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US 2012/0234836 A1Published application
Trashcan liner dispenser
OwnerDonald R. Barrett, Richard J. Baranowskiinventors
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Abstract
A trashcan liner dispenser that comprises a combination caddy and liner cartridge that self-locks together when nested, the caddy including an arrangement whereby an access opening in the liner cartridge cooperates with a supply of folded liners housed therein to reduce the pulling force required to remove a liner from the nested cartridge.
Claims20
A trashcan liner dispenser, comprising:
- a) a caddy shaped to provide a pouch defined by a front panel, a first pouch sidewall, a second pouch sidewall, and an open top end opposite a closed bottom end,
- b) a cartridge shaped to nest within said pouch, said cartridge containing a supply of folded trashcan liners housed therein and
- c) a self-locking mechanism comprising,
- i) a first lock pin positioned within said pouch,
- ii) a second lock pin positioned within said pouch,
- iii) a first perforated retainer slot provided along a surface of said cartridge and positioned to engage said first lock pin when the cartridge is inserted into said pouch, and
- iv) a second perforated retainer slot provided along a surface of said cartridge and positioned to engage said second lock pin when the cartridge is inserted into said pouch;
- whereby said first lock pin and said second lock pin are each shaped to tear open and self-lock within said first perforated retainer slot and said second perforated retainer slot of an inserted cartridge, said first self-locked pin and said second self-locked pin each positioned within said inserted cartridge at a location that neither contacts the supply of folded liners nor interferes with a liner that is pulled from said supply of folded liners through an access opening provided in the inserted cartridge.
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A caddy that self-locks with a nested trashcan liner cartridge, said caddy comprising:
- a) a pouch defined by a front panel that extends between a first pouch sidewall and a second pouch sidewall, and a closed end opposite an open end, and
- b) a first lock pin that extends outward from said first pouch sidewall into the pouch, said first lock pin positioned to tear open and self-lock with a first perforated retainer slot in a cartridge inserted into said pouch chamber, and
- c) a second lock pin extending outward from said second pouch sidewall into the pouch chamber, said first lock pin positioned to tear open and self-lock with a second perforated retainer slot in a cartridge inserted into said pouch chamber;
- whereby said first self-locked pin and said second self-locked pin neither contacts a supply of liners housed within a nested trashcan liner cartridge nor interferes with a liner pulled from said supply of liners through an access opening provided in the nested cartridge.
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A trashcan liner cartridge shaped to nest with a caddy, said trashcan liner cartridge, comprising:
- a) at least two perforated retainer slots provided along a surface of said trashcan liner cartridge and positioned to align with at least two lock pins in a nested caddy, said at least two lock pins shaped to tear open, penetrate and self-lock with said at least two perforated retainer slots of the nested trashcan liner cartridge,
- b) a liner access opening located along a front panel of the trashcan liner cartridge and comprising a vertical notch that bisects a horizontal slit, and
- c) a support member housed within said trashcan liner cartridge, said support member including a supply of folded liners suspended along their lengths thereon in an arrangement of fourths so that a first fourth length is adjacent
- whereby said supply of folded trashcan liners in combination with said access opening causes a pulling force to be sequentially applied to each successive liner fourth length when a liner is pulled from said supply of folded liners through said bisected horizontal slit portion of the access opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.