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US 6,726,076 B1Granted
Portable litter receptacle
OwnerEric C. Hernandezinventor
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Abstract
A portable litter receptacle for allowing smokers to discard their litter in a litter receptacle rather than throwing their buds on the ground. The portable litter receptacle includes a pouch member being collapsible; and also includes a support assembly being securely attached to the.pouch member and being adapted to extend over an object to suspend the pouch member therefrom.
Claims5
A portable litter receptacle comprising:
- a pouch member being collapsible and having an open top;
- and
- a support assembly being securely attached to said pouch member and being adapted to extend over an object to suspend said pouch member therefrom;
- wherein said pouch member comprises:
- a back wall having a top end, side ends, and a bottom end;
- a front wall also having a top end, side ends, and a bottom end, said bottom end of said front wall being attached to said bottom end of said back wall;
- and
- side walls each having a top end, and a bottom end, said side walls being tapered from said top end to said bottom end thereof;
- and
- wherein said front wall is generally bowed outwardly relative to said back wall;
- wherein said front wall has a lateral-extending slit disposed therethrough, each of said side walls having a longitudinal fold extending from said top end to said bottom end thereof and symmetrically dividing said side wall into front and rear sections, said front and rear sections being collapsible upon one another to essentially collapse said pouch member, said pouch member having a length of approximately 3 inches and a width of approximately 2½ inches;
- and
- wherein said support assembly includes a flap member having a first edge which is securely attached to said top end of said back wall of said pouch member and which is foldable relative to said back wall, and also including a tab-like member being securely attached to a second edge of said flap member opposite to said first edge and being foldable relative to said flap member, said tab-like member and said flap member being adapted to extend upon and about an object such as a belt to removably clip said pouch member to the belt, said tab-like member being tapered from said second edge of said flap member to in outer edge of said tab-like member, and being slotted along side edges thereof.
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A portable litter receptacle comprising:
- a pouch member being collapsible and having an open top;
- and
- a support assembly being securely attached to said pouch member and being adapted to extend over an object to suspend said pouch member therefrom;
- wherein said pouch member includes a back wall having a top end, side ends, and a bottom end, and also includes a front wall also having a top end, side ends, and a bottom end which is securely attached to said bottom end of said back wall, and further includes side walls each having a top end, and a bottom end, said side walls being tapered from said top end to said bottom end thereof;
- wherein said front wall is generally bowed outwardly relative to said back wall and has a lateral-extending slit disposed therethrough.
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A portable litter receptacle comprising:
- a pouch member being collapsible and having an open top;
- and
- a support assembly being securely attached to said pouch member and being adapted to extend over an object to suspend said pouch member therefrom;
- wherein said pouch member includes a back wall having a top end, side ends, and a bottom end, and also includes a front wall also having a top end, side ends, and a bottom end which is securely attached to said bottom end of said back wall, and further includes side walls each having a top end, and a bottom end, said side walls being tapered from said top end to said bottom end thereof;
- wherein said support assembly includes a flap member having a first edge which is securely attached to said top end of said back wall of said pouch member and which is foldable relative to said back wall, and also includes a tab-like member being securely attached to a second edge of said flap member opposite to said first edge and being foldable relative to said flap member, said tab-like member and said flap member being adapted to extend upon and about an object such as a belt to removably clip said pouch member to the belt;
- wherein said tab-like member is tapered from said second edge of said flap member to an outer edge thereof, and is slotted along side edges thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.