Compost container
OwnerManfred Wilhelm August Petzingerinventor
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Abstract
A compost container including a base section for receiving fertilizer sap, and an upper compost containing section having multiple compartments for receiving decomposable garbage and waste mounted on the base section. A floor divides the upper section from the base section for retaining the decomposable garbage and waste in the upper section but permits the fertilizer sap to gravitate therethrough to the lower section. Access means are provided for adding the decomposable garbage or waste to the compartments, and for removing compost and fertilizer sap from the upper section and base section respectively.
Claims7
A compost container including:
- a. a base section, including side, end and bottom walls, providing a first housing to receive fertilizer sap, collecting means for receiving the fertilizer sap, and access means in said collecting means for permitting selective removal of the fertilizer sap therefrom,
- b. an upper section mounted on said base section providing a second housing to receive decomposable garbage and waste, said upper section including side, end and first top walls providing said second housing, and grill means placed across the corners of the second housing between the side and end walls thereof to prevent the accumulation of garbage and waste in the corners of the second housing and to permit circulation of air in the second housing,
- c. a floor between said base and upper section for supporting the decomposable garbage and waste,
- d. said floor having means for permitting fertilizer sap to gravitate from the upper section to the base section, and
- e. access means in said upper section to permit decomposable garbage and waste to be added to, and removed from, the second housing.
A compost container including:
- a. a base section having side, end and bottom walls forming a housing to receive fertilizer sap,
- b. an upper section mounted on said base section having side, end and first top walls forming a housing to receive decomposable garbage and waste,
- c. a floor comprising a plurality of spaced members between said base and upper sections for supporting the decomposable garbage and permitting fertilizer sap to gravitate from the upper section to the base section,
- d. the bottom wall of said base section being sloped to direct the fertilizer sap to a lowest portion of the base section,
- e. a collecting tank for receiving the fertilizer sap from that portion of the base section to which the sap is directed, wherein said tank is contiguous with and communicating with said lowest portion and extending beyond an end wall of the upper section, the tank further including a second top wall covering that portion extending beyond the end wall,
- f. means in said second top wall for permitting access to said collecting tank to remove the fertilizer sap therefrom,
- g. a first access means in the top wall of said upper section for adding decomposable garbage and waste to the housing, and
- h. a second access means in a side wall of said upper section for removing compost from the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.