Stackable refuse container system

A stackable refuse container comprising:

• a container body having an open top defined by a connected bottom wall and vertical back and side walls, each side wall having a downwardly outwardly sloping front part, said bottom wall having an outer edge;
• a front wall of the container connected to said side wall front parts and being angled downwardly and inwardly relative to the container body;
• a continuous flange forming a border around the open top, the container including mating means for stacking a second container thereon, said mating means comprising at least one socket on one of said vertical walls, sized to accept at least one foot formed on the bottom of a said second container,
• a removable lid having a front portion and a rear portion, said lid sized to fit the open top and the front portion hingedly attached to the lid, and latch means on the front wall of the container for holding in an open position a corresponding front portion of a lid of a next lower container when said container is stacked on top of said next lower container.

A container for a stackable container system, said container comprising:

• a bottom wall with a connected generally vertical back wall and a first section of each of a pair of side walls, said back and side wall first sections having a top edge, each of said side wall first sections having a forward end,
• a second side wall section having a forward edge extending from the forward end of each side wall first section and having a downwardly sloping top edge,
• a front wall having a top edge and connecting the forward edges of said side wall second sections,
• a cover having a first part fitting over the top edges of said back wall and side wall first sections, and a second part pivotally hinged to a front edge of said cover first part and adapted to fit over the top edges of said side wall second sections and said front wall, said cover second part being pivotable away from the top edges of said side wall second sections and said front wall with the cover first section remaining in place,
• mating means on said cover second part and on the container front wall adapted to permit said cover second part of the container to be held in an open condition latched to a front wall of a second container similar to said container and stacked on top of said container.

A container for a stackable container system, said container comprising:

• a bottom wall with a connected generally vertical back wall and a first section of each of a pair of side walls, said back and said side wall first sections having a top edge, each of said side wall first sections having a first end and a second end,
• a second side wall section having a forward edge extending from the first end of each side wall first section and having a downwardly sloping top edge,
• a front wall connecting the forward edges of said side wall second sections, said front wall having a top edge,
• a cover having a first part, said first part having a front edge, said first part firing over the top edges of said back wall and said side wall rest sections, and a second part pivotally hinged to the front edge of said cover first part and adapted to fit over the top edges of said side wall second sections and said front wall, said cover second part being pivotable away from the top edges of said side wall second sections and said front wall with the cover first section remaining in place,
• a stacking means on the cover first part of the container for accepting or stacking a mating stacking means on a bottom wall of a second container similar to said container,
• the cover first part and the container bottom wall being of substantially the same size to permit the cover second part of the container to be freely opened toward a front wall of the second similar container when stacked on the cover first part of the container, and
• mating means on a corresponding cover second part of a third container similar to the container and on the container front wall for permitting said cover second part of the third container to be held in an open condition when the container is stacked on top of the third container.

A stackable container comprising:

• a container body having a bottom and front, back and side walls and an open top, said side walls having a top edge, the front wall of the container body being angled downwardly and inwardly relative to the other walls of the container body and the top edge of a front portion of each of the sidewalls sloping downwardly;
• a continuous flange forming a border around the open top;
• mating means included on the container walls for stacking a second container of similar construction thereon, said mating means comprising at least one socket on at least on wall of the container sized to accept therein at least one foot of the same size and comparable shape located on a bottom of the second container;
• whereby access to the open top of the container, when said second container is stacked thereon, is provided at the container body open top, along the downwardly inwardly sloping front wall and between the side wall front portions of the container and adjacent the downwardly inwardly sloping front wall of the second container;
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• at least one handle on one of said container walls including a first forwardly extending portion with a vertical projection of generally U-shaped cross-section spaced away from the container body and adapted for gripping;
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• a removable lid having a top and back, side and front edges and being sized to fit the open top and having a mating flange defining a periphery thereof, the mating flange having a recess sized to accept the continuous container body flange therein, the lid having a front portion hingedly attached to the lid front edge, the top of said lid including formed structures sized and positioned to accept
• said at least one foot located at the bottom of the second container for supporting the second container.

A container for a stackable container system, said container comprising:

• a bottom wall with a connected generally vertical back wall having a top edge and a connected first section of each of a pair of side walls, each of said side wall first sections having a first end and a second end;
• a side wall second section having a forward edge extending from the first end of each side wall first section and having a downwardly sloping top edge;
• a front wall having a top edge and connecting the forward edges of said side wall second sections, said back, side and front walls and the top edges thereof defining a fully open top;
• a cover having a first part fitting over the top edges of said back wall and said side wall first sections, and a second part pivotally hinged to a front edge of said cover first part and adapted to fit over the top edges of said side wall second sections and said front wall, said cover second part being pivotable away from the top edges with the cover first section remaining in place;
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• stacking means on the cover first part of the container for accepting a corresponding mating stacking means on a bottom wall of a second container similar to said container when said second similar container is stacked on top of said container.