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US 8,123,061 B1Granted
Refuse container
OwnerCharles Kenneth Browninventor
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Abstract
A refuse container assembled from a kit comprising thermoformed recycled plastic front, left and right, and rear panels, with predrilled holes, a waffled bottom, reinforcement angles, corner angles, castors, assembly hardware, caulking, sealing tape, lifting tubes for a front loading option, and an attachment rod and a swivel eye assembly for a rear loading option.
Claims4
A refuse container comprising:
- a) flat recycled plastic panels, wherein each panel is a single sheet of flat material containing at least some recycled material;
- b) a recycled plastic waffled bottom;
- c) metal corner angles;
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- d) reinforcement angles;
- wherein the recycled plastic panels have predrilled holes permitting field assembly;
- wherein the flat recycled plastic panels are connected together by metal corner angles and reinforcement angles forming a metal framework;
- a rod welded to said framework facilitating rear loading,
- wherein the flat recycled panels include side panels, lift arms bolted to the side panels to facilitate emptying of the container by lifting to a dump position and a pivotable lid on the container.
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A refuse container comprising:
- a) recycled predominantly flat plastic panels containing at least 25% post consumer waste;
- b) a recycled waffle bottom;
- c) metal corner angles;
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- d) metal reinforcement angles;
- wherein the recycled flat plastic panels have predrilled holes permitting field assembly;
- wherein the recycled flat plastic panels are connected together by the metal corner angles and reinforcement angles forming a metal framework and a lift rod attached to the metal framework to facilitate emptying of the container by lifting to a dump position wherein the flat panels include side panels, a front panel, and a rear panel, lift arms bolted to the side panels to facilitate emptying of the container by lifting to a dump position and a pivotable lid on top of the container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.