Refuse receptacle
OwnerJohn Dunneinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A refuse receptacle 10 comprising a plurality of wall panels 11, 12 joined to each other about a plurality of hinged joint arrangements 13. The refuse receptacle 10 comprises a first configuration being a generally planar storage configuration, and a second configuration, wherein the wall panels 11 are positionable relative to each other to form a receptacle having a refuse accepting space 14 defined by said plurality of wall panels 11. Advantageously, the refuse receptacle 10 can be quickly deployed for use from the first configuration to the second configuration, and returned to the first configuration for storage when use is complete.
Claims19
A refuse receptacle comprising a plurality of wall portions joined to each other about a plurality of movable joint means, wherein the refuse receptacle comprises a first configuration, being a generally planar storage configuration, and a second configuration, wherein the wall portions are positionable relative to each other to form a receptacle having a refuse accepting space defined by said plurality of wall portions, wherein the wall portions are wall panels and each of the plurality of wall panels is joined to adjacent wall panels about the movable joint means, wherein the movable joint means are hinged joint arrangements comprising first and second mutually engagable hinge portions, wherein the refuse receptacle comprises a first movement restriction means which encourages the plurality of wall panels to remain in the first configuration, wherein the first movement restriction means comprises a first engagement feature locatable on the first or second mutually engagable hinge portion and second engagement feature locatable on the respective other mutually engagable hinge portion such that the first movement restriction means is located in its entirety on the movable joint means, and wherein in the second configuration, the bottom edges of the wall panels together define a lower opening into the refuse accepting space.
A method of manufacturing a refuse receptacle comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of wall portions having top and bottom edges and two opposing side edges extending between their upper and lower edges such that each of the plurality of wall portions comprise generally quadrangular wall portions, joining each of the plurality of wall portions to adjacent wall portions about a movable joint means to form a refuse receptacle comprising a first configuration, being a generally planar storage configuration, and a second configuration, wherein the movable joint means are hinged joint arrangements comprising first and second mutually engagable hinge portions, wherein the wall portions are positionable relative to each other to form a receptacle having a refuse accepting space defined by said plurality of wall portions, wherein the wall portions are wall panels and each of the plurality of wall panels is joined to adjacent wall panels about the movable joint means;
- forming a movement restriction means on the movable joint means which encourages the plurality of wall panels to remain in the first configuration, wherein the movement restriction means comprises a first engagement feature locatable on the first or second mutually engagable hinge portion and second engagement feature locatable on the respective other mutually engagable hinge portion such that the first movement such that the first movement restriction means is located in its entirety on the movable joint means, and wherein In the second configuration, the bottom edges of the wall panels together define a lower opening into the refuse accepting space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.