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US 9,027,778 B1Granted
Refuse container
OwnerChristopher Slawinski, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A receptacle configurable for the removal of air or atmosphere from a container while preventing solids and liquids from entering a means for removing the air. The receptacle comprising a container, a first standoff and an air-permeable support.
Claims19
A receptacle comprising:
- a container having a bottom wall and a peripheral sidewall extending upwardly therefrom circumscribing a receptive cavity and terminating in an open top end having a rim, wherein the bottom wall includes a bottom interior surface and a bottom exterior surface, and wherein the rim and the receptive cavity are configured to receive a disposable liner;
- a first standoff disposed on the bottom interior surface of the bottom wall comprising:
- a peripheral sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom interior surface that circumscribes a first gas transfer chamber, wherein the peripheral sidewall of the first standoff is perforated with at least one hole positioned a first distance from the bottom interior surface and the at least one hole is configured to provide fluid communication between the receptive cavity and the first gas transfer chamber, and
- a top surface positioned a second distance from the bottom interior surface;
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- an air-permeable support comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, and a peripheral surface removably coupleable to the peripheral sidewall of the container at a third distance from the bottom interior surface above the top surface of the first standoff.
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A receptacle comprising:
- a container having a bottom wall and a peripheral sidewall extending upwardly therefrom circumscribing a receptive cavity and terminating in an open top end having a rim, wherein the bottom wall includes a bottom interior surface and a bottom exterior surface, and wherein the rim and the receptive cavity are configured to receive a disposable liner;
- a first standoff disposed on the bottom wall comprising:
- a peripheral sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom interior surface that circumscribes a first gas transfer chamber, wherein the peripheral sidewall of the first standoff is perforated with at least one hole positioned a first distance from the bottom interior surface that is configured to provide fluid communication between the receptive cavity and the first gas transfer chamber, and
- a top surface positioned a second distance from the bottom interior surface;
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- an air-permeable support comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, and a peripheral surface removably coupleable to the peripheral sidewall of the container at a third distance from the bottom interior surface above the top surface of the first standoff;
- a base having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a peripheral sidewall, wherein the top surface of the base is removably coupleable to the bottom exterior surface of the container, wherein the base of the receptacle comprises a second standoff disposed on the top surface of the base comprising a top opening and a peripheral sidewall extending downwardly from the top opening that circumscribes a second gas transfer chamber and terminates at the top surface of the base, wherein the second standoff is operably coupleable to the first standoff, and wherein the second gas transfer chamber is fluidly connected to the first gas transfer chamber and the receptive cavity when the base is coupled to the container;
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- an apparatus coupled to the bottom surface of the base configured to transfer air or atmosphere from the receptive cavity of the container, through the first and second gas transfer chambers to an exhaust vent positioned in the peripheral sidewall of the base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.