# US 2014/0193229 A1 · Waste-material bucket > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0193229 A1 - Document ID: US20140193229A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/813,428 - Filed: 2013-01-08 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-04 - Assignees: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yuewei Xu; Hongtao Deng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140193229A1 ## CPC - B65F 1/12: with devices facilitating emptying - B65F: GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE (disinfecting refuse A61L; refuse disintegrators B02C; sorting refuse B03B; B07B; handcarts for transporting refuse receptacles B62B; sack holders B65B67/00; converting refuse into fertilisers C05F; converting refuse into solid fuels C10L; sewers, cesspools E03F; arrangements in buildings for the disposal of refuse E04F17/10; refuse-consuming furnaces F23G; {for surgical articles A61B50/36}) ## Abstract The present disclosure provides a waste-material bucket, including a bucket body, a base, and a locker. The bucket body includes a supporting portion respectively having an arch-shaped surface located at a front side of the bucket body, and a gravity of the bucket body is deviated to the front side of the bucket body. The base forms a guiding track for supporting the supporting portion. The locker is located at a rear side of the bucket body for locking the bucket body. The locker is unlocked to incline the bucket body forward along the at least one guiding track due to the own gravity of the bucket, which dumps the waste material conveniently in the bucket body without using the forklift. Additionally, damage of the waste-material bucket and safety threaten to the operator can be avoided since the waste-material bucket is not turned over by the forklift. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A waste-material bucket, comprising: a bucket body comprising at least one supporting portion respectively having an arch-shaped surface located at a front side of the bucket body, and a gravity of the bucket body being deviated to the front side of the bucket body; a base forming at least one guiding track for supporting the at least one supporting portion; and a locker located at a rear side of the bucket body for locking the bucket body, the locker being unlocked to allow the bucket body to be inclined forward along the at least one guiding track due to the own gravity of the bucket. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The waste-material bucket of claim 1 further comprising at least one restricting device for restricting the bucket body from separating from the base. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The waste-material bucket of claim 2, wherein each restricting device is a restricting chain with two ends thereof respectively connected to the bucket body and the base, and the restricting chain restricts the bucket body from being inclined continuously when an inclination degree of the bucket body reaches a predetermined point. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The waste-material bucket of claim 2, wherein each restricting device is a restricting block vertically or laterally protruding from two sides of the base, and the restricting block restricts the bucket body from being continuously inclined when an inclination degree of the bucket body reaches a predetermined point. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The waste-material bucket of claim 1, wherein each guiding track forms at least one positioning slot, and each supporting portion forms at least one positioning slot engageable with the positioning slot. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The waste-material bucket of claim 5, wherein the at least one positioning slot is a number of positioning holes vertically arranged along the corresponding guiding track, and the at least one positioning block is a number of positioning posts protruding from the corresponding supporting portion and being respectively engageable with the positioning holes. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The waste-material bucket of claim 1, wherein the bucket body comprises a chamber for holding waste material, the chamber comprises at least one inclined surface for generating a force along the gravitational direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The waste-material bucket of claim 1, wherein the base further forms an inserting slot in which a forklift is inserted. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The waste-material bucket of claim 1, wherein the locker is connected to the base or is integrally formed with the base, the locker comprises a locking member with an opening and a clamping member capable of being opened and closed, and one protrusion extends from the bucket body into the opening. ### Claim 10 A waste-material bucket, comprising: a bucket body comprising at least one supporting portion respectively having an inclined surface located at a front side of the bucket body, and the gravity of the bucket body being deviated towards the front side of the bucket body; a base forming at least one track for supporting the at least one supporting portion; and a locker located at a rear side of the bucket body for locking the bucket body, the locker being unlocked to allow the bucket body to be inclined forward along the at least one guiding track due to the own gravity of the bucket. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The waste-material bucket of claim 10 further comprising at least one restricting device for restricting the bucket body from separating from the base. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The waste-material bucket of claim 11, wherein each restricting device is a restricting chain with two ends thereof respectively connected to the bucket body and the base, and the restricting chain restricts the bucket body from being inclined continuously when an inclination degree of the bucket body reaches a predetermined point. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The waste-material bucket of claim 11, wherein each restricting device is a restricting block vertically or laterally protruding from two sides of the base, and the restricting block restricts the bucket body from being continuously inclined when an inclination degree of the bucket body reaches a predetermined point. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The waste-material bucket of claim 10, wherein each guiding track forms at least one positioning slot, and each supporting portions forms at least one positioning slot engageable with the positioning slot. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The waste-material bucket of claim 10, wherein the bucket body comprises a chamber for holding waste material, and the chamber comprises at least one inclined surface for generating a force along the gravitational direction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The waste-material bucket of claim 10, wherein the base further forms an inserting slot in which a forklift is inserted.