Liquid collection system
OwnerJay Vincent Lambkeinventor
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Abstract
A liquid collection system includes a liquid collection portion configured to attach to a waste receptacle having a waste receptacle opening. The liquid collection portion has a liquid collection opening which extends into the waste receptacle opening. The liquid container also has a liquid reservoir portion attached to the liquid collection portion and in communication with the liquid collection opening. A fill indicator is in communication with the liquid container. The fill indicator is configured to indicate when an amount of liquid in the liquid reservoir portion has a predetermined volume.
Claims20
A liquid collection system comprising:
- a liquid collection portion configured to attach to an existing waste receptacle comprising a waste receptacle opening, the liquid collection portion separate from and independent of the waste receptacle and comprising a liquid collection opening that is separate from and independent of the waste receptacle opening, the liquid collection opening extending into the waste receptacle opening;
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- a liquid reservoir portion attached to the liquid collection portion and in communication with the liquid collection opening;
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- a fill indicator in communication with at least one of the liquid collection portion and the liquid reservoir portion, the fill indicator configured to indicate when an amount of liquid in the liquid reservoir portion comprises a predetermined volume.
A liquid collection system comprising:
- a liquid collection portion attached to an existing solid waste receptacle comprising a waste receptacle opening having a waste receptacle opening area, the liquid collection portion separate from and independent of the waste receptacle and comprising a liquid collection opening that is disposed in the waste receptacle opening, the liquid collection opening separate from and independent of the waste receptacle opening and having a liquid collection opening area, the liquid collection opening area less than the waste receptacle opening area;
- a liquid reservoir portion releasably attached to the liquid collection portion in communication with the liquid collection opening;
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- a fill indicator in communication with at least one of the liquid collection portion and the liquid reservoir portion, the fill indicator configured to indicate when an amount of liquid in the liquid reservoir portion comprises a predetermined volume, the fill indicator comprising at least one of a visual indicator and an audible indicator.
A method for collecting liquids at a solid waste receptacle, the method comprising:
- associating a liquid collection portion with a waste receptacle opening of an existing solid waste receptacle, the liquid collection portion separate from and independent of the waste receptacle and waste receptacle opening;
- directing liquids from the liquid collection portion to a liquid reservoir portion;
- monitoring an amount of liquid in the liquid reservoir portion;
- indicating when the amount of liquid in the liquid reservoir portion comprises a predetermined volume;
- removing the liquid reservoir portion from the liquid collection portion upon indication that the amount of liquid comprises the predetermined volume;
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- disposing of the liquid in the liquid reservoir portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.