US 5,683,030 AGranted

Stackable modular containers for collecting and segregating recyclable materials

OwnerDonald J. Moore, Gregory Sierra +1inventors

InventorsDonald J. Moore, Gregory Sierra, Harald Hinsberg

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Abstract

A recycle trash collector for holding and segregating recyclable materials includes a plurality of stackable modular containers having a first door hingedly attached to a front of the containers in covering relation to an open mouth and a second smaller door hingedly attached to the first door in covering relation to a geometrically shaped opening formed in the first door. The first and second doors are structured for swinging movement between open and closed positions. The second door and the corresponding geometrically shaped opening on each container are specifically sized and shaped to identify a particular type of recyclable material and to allow the material to be deposited therein. A plurality of dowel pins extend from the bottom of the containers and a corresponding number of recessed holding ports are located in the top of the containers, the ports being structured to releasably capture the dowel pins therein, thereby enabling the containers to be stacked in secured relation to one another in accordance with a select arrangement.

A recycle trash collector system for holding and segregating recyclable materials comprising:

a plurality of modular containers each including a top, a bottom, a rear wall, opposite side walls, and a front having an open mouth therein in communication with a hollow interior storage chamber, each of said containers being structured and configured to contain a particular type of the recyclable materials within said storage chamber thereof, said open mouth being structured and configured to permit removal of the particular type of the recyclable materials from said interior storage chamber,
a first door hingedly attached to said front of each of said containers in covering relation to said open mouth to provide access for removal of the particular type of the recyclable materials from said interior storage chamber, each of said first doors of said containers including a geometrically shaped opening integrally formed therein and being sized to allow the particular type of recyclable materials to be deposited therethrough and into said interior storage chamber,
a plurality of second deposit doors each of a different geometrical shape and being smaller than said first door, said plurality of second deposit doors each being hingedly attached to a respective one of said plurality of containers on said first door and in covering relation to said geometrically shaped opening, each of said different geometrically shaped second deposit doors corresponding with and identifying the particular type of the recyclable materials to be deposited within the respective one of said plurality of containers to which each of said second deposit doors is attached,
said first and said second doors being structured for swinging movement between a first vertical, closed position and a second open position,
latching means for securing said first and said second doors in said first closed position, and
stacking means for vertically stacking said plurality of containers in a removable, secured relation to one another.

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