Device for securely holding single-use containers and a method of recycling single-use containers
AssigneeCambio Roasters, LLC
InventorsRichard Estabrook, Kevin Hartley
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Abstract
A device for recycling single-use containers, the device comprises a mechanical component to securely combine a plurality of single-use containers. In some embodiments, device may be a cable fastener that threads through a plurality of single-use containers. In other embodiments, device may be a strap that holds a plurality of single-use containers together through compression. In other embodiments, device may be a flexible container that gathers a plurality of single-use containers.
Claims20
A device for securely holding single-use containers, the device comprising:
- a plurality of single-use containers, wherein each single-use container of the plurality of single-use containers comprises a hole;
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- at least a cable fastener configured to bind the plurality of single-use containers into an attached unit, wherein the attached unit has less volume than a total volume of the plurality of single use containers when the plurality of single-use containers are separated, wherein the at least a cable fastener comprises:
- a distal end configured to be threaded through the holes of the plurality of single-use containers, the distal end of the at least a cable fastener comprises a sharp point configured to puncture the holes in the plurality of single-use containers;
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- a proximal end fastened to the distal end of the at least a cable fastener to create a loop.
A method of recycling single-use containers, the method comprising:
- puncturing a plurality of single-use containers using a distal end of at least a cable fastener, wherein the distal end of the at least a cable fastener comprises a sharp point;
- threading the distal end of the at least a cable fastener through the plurality of single-use containers;
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- fastening the distal end of the at least a cable fastener to a proximal end of the at least a cable fastener to form a closed loop including an attached unit having less volume than a total volume of the plurality of single-use containers when the plurality of single use containers are separated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.