Storage container lid scoop
AssigneeRubbermaid Incorporated
InventorsDavid A. Bird, Mitchell L. Wilgus
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Abstract
A storage container assembly is disclosed comprising a lid (12) and a base container (13). The lid body has a scoop recess (26) foraged in a forward end for collecting articles, and a handle bar (32) extending from the recess to a rearward end wall (24) of the lid. The handle bar has a hand opening (34) therebeneath, and is positioned on the longitudinal center axis of the lid. The lid pivots about horizontal pivot pins (42) to selectively enclose and uncover the top opening (50) of the container, and the lid is detachable from the container upper rim by the handle bar, whereby enabling a user to collect refuse into the scoop recess.
Claims17
A storage container lid comprising:
- a lid body removably positionable upon an upper rim of a storage container and enclosing a forward portion of an upwardly opening internal storage chamber of the storage container, and the lid body having an upwardly opening scoop recess at a forward end of the lid body, defined by spaced apart sidewalls, a bottom floor surface, and a rearward end wall located substantially midway between the forward end and a rearward end of the lid body, and the scoop recess having an open forward end and an open top for receiving refuse into the scoop recess, and the lid body having an elongate handle bar positioned to extend between the scoop recess and the rearward end of the lid body, above and inward of the upper rim of the container.
A waste receptacle lid comprising:
- a lid body removeably positionable upon an upper rim of a storage container and enclosing a forward portion of an upwardly opening internal storage chamber of the storage container, and the lid body having an upwardly opening scoop recess formed in a forward end of the lid body for collecting refuse, the scoop recess being defined by spaced apart sidewalls, a bottom floor surface, and a rearward end wall positioned to transversely extend across the lid body substantially midway between the forward end and a rearward end of the lid body, and an elongate handle bar extending rearward from the scoop recess to the rearward end of the lid body, the handle bar having a location above a rearward portion of the storage container internal storage chamber and within the upper rim of the container, and the lid body being detachable from the container upper rim by the handle bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.