Refuse container
OwnerAnthony Richard Chapmaninventor
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Abstract
A refuse container that includes a container that has an open-top and a skirt around a periphery of the open-top. A lid can be pivotally coupled to the container or the skirt. The refuse container further includes a hook assembly, the hook assembly includes a prolonged bar coupled to the lid using fasteners and an elongated bar. The elongated bar has a substantially L-shape proximal end and a hook shape distal end, wherein the substantially L-shape proximal end swively couples to the prolonged bar such that the elongated bar can extend downwards along by a height of the skirt and the hook shape distal end of the elongated bar can rest against a wall of the container or the elongated bar can rest against a periphery of the skirt, wherein the hook shape distal end hangs under the periphery of the skirt.
Claims16
A refuse container consisting essentially of:
- a container, the container has an open-top, a skirt around a periphery of the open-top;
- a lid pivotally coupled to the skirt;
- a prolonged bar coupled to the lid;
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- an elongated bar, the elongated bar has a substantially L-shape proximal end and a hook shape distal end, the substantially L-shape proximal end swively couple to the prolonged bar such as the elongated bar extends downwards along by a height of the skirt and the hook shape distal end of the elongated bar hang under a periphery of the skirt.
A hook assembly for securing an opening of a lid in a refuse container, the refuse container has an open-top and a skirt around a periphery of the open-top, the skirt is of a predetermined height and thickness, the lid pivotally coupled to the skirt, the hook assembly consists essentially of:
- a prolonged bar;
- a pair of fasteners for coupling the prolonged bar to the lid;
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- an elongated bar swively coupled to the prolonged bar, the elongated bar has a substantially L-shape proximal end and a hook shape distal end, wherein a height of the elongated bar is more than the predetermined height of the skirt such as when the prolonged bar is coupled to the lid, the elongated bar extends downwards along by the predetermined height of the skirt and the hook shape distal end is positioned under a periphery of the skirt.
A method of waste management, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a refuse container consisting essentially of:
- a container, the container has an open-top, a skirt around a periphery of the open-top;
- a lid pivotally coupled to the skirt;
- a prolonged bar coupled to the lid;
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- an elongated bar, the elongated bar has a substantially L-shape proximal end and a hook shape distal end, the substantially L-shape proximal end swively coupled to the prolonged bar such as the elongated bar extends downwards by a height of the skirt and rest against a periphery of the skirt, wherein the hook shape distal end hangs under the periphery of the skirt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.