Trash bin with detachable cart
OwnerDeirdre L. Sheehaninventor
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a trash cart, namely an enclosed trash cart having a top and front doors that swing open on a hinged system. The enclosed trash cart is connected to at least one wheel axle having wheels that allow the cart to be transported from a storage area to the curb for garbage pickup. The trash cart can also have an attachment system that gives the owner the option of overlaying a number of different external decorative panels to the trash cart making the cart both functional and decorative. The trash cart of the present invention enables a homeowner to store daily garbage outside the home or garage in a decorative enclosure that keeps the garbage protected from animals and makes it easy to transport garbage to the curb on pick-up day.
Claims6
A trash bin and trash cart system comprising:
- a trash bin and a trash cart, said trash bin comprising:
- a front panel, a back panel, a left side panel, a right side panel, a top panel, in communication to form an enclosure wherein at least one of said front panel, said left side panel, said right side panel, and said top panel is configured to swing away from the trash bin at one side so as to reveal an interior portion of said trash cart;
- wherein at least one of said side panels of said trash bin is attached to said wheeled cart and is wheeled away from the rest of said trash bin when said trash cart is wheeled from said trash bin exposing the interior of said trash bin;
- at least one locking system that locks said trash cart containing at least one side panel of said trash bin to the remaining portions of said trash bin so as to prevent animal intrusion;
- wherein the locking system comprises a pin and islet system wherein said islet is attached to at least one portion of said trash bin and said pin is attached to said trash cart, said pin and islet system configured so that said pin removably fits within said islet;
- a handle and spring configuration having a locked and unlocked position, said handle being attached to said pin and islet system wherein when said handle is in said locked position said pin is inserted into said islet and when said handle is in said unlocked position said pin is not in said islet and said trash cart can be removed from said trash bin;
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- said trash cart configured so as to fit within said trash bin comprising a wheel base having at least one axle connected to said trash cart, said axle having at least one wheel arranged so that said trash cart moves freely on said wheel base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.