Locking system for a waste receptacle

A receptacle comprising a base container portion having an upper lip forming an open top, a cover for closing said open top, said cover having a downturned flange with a groove in the outer periphery thereof forming an inner peripheral lug, a locking handle pivotally attached to said base container portion on one side thereof, said locking handle thereby being movable toward said cover to lock said cover onto said base container portion and movable away from said cover to release the same, hook means formed on said lip on a side of said base container portion opposite said locking handle to form a recess only in said side of said base container portion opposite said locking handle, said cover being positionable in more than one rotational position relative to said base container portion so that a portion of said peripheral lug is received in said recess, and a projection on said locking handle received in said groove when said locking handle is moved toward said cover.

A receptacle comprising a base container portion having generally vertical walls with an upper lip forming an open top, a cover for closing said open top, hook means formed on said lip on one of the walls of said base container portion thereby forming a recess in said one of said walls therebelow, said hook means including a sloped surface extending outwardly to a tip portion, said recess being below said sloped surface and inward of said tip portion, lug means extending around the periphery of said cover, said cover being capable of being oriented in more than one rotational position relative to said base container portion such that a portion of said lug means is adapted first to be positioned on said sloped surface and then to be positioned in said recess, and locking handle means pivotally attached to another wall of said base container portion opposite to said one of said walls to engage said cover and lock said lug means in said recess.