Partitioned trash receptacle with flat and arcuate sides
AssigneeJohnson & Wales University
InventorsArnor Bieltvedt, Louay Jeroudi, Lena Andersson, Sigurdur Agustsson
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AssigneeJohnson & Wales University
InventorsArnor Bieltvedt, Louay Jeroudi, Lena Andersson, Sigurdur Agustsson
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A trash receptacle includes an upright open container member, a partition dividing the interior of the container member into first and second compartments and a cover member on the container member, the cover member having first and second access openings therein of circular and rectangular configuration, respectively, for passing recyclable and non-recyclable trash, respectively, into the first and second compartments, respectively. The container member includes an arcuate sidewall which defines the outer extremities of the first compartment and first and second substantially flat sidewalls which are disposed in angular relation to each other and define the outer extremeties of the second compartment.
A trash receptacle comprising a substantially upright container member having a substantially open upper end, partition means in said container member dividing it into first and second substantially upright compartments, said compartments having substantially open upper ends, and cover means on said container member, said cover means including first and second cover means sections which substantially cover the upper ends of said first and second compartments, respectively, said first and second cover means sections having first and second access openings therein, respectively, for passing trash into said first and second compartments, respectively, said container member including first and second upstanding substantially flat sidewall portions which are disposed in substantially perpendicular relation with respect to each other and an arcuate upstanding sidewall portion extending between said first and second substantially flat upstanding sidewall portions, said arcuate sidewall portion defining the outer extremity of said first substantially upright compartment, said first and second substantially flat sidewall portions defining the outer extremity of said second substantially upright compartment.
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