Trash receptacle having lid fastening means

A trash can and lid assembly comprising an elongate can structure with a horizontal bottom wall and an elongate vertical cylindrical side wall projecting upwardly from the bottom wall and having an upper annular rim portion defining an open top in the can, a substantially flat horizontal disc-shaped lid normally overlying the open top of the can and having an annular skirt depending therefrom and about the exterior of said upper rim portion, said lid has a flange radially inward of the skirt defining an annular downwardly opening channel in which an upper portion of said rim portion is normally engaged, said upper rim portion has a radially outwardly projecting annular shield normally underlying and shielding the lower edge of said skirt, a radially inwardly disposed annular stop surface normally spaced radially outward from the flange of the lid and a downwardly disposed annular stop shoulder above said stop surface and radially outward of the flange of the lid, a plurality of elongate radially extending circumferentially spaced bolts shiftably carried by the flange of the lid for free radial movement from a normal outer locked position where they extend from the flange of the lid below said stop shoulder and engage said stop surface to an inner open position where they are disengaged from the stop surface and moved from below said stop shoulders and manually operable means to selectively shift the bolts between their locked and open positions and including a manually engageable rotatable handle at the top of the lid, crank means below the lid and drivingly connected with the handle and substantially radially extending rods connected with and between the crank means and the bolts.