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US 6,981,606 B2Granted
Trash can assembly
Assigneesimplehuman, LLC
InventorsFrank Yang, Joseph Sandor, Alex Grande Fermin, Jr., Myk Wayne Lum, Adam Courtney Wade
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Abstract
A trash can assembly has a shell, a lid fitted over the top end of the shell, a pedal positioned adjacent the bottom end of the shell, a link assembly coupling the pedal and the lid, and a motion damper coupled to the link assembly for slowing the closing motion of the lid. The assembly also includes an inner liner that is retained inside the shell, with a support frame secured to the top end of the shell and having a ridge on which a peripheral lip of the inner liner rests.
Claims7
A trash can assembly, comprising:
- a shell having a top end and a bottom end, the shell having an enclosing wall;
- a lid fitted over the top end;
- a pedal positioned adjacent the bottom end;
- a link assembly coupling the pedal and the lid;
- an inner liner that is retained inside the shell, the inner liner having a peripheral lip;
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- a support frame secured to a portion the top end of the shell, the support frame having a border shoulder on which the lip of the inner liner rests, the border shoulder extending inwardly from the enclosing wall, and the support frame further including a groove cut from a portion of the border shoulder and positioned adjacent the inner liner in a manner such that a space is defined between an edge of the groove and the lip of the inner liner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.