Compartmented receptacle

In a container:

• a receptacle having a bottom, side wall means, and an upper end,
• a rim at said upper end of said receptacle,
• divider means for dividing said upper end into a plurality of open spaces through which products may enter the receptacle, said divider means and said rim comprising supporting means for holding a bag below each of said open spaces so that each bag will receive any product entering the open space above it,
• said rim including socket means for receiving said divider means and for positioning said divider means in said upper end,
• cover means removably supported on said rim and defining a plurality of openings, one for each of said open spaces, so that products fed through a selected one of said openings will enter a particular one of said bags,
• said socket means comprising a plurality of sockets having a shelf on which said divider means may rest and also having side walls for preventing said divider means from sliding off of said shelf,
• said socket means having a socket that includes a horizontal pin, said divider means having a forked end that has two fingers forming a fork, one of said fingers being above said pin and one below it, so that said divider means may be rotated about said pin.

In a trash can:

• a container having a bottom and generally vertical sidewalls extending upwardly from said bottom, said sidewalls terminating in an open upper end,
• divider means supported by said sidewalls for dividing said open end into a plurality of open spaces,
• means associated with each of said open spaces, for holding a bag below the open space so that the bag will have an open end facing upwardly,
• removable cover means for said container and having an opening above each said open space,
• positioning means for enabling said removable cover means, when it is placed on said container, to fit onto said container only in a single predetermined position relative to said divider means so that products placed in any given opening will enter the open space that is complementary to that opening, and
• means associated with each opening for indicating the type of product to be placed in said opening.

In a trash can:

• a container having a bottom and generally vertical sidewall means extending upwardly from said bottom, said sidewall means terminating in an open upper end,
• divider means, supported by said sidewall means, for dividing said open end into a plurality of open spaces,
• a trash collecting device, for each such open space, comprising means for collecting trash that passes through its complementary open space, and
• positioning means for enabling said divider means, when it is placed on said container, to fit onto said container only in a single predetermined position relative to said container.

In a container for sorting products:

• a container having a bottom and sidewall means extending upwardly from said bottom to form an open end of the container,
• cover means covering said open end, said cover means having a plurality of spaced-apart openings for receiving products to be stored,
• said container and said cover means defining a substantially hollow interior extending upwardly from said bottom to said openings,
• divider means extending across said hollow interior for dividing one horizontal plane of said hollow interior into a plurality of open spaces, one for each of said openings, so that each opening has its complementary open space, and
• positioning means for permitting said divider means to be positioned, when in said horizontal plane, in only a single orientation relative to said openings so that products fed into any of one of said openings will always fall through the open space that is complementary to the opening which the product entered.