Waste container liner-securing device
OwnerLinda L. Giannopoulosinventor
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Abstract
A wastebasket useable with a flexible receptacle liner includes an insert. The insert includes a collar and a plurality of legs extending from the collar. When the insert is positioned inside the wastebasket, the ends of the legs opposite the collar are position between the closed lower end of the wastebasket and the upper rim of the wastebasket and the collar of the insert is positioned adjacent the upper rim of the wastebasket. The collar of the insert and the side wall of the wastebasket form a gap therebetween for accepting the open end of a flexible waste container liner.
Claims20
A wastebasket useable with a flexible receptacle liner having a flexible wall extending between a closed lower end and an open end thereof, said wastebasket comprising:
- a container having a closed lower end and an upwardly extending side wall terminating in an upper rim, said upper rim defining an open end of said container;
- a plurality of legs positioned inside the container, each leg having a first end secured to the inside of the side wall between the open end of the container and the closed lower end of the container and a second end extending towards the open end of the container;
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- a collar positioned inside the container and secured to the second end of each leg adjacent the upper rim of said container, said side wall and said collar forming a gap therebetween of sufficient size for receiving the open end of the flexible wall therein.
An apparatus for securing a waste container liner to a first wastebasket having a side wall tapering outwardly from a closed lower end of said first wastebasket to an upper rim defining an open end of said first wastebasket, said apparatus comprising:
- a collar;
- a plurality of legs attached to one side of said collar and extending in a direction of a central axis of said collar;
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- a means for establishing the ends of the legs opposite the collar to the inside of the side wall between the open end of said first wastebasket and the closed lower end of said first wastebasket so that said collar is positioned inside and in spaced relation with the side wall adjacent said upper rim, said collar and said side wall forming a gap therebetween.
A sleeve adapted for securing the open end of a collapsible open end bag to a wastebasket having a side wall extending between a closed end and a open end thereof, said sleeve comprising:
- a tube having an upper edge and a lower edge and an aperture extending therebetween, said tube positionable inside said wastebasket so that the lower edge engages the side wall between the open end of the wastebasket and closed end of the wastebasket, the upper edge of the sleeve is located adjacent the open end of said wastebasket when the lower edge of the tube is positioned between the open end of the wastebasket and closed end of the wastebasket and the tube and the side wall of the wastebasket form a gap therebetween adjacent the open end of said wastebasket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.