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US 4,691,840 AGranted
Lid locking handle for waste container
AssigneeGott Corporation
InventorRaymond B. Ferbrache
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Abstract
A trash container is disclosed comprising a receptacle base (4), a lid component (2), and a pair of handles (26) mounted to opposite sides of the receptacle. Each handle is pivotally mounted to a side of the receptacle base and provides integral eccentric cam lobes (38) which, as the handle is pivoted upward, rotate against the receptacle sidewalls into an upright locking position. Simultaneously, an outward projecting locking tooth from each handle penetrates a receptive groove in the container lid to secure the lid to the receptacle.
Claims20
A refuse container comprising:
- a receptacle body having vertical side walls and a central cavity extending downwardly there between;
- a lid having a downturned peripheral rim receivable over a top end of said receptacle body, said lid having peripherally located detent means;
- at least one lid locking handle having an inward end pivotally coupled to said receptacle body side walls and an outward free end;
- said handle having camming handle locking projection means and lid locking projection means for respective engagement against said receptacle body side walls and said lid detent means as said handle free end is pivoted toward said receptacle body.
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A refuse container comprising:
- a receptacle body having vertical side walls and a central cavity extending downwardly therebetween;
- a lid having a downturned peripheral lid receivable over said top end of said receptacle body and said lid having peripherally located detent means;
- at least one generally U-shaped handle comprising two parallel arm segments extending from a central bight portion, with distal ends of said handle arm segments pivotally coupled to said receptacle body, whereby said bight portion swinging toward said receptacle body into a locking position and away from said receptacle body into a release position;
- at least one said handle arm segment having spaced apart handle locking means and lid locking projection means to respectively engage said receptacle side walls and said lid detent means as said handle bight portion is pivoted toward said receptacle body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.