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US 4,930,649 AGranted
Refuse container with molded hinge
AssigneeNorth American Roto-Molding Corp.
InventorJohn B. Moser
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Abstract
A rotationally molded container having hinge components integrally molded with the body and lid suited for the automated collection of refuse. The hinge sections molded with the lid have frusto-conical projections that mate with frusto-conical sockets in the hinge brackets molded with the body. Additionally, frusto-conical projections of the lid hinge sections seat in formed recesses of the handle molded on the body providing added strength and rigidity to the hinge.
Claims4
A portable molded refuse container having a lid pivotally attached to the body in a hinged arrangement comprising,
- a molded body having side walls, end walls and a bottom, a first hinge means and a handle means both integrally molded to an end wall of said body, said first hinge means including a pair of brackets projecting from the end wall with a bracket laterally spaced from each end of the handle means;
- and a molded lid, said lid having a second hinge means integrally molded with said lid, said second hinge means including a pair of hinge sections projected from the lid and into the spacings between the brackets and handle means of the body, and connecting means pivotally connecting the hinge sections of the second hinge means to the brackets of the first hinge means, and said hinge sections and handle means being cooperatively configured whereby the lid is supported in part on said handle means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.