Aluminum can compactor
OwnerAlbert Accettura, Wanda J. Accetturainventors
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Abstract
This compactor device is for crushing cans, so as to enable them to be stored in a smaller space than when they are in their normal dimensions, and it consists primarily of a base plate with a pair of legs attached. The legs include a cup portion, in which one end of an aluminum can is placed, and a handle is secured by a hinge to the base plate, and is used to compact the can by manual pressure of the user's hands.
Claims2
An aluminum can compactor device, comprising, in combination, a base member and a handle pivotally connected thereto by a hinge at one end of said base member and one end of said handle, said base member including a pair of parallel, elongated legs, a web between a longitudinally intermediate portion of said legs, a raised stage portion upon said web and an upward spike upon said raised stage portion;
- and a circular portion along a longitudinally intermediate portion of said handle being aligned with said stage of said web when said handle is pivoted in a closed position against said base member, and an upwardly recess on an underside of said handle circular portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.