Waste receptacle with inner bag
OwnerPamela A. Butler, Michael W. Carterinventors
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Abstract
The present invention provides a waste receptacle comprising an outer bag having a flexible construction forming an opening at a top side and at least a pair of upper straps capable of attaching the receptacle to a rail, a lid attached at a top of bag to close the opening. The receptacle having an inner bag having a backbone circumferentially disposed around the inner bag to help maintain the inner bag in a generally cylindrical shape, the inner bag insertable through the opening of the outer bag and a pull string to disposed at the top of the inner bag being capable to cinch the top of the inner bag closed and a bouyant float member disposed in the outer bag.
Claims20
A trash receptacle comprising:
- an outer bag having a flexible construction forming an opening at a top side and at least a pair of upper straps capable of attaching the receptacle to a rail;
- a lid attached at a top of bag to close the opening;
- an inner bag having a backbone circumferentially disposed around the inner bag to help maintain the inner bag in a generally cylindrical shape, the inner bag insertable through the opening of the outer bag;
- a pull string disposed at the top of the inner bag being capable to cinch the top of the inner bag closed;
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- a bouyant float member disposed in the outer bag.
A receptacle assembly comprising:
- an outer bag having a lid attached at a top of the outer bag to close an opening at the top of the bag, the outer bag formed from a flexible material capable of orienting the outer bag between a collapsed and upright condition;
- an inner bag formed of a flexible nylon material, the inner bag insertable through the opening of the outer bag;
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- a bouyant float member disposed in the outer bag.
A method of managing waste material to avoid polluting water systems comprising the steps of:
- providing an outer bag having a lid attached at a top of the outer bag to close an opening at the top of the bag, a slit formed in the lid, a pair of straps disposed on the outer bag, an inner bag formed of a flexible nylon material, the inner bag inserted through the opening of the outer bag and a bouyant float member disposed in the outer bag;
- mounting the outer bag to a rail of a boat by fastening the pair of straps around the rail;
- zipping the lid in a closed condition so that in case of rough water affecting the orientation of the outer bag, the outer bag will maintain waste disposed inside the outer bag;
- disposing of waste material within the inner bag by inserting through an expandable slit formed in the lid;
- accessing the inner bag when full by unzipping the lid of the outer bag in order to flip the lid upward and expose the inner bag;
- cinching a pull string on the inner bag to close the top of the inner bag;
- pulling the inner bag through the opening of the outer bag;
- grabbing a handle of the inner bag and carrying the inner bag off the boat;
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- emptying the waste material of the inner bag into a garbage bin on land.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.