Trash can
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsMatthew R. Wegner, Christopher M. Shay
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Abstract
A trash can that includes a frame, a liner, a lid, and a bag cover. The frame has a base and a casing supported on the base. The liner is removably disposed within a cavity of the casing. The lid is coupled to and rotatable relative to the frame between a closed position, in which the liner is concealed, and an open position, in which the liner is accessible. The bag cover is coupled to the frame and rotatable relative to the frame and the lid between a closed position, in which a top of the liner is concealed and the bag cover prevents the liner from being removed from the casing, and an open position, in which the top of the liner is accessible and the liner is removable from the cavity of the casing.
Claims16
A trash can, comprising:
- a frame comprising a base and a casing supported on the base;
- a liner removably disposed within a cavity of the casing, the liner having walls and a top edge that protrudes above the casing;
- a lid coupled to and rotatable relative to the frame between a closed position, in which the liner is concealed, and an open position, in which the liner is accessible;
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- a bag cover coupled to the frame and rotatable relative to the frame and the lid between a closed position, in which a top of the liner is concealed and the bag cover prevents the liner from being removed from the casing, and an open position, in which the top of the liner is accessible and the liner is removable from the cavity of the casing, the top edge of the liner spaced apart from the frame by a gap along an entire perimeter of the top edge when the bag cover is in the closed position.
A trash can, comprising:
- a frame comprising:
- a base;
- a casing supported on the base, wherein the casing defines a cavity;
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- an upper support that is coupled to a top of the casing and disposed within the cavity;
- a liner removably disposed within the cavity and extending through an opening in the upper support;
- a bag cover coupled to and rotatable relative to the frame between a closed position, in which the bag cover conceals a top of the liner, and an open position, in which the top of the liner is accessible;
- a lid coupled to and rotatable relative to the frame between a closed position, in which the liner is concealed, and an open position, in which the liner is accessible through an opening in the bag cover;
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- a hinge that rotatably couples both the bag cover and the lid to the frame, wherein the hinge is located forward of a rear surface of the casing and forward of a rear surface of the bag cover, wherein the lid does not extend rearward of the rear surfaces of the casing and the bag cover in the open position, and wherein the bag cover does not extend rearward of the rear surface of the casing in the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.