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US 6,135,305 AGranted
Litter bins
AssigneeSeton Company
InventorDavid William Brady
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Abstract
A cigarette litter bin is provided that includes a mounting element and a receiver element. The receiver is in use, attached to the mounting element by a number of projecting formations engaging with a number of apertures. A biasing means biases the receiver away from the mounting element. The advantage of the bin is that it is faster to remove and replace the receiver from/onto the mounting element than know cigarette litter bins.
Claims20
A cigarette litter bin including a mounting element and a receiver element;
- in which the mounting element includes a mounting plate to which there is attached a hood portion which extends out of the plane of the mounting plate and one or more formations projecting out of the plane of the mounting plate, the direction of projection of the formations being the same as that of the hood;
- the receiver element is a hollow rectangular faced box with one face being open to form a mouth;
- characterised in that a rear face of the receiver is adapted to overlie the mounting plate and is provided with a number of apertures corresponding to the number of projecting formations, each aperture being configured so that it comprises a portion into which a projecting formation may be inserted, and a portion that prevents insertion or removal of a projecting formation, and the mounting plate being provided with a biasing means so positioned and configured that when the receiver overlies the mounting plate the receiver is biased away from the mounting plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.