Insert for a rollout type waste container and waste container assembly
AssigneeSchaefer Systems International, Inc.
InventorsClinton McDade, Morris Marlow
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Abstract
An insert bin for use with a rollout type waste container or cart. The insert bin limits the volume of refuse or recyclable material that a customer may deposit in the container. The insert bin is held in place within the interior of a waste cart without the use of separate mechanical components or a press fit. The insert bin instead takes advantage of the lift bar, which already exists on a waste cart providing a bin that is strong and easily attached to a waste container or cart.
Claims18
An insert bin for use with a selected waste container of the type including a lock bar of a preselected length having an exterior portion disposed outside the waste container and exposed so as to be engaged by a lifting mechanism and at least one interior portion disposed inside the waste container, the insert bin being sized to fit inside the selected waste container and comprising:
- (a) spaced-apart forward and rear walls, spaced-apart sidewalls, and a floor;
- (b) an inwardly-directed first ledge structure having a pair of spaced-apart lateral walls formed in a selected one of said forward, rear, or side walls, and adapted to fit against a complementary inwardly-directed second ledge structure of the waste container, said lateral walls being separated by a first horizontal distance and facing each other;
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- (c) support means for receiving a said at least one interior portion of lock bar as to retain said insert bin in said waste container.
A waste container assembly, comprising:
- (a) a waste container comprising:
- (i) spaced-apart forward and rear walls connected to a pair of spaced-apart sidewalls, and a floor connected to said forward, rear, and sidewalls;
- (ii) an inwardly-directed ledge having a pair of spaced-apart lateral walls formed in said forward wall, each of said lateral walls having an opening formed therethrough;
- (b) An insert bin disposed in said waste container, said insert bin comprising:
- (i) spaced-apart forward and rear walls connected to a pair of spaced-apart sidewalls, and a floor connected to said forward, rear, and sidewalls, said insert bin being sized to fit inside said waste container, wherein an inwardly-directed ledge structure having a pair of spaced-apart lateral walls is formed in said forward wall, said ledge structure of said insert bin disposed in superposed relationship with said ledge of said waste container;
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- (ii) means for receiving a lock bar;
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- (c) a lock bar extending between said lateral walls of said waste container and through said openings, said lock bar being received in said means for receiving a lock bar, so as to retain said insert bin in said waste container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.