Residential recycling bin
AssigneeOrbis Canada Limited
InventorBasil Thompson Martheenal
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Abstract
A recycling bin has left and right sidewalls, a base, and front wall. The front wall is lower than the other three walls, and when two bins are stacked in a 0° stacking configuration, the lower front wall of the lower bin and a sloped surface on the lower portion of the upper bin create a recyclable receiving chute. When stacked, the upper bin is held to the lower bin by a combination of a channel on the lower rear portion of the base fitting over a handle resting upon an upper portion of the rear wall. A lower lip on the lower portion of the rear wall aligns with the handle and substantially prevents front-wards and backwards motion of the upper bin. A portion of the handle fits within a top open portion of the rear wall. The bin also has a plurality of inverted “V” shaped liner retainers.
Claims13
A bin comprising:
- a base, a left sidewall, a right sidewall, a front wall;
- and
- a rear wall, all fixedly connected to each other, wherein
- the front wall includes a respective upper surface,
- the rear wall includes a respective upper surface,
- the front wall extends from the base at a first predetermined angle to the base,
- the rear wall extends from the base at a second predetermined angle to the base
- wherein the second predetermined angle is greater than 90 degrees,
- the left sidewall extends from the base at a third predetermined angle to the base,
- the right sidewall extends from the base at a fourth predetermined angle to the base, and
- each of the left sidewall and the right sidewall further includes a respective upper surface substantially coplanar with each other, and wherein
- each of the left sidewall and right sidewall includes a respective front sloped surface, and wherein
- a height of the upper surface of the front wall is lower than the respective heights of the upper surfaces of the left sidewall, rear wall, and right sidewall,
- the left sidewall front sloped surface and the right sidewall front sloped surface slope downwardly at a fifth predetermined angle from the upper surface of the left side wall upper surface and right sidewall upper surface, respectively, and wherein
- the left sidewall front sloped surface, the right sidewall sloped surface, and the front wall upper surface are configured to form a first opening in the bin, and wherein
- the base includes an upwardly sloping surface that slopes upwardly from the base at a sixth predetermined angle that intersects with the front wall, such that,
- when a first upper bin is stacked upon an identical second lower bin, and the front walls of the first upper bin and the second lower bin face a same direction, the front walls of the first upper bin and the second lower bin are horizontally offset by the second predetermined angle formed between the rear wall and the base and the upwardly sloping surface of the base of the first upper bin and the first opening in the second lower bin are configured to form a recyclable receiving chute configured to accept recyclable materials deposited in the second lower bin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.