Trash disposal method
AssigneeWorldwide Safety, LLC
InventorGuadalupe C. Garcia
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Abstract
A trash disposal device and method is provided that can be used to dispose litter and cigarette litter in particular. The device includes sheets of material forming a rectangular box casing that has a slot. Heat resistant material sheets are positioned within the casing such that the sheets may be pulled out of the casing through the slot. A sheet can be pulled out from the device and shaped into an ashtray-like shape that can be used to collect for instance cigarette litter. The ashtray-like shape with the litter can be folded up into a small package and then be placed in a storage area that could be part of the device. The trash disposal device could be assembled with foldable material to form the casing with a slot.
Claims9
A method for disposing cigarette litter, the method comprising:
- a) integrally providing a dispensing device with a cigarette pack, the dispensing device comprising a supply of heat and fire resistant sheet material;
- b) pulling out a part of the supply of heat and fire resistant sheet material from the dispensing device;
- c) shaping the pulled-out part into an open receptacle;
- d) utilizing the pulled-out part to collect cigarette litter;
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- e) reducing the pulled-out part with the cigarette litter collected therein into a small package.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.