Trash can system
OwnerKevin McGarryinventor
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Abstract
A trash can system has a container. The container has a large upper periphery with a front and a rear. The container also has a small lower periphery with a front and a rear. Between the upper and lower peripheries, the container also has a side wall. The container also has a recess. The recess has a generally rectilinear configuration formed at the bottom of the side wall at the rear of the lower periphery. Within the recess is a lower tubular handle. The handle is in a horizontal orientation with a central extent of the handle being spaced from the container.
Claims1
A trash can system for facilitating the holding of a trash can while emptying and while removing a liner therefrom comprising, in combination:
- a container in a generally rectilinear configuration having a large rectangular upper periphery with a long horizontal front edge and a parallel rear edge and with parallel side edges there between, the container also having a small rectangular lower periphery with a long horizontal front edge and a parallel rear edge and with parallel side edges there between, the container also having generally trapezoidal side walls between the upper and lower peripheries;
- a recess having a generally rectilinear configuration formed at the bottom of one side wall at the rear edge of the lower periphery;
- a transportation assembly including a rigid metallic axle having a cylindrical configuration with a wheel at each end defining a large length there between;
- a pair of laterally spaced axle supports located within the recess for rotatably receiving the axle adjacent to and between the wheels with the wheels beneath parallel side walls of the container with the lower extents of the wheels positionable beneath the container for transportation purposes;
- a lower tubular handle located within the recess in a horizontal orientation encompassing the axle, the handle having opposed ends formed integrally with the axle supports, the handle being spaced from the container;
- an upper handle formed adjacent to the rear edge of the upper periphery above the tubular handle;
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- a planar surface in a horizontal orientation formed on the upper surface of the lower handle with linear grooves in a crossing pattern for increasing the frictional capabilities so as to abate slippage, the lower handle adapted to be grasped by a user concurrently with the grasping of the upper edge of the container for inversion of the container during emptying and with the planar surface adapted to receive the foot of a user to abate suction problems when lifting a liner from the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.