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US 6,578,762 B1Granted
Payment accepting trash receptacle
OwnerLeonard V. Knappmillerinventor
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Abstract
A payment accepting trash receptacle including a hollow body having an interior space and a first opening, a receiving assembly pivotably mounted within the first opening, a payment acceptor attached to the hollow body, and an access restrictor cooperatively connected to the payment acceptor and receiving assembly for regulating access to the interior space.
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A payment accepting trash receptacle comprising;
- A. a hollow body,
- I. the hollow body having a first opening, and a second opening,
- II. the hollow body having an interior space,
- B. a means for accepting payment,
- I. the means for accepting payment being attached to the hollow body,
- C. a receiving assembly,
- I. the receiving assembly being mounted in the hollow body first opening and being configured such that when the receiving assembly is in an open position, a limited volume of trash may be placed within the receiving assembly and when the receiving assembly is in a closed position, trash placed within the receiving assembly falls directly into the interior space and no additional trash may be placed within the receiving assembly,
- D. a means for restricting access,
- I. the means for restricting access being operably connected to the means for accepting payment and cooperating with the receiving assembly to prevent any trash being placed within the receiving assembly until a payment is received by the means for accepting payment.
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A payment accepting trash receptacle comprising;
- A. a hollow body,
- I. the hollow body having a first opening, and a second opening,
- II. the hollow body having an interior space,
- B. a means for accepting payment,
- I. the means for accepting payment being attached to the hollow body,
- C. a receiving assembly,
- I. the receiving assembly being mounted in the hollow body first opening,
- D. a means for restricting access,
- I. the means for restricting access being operably connected to the means for accepting payment and the receiving assembly.
- E. a trash compaction means,
- I. the trash compaction means having a compaction plate,
- a. the compaction plate being sized and shaped to fit within the interior space.
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A payment accepting trash receptacle comprising;
- I. a hollow body,
- a. the hollow body having a first opening, and a second opening,
- b. the hollow body having an interior space,
- B. a means for accepting payment,
- I. the means for accepting payment being attached to the hollow body,
- C. a receiving assembly,
- I. the receiving assembly having a bottom wall,
- II. the receiving assembly having a flange attached to the bottom wall,
- III. the receiving assembly having a pair of vertical walls attached to both the bottom wall and the flange and perpendicularly disposed to both the bottom wall and the flange
- IV. the receiving assembly being movable as a unit relative to the hollow body,
- D. a means for restricting access,
- I. the means for restricting access being operably connected to the means for accepting payment and cooperating with the receiving assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.