Retractable trash container tether
OwnerTodd Richardsoninventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a light weight trash container having a retractable tether line and anchor. The tether has opposite first and second ends, a first tether mounting element provided on the first end and a second tether mounting element provided on the second end, the first tether mounting element adapted and configured to releaseably mount to the trash container. The tethered trash container further including an anchor releasably mountable to the second tether mounting element. The tether further includes a spring loaded reel mounted in a housing for retracting the tether by winding the tether onto the reel.
Claims9
A trash container comprising:
- a a light weight trash container;
- b a retractable tether having opposite first and second ends, a first tether mounting element provided on the first end and a second tether mounting element provided on the second end, the first tether mounting element adapted and configured to releaseably mount to the trash container, and
- c an anchor releasably mountable to the second tether mounting element.
A retractable tether for tethering a light weight trash container to an anchor comprising:
- a a long tether line wound on a spring loaded reel mounted in a housing, the long tether line having a first mounting element configured to be releasably mounted to the trash container, the spring loaded reel being dimensioned and configured to retract substantially the whole of the long tether line onto the reel, and
- b a second tether mounting element mounted to the housing for releasably mounting to the anchor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.