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US 8,763,840 B2Granted
Litter receptacle
AssigneeUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsMichael Oliveri, Deirdre L. Dunphy, Robert Carl Martin, Lou Ellen Kregel, Michael S. Lachowski, Carol Elisabeth John
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Abstract
A litter receptacle system, including: a support frame; a container for receiving and storing litter; a coupler; and a retention device; wherein the coupler rotatably couples the container to the support frame; the retention device is in communication with the support frame and the container; and the retention device is operable to releasably secure the container to the support frame, and a method of using the same.
Claims10
A litter receptacle system, comprising:
- a support frame including a top, bottom, a front side, and a back side opposed to the front side;
- a container for receiving and storing litter, the container including a top, bottom and a side section;
- a coupler, the coupler pivotally coupling the container to the support frame about an axis;
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- a retention device in communication with the support frame and the container, the retention device operable to secure the container to the support frame, wherein:
- the container is held within the support frame by the coupler, the container adapted to be held within the support frame in an upright position to receive litter, and
- the coupler is positioned between the top and the bottom of the support frame, the top of the container being positioned above the coupler and the bottom of the container being positioned below the coupler when the container is held in an upright position, within the support frame, such that both the top and the bottom of the container are pivotable in a circular manner about and on opposite sides of the coupler, and
- the container adapted to pivot about the axis of the coupler to an upside down position in which the bottom of the container is above the coupler and the top of the container to remove litter from the container, wherein:
- the side section of the container includes a front and a back, the front of the container positioned adjacent the front side of the support frame and the back of the container positioned adjacent the back side of the support frame and
- the container is designed to pivot about an axis extending from the front of the container to the back of the container when the container is positioned upright within the support frame and wherein the support frame further includes opposed side openings located in between the front and back side of the support frame and the container is positioned within the support frame such that the container is pivotable in a circular manner about the coupler in between the front and back side of the support frame and passing through the opposed side openings.
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