body including an upper, open side and an opposed lower base where the lower base includes a skirt around a periphery of the lower base;
- A rotatable, shaped turn key connected to the lower base;
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- A skid plate sized to be removably received within the skirt around the periphery of the lower base and to cover the lower base within the skirt, the skid plate having an opening where the opening is complimentarily shaped to the shaped turn key such that the shaped turn key is insertable through the opening and when rotated, the shaped turn key engages and retains the skid plate in place on the lower base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.