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US 7,481,329 B2Granted
Trash receptacle having a depressurization apparatus
OwnerWilliam P. Camp, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A trash receptacle having a trash bag or liner attached thereto. The trash receptacle includes an evacuation device designed to evacuate or depressurize the area between the trash receptacle and the trash bag upon insertion of the trash bag within the receptacle.
Claims15
An assembly comprising:
- a receptacle having a bottom wall and a side wall extending from said bottom wall defining an inner cavity;
- a liner adjacent the side walls of the receptacle;
- a base for supporting the receptacle;
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- an evacuation device coupled to the receptacle to evacuate air from between the inner cavity and the liner to expand the liner within the receptacle, wherein said receptacle further comprises a first tab and a first recess, and wherein said base further comprises a second tab and a second recess, whereby said receptacle is supported when said first tab is aligned with said second tab, and whereby longitudinal motion of the receptacle relative to the base is permitted when said first tab is aligned with the second recess to permit insertion of the first tab in the second recess and the second tab is aligned with the first recess to permit insertion of the second tab in the first recess.
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An assembly comprising:
- a receptacle having a bottom wall and a side wall extending from said bottom wall defining an inner cavity, said side wall terminating at an upper lip, said receptacle including a first tab and a first recess about the bottom wall;
- a base for supporting the receptacle having a surface and an annular ring extending therefrom, the annular ring includes a second tab and a second recess, whereby said receptacle is supported when said first tab is aligned with said second tab, and whereby longitudinal motion of the receptacle relative to the base is permitted when said first tab is aligned with the second recess to permit insertion of the first tab in the second recess and the second tab is aligned with the first recess to permit insertion of the second tab in the first recess;
- a liner;
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- a bellows disposed between said receptacle and said base for evacuating air from between the inner cavity and the liner to expand the liner within the receptacle.
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An assembly comprising:
- a receptacle having a bottom wall and a side wall extending from the bottom wall defining an inner cavity;
- a liner adjacent the side wall of the receptacle;
- and
- a base for supporting the receptacle;
- and
- an evacuation device coupled to the receptacle to evacuate air from between the inner cavity and the liner to expand the liner within the receptacle, wherein said evacuation device is proximate the receptacle, wherein said receptacle further comprises a first tab and a first recess, and wherein said base further comprises a second tab and a second recess, whereby said receptacle is supported when said first tab is aligned with said second tab, and whereby longitudinal motion of the receptacle relative to the base is permitted when said first tab is aligned with the second recess to permit insertion of the first tab in the second recess and the second tab is aligned with the first recess to permit insertion of the second tab in the first recess.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.