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US 7,073,677 B2Granted
Secure trash container assembly
AssigneeSuncast Corporation
InventorsJed Richardson, Torrence Anderson, Robert Kopp
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Abstract
The present invention relates to kit for a trash container utilizing injection molded plastic panels capable of being packaged and shipped in a knocked-down state and constructed into a secure container.
Claims18
A trash container kit comprising:
- a floor panel for enclosing the bottom of a trash container;
- a left side panel for enclosing the left side of said trash container;
- a right side panel for enclosing the right side of said trash container;
- a back panel for enclosing the back of said trash container;
- a front panel for enclosing the front of said trash container;
- a cover for enclosing the top of said trash container, said cover constructed and arranged to provide ingress into said trash container and facilitate removal of trash from said trash container, said cover constructed and arranged to cooperate with said left, right, back, and front panels to retain a trash bag in an open position within said trash container, said cover including a lid portion hingedly mounted for providing an opening to place trash in said open trash bag;
- wherein at least one of said left panel, said right panel, said back panel and said front panel includes;
- a bottom edge having two downwardly extending feet constructed and arranged to engagingly cooperate with adjacent panels;
- a top edge including an upwardly extending lip constructed and arranged to cooperate with said cover panel to secure a trash bag in an open position;
- a first edge having an attachment means constructed and arranged to cooperate with an adjacent panel in a perpendicular relationship;
- a second edge having an attachment means constructed and arranged to cooperate with an adjacent panel in a perpendicular relationship;
- wherein said trash container can be shipped in a disassembled state and assembled on a desired site.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.