Combination trash receptacle and chopping board
OwnerRobert M. Wiegersinventor
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Abstract
A combination trash receptacle and chopping board comprising a cabinet adapted to carry trash bag therein having its open mouth just below the top of the cabinet, and a front door for removal of the bag, the top of the cabinet being formed by a chopping board hinged at its rearward edge to the cabinet to permit insertion of the trash bag, the chopping board being divided into front and rear sections, the front section being hinged to the rearward section to be raised for insertion of trash into the bag, and being forwardly movable to open a slot between the sections so that choppings from both sections may be swept through the slot into the bag.
Claims9
A combination trash receptacle and chopping board comprising:
- a. a hollow cabinet,
- b. a horizontal chopping board forming the top wall of said cabinet and being hinged to said cabinet at its rearward edge to open upwardly, and comprising a rear section, a front section normally smoothly abutting said rear section, and means connecting said front and rear sections and operable to permit planar movement of said front section relative to said rear section, whereby to open a slot therebetween through which access may be had to the interior of said cabinet, and
- c. means operable to support a pliable trash bag in said cabinet with its open top disposed just below the slot opened in said chopping board by forward movement of the front board section.
A combination trash receptacle and chopping board comprising:
- a. a hollow cabinet,
- b. a horizontal chopping board forming the top wall of said cabinet and comprising a rear section hinged at its rearward edge to said cabinet on a horizontal transverse axis, a front section normally smoothly abutting said rear section, and means connecting said front and rear sections and including hinges parallel to said rear section hinges and operable to permit upward and rearward tilting of said front section relative to said rear section, and
- c. means operable to support a pliable trash bag in said cabinet with the top opening of said bag disposed just below said chopping board, whereby by tilting said front board section upwardly, access to said trash bag may be had without lifting the entire chopping board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.