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US 2021/0198086 A1Published application
Collection device with releasable bottom
OwnerWilliam Penfield Smith, JR.inventor
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Abstract
A collection device can include an enclosure defining a top opening and a bottom opening; a latch coupled to the enclosure and configured to selectively secure a base to the enclosure proximate to the bottom opening; and an actuator coupled to the latch, the actuator controlled remotely and configured to open the latch and thereby release the base.
Claims20
A collection device comprising:
- an enclosure defining a top opening and a bottom opening;
- a latch coupled to the enclosure and configured to selectively secure a base to the enclosure proximate to the bottom opening;
- and
- an actuator coupled to the latch, the actuator controlled remotely and configured to open the latch and thereby release the base.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a receptacle coupled to the chassis;
- a collection device coupled to one of the chassis and the receptacle, the collection
- device comprising:
- an enclosure;
- a base coupled to a first portion of the enclosure;
- a latch selectively securing the base to a second portion of the enclosure;
- and
- an actuator coupled to the latch;
- the actuator configured to operate the latch and thereby selectively release and secure the base;
- and
- a controller coupled to one of the chassis, the receptacle, and the collection device, the controller configured to control the actuator.
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A method of using a collection system, the method comprising:
- lifting a collection device of the system, an enclosure of the collection device of the system enclosing a material deposited therein by a user of the collection system;
- activating an actuator of the collection device with a controller to disengage a latch of the collection device from a base of the collection device;
- and
- releasing the base of the collection device from at least a portion of the enclosure to allow the material to exit a bottom opening defined by the collection device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.