Trash container lid system
OwnerAllan M. Hodgeinventor
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Abstract
A trash container lid system for placement on top of large industrial trash bins of the type utilized in hotels, apartment houses, etc., in which a lid section having a raised back portion is axially and rotatably coupled to the trash bin via an elongated aperture allowing a rear bottom curved surface of the lid assuming a stabilized partially open position, the extreme back portion of the lid carrying a counterweight throughout a predetermined arch for ease in opening, and the contacting surfaces between the trash bin and the lid having a vapor seal, the lid assembly consisting of a metal frame carrying a removable plastic liner therein.
Claims27
A trash container lid system comprising:
- a lid section having a raised back portion;
- a trash bin having first and second mounting members extending upwardly therefrom;
- first and second pivot slots in one of said lid section and said mounting members;
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- first and second axle members extending from another of said lid section and mounting members through said first and second pivot slots for rotatably and slidably coupling said lid section to said mounting members, said lid section having arcuate lower back portions on each side thereof and said pivot slots being geometrically disposed for causing said arcuate sections to frictionally engage top surfaces of said trash bin upon rotation of said lid to a partially open position.
A trash container lid system comprising:
- a lid section having a raised back portion;
- a trash bin having first and second mounting members extending upwardly therefrom, said lid section being rotatably coupled to said first and second mounting members.
A trash container lid system comprising:
- a lid section having a raised back portion;
- a trash bin having first and second mounting members extending upwardly therefrom, said lid portion being rotatably coupled to said first and second mounting members;
- means for mounting said lid section near the center of gravity of said lid section,
- means for limiting the movement of said lid section as it is opened when said trash bin is in the upright orientation;
- means for disabling said limiting means and permitting said lid section to swing further open when said trash bin is in the upside down orientation;
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- pocket tube means secured to said trash bin for permitting the easy lifting and inverting of the trash bin and its associated lid section.
A trash container lid system comprising:
- a lid section having a raised back portion;
- a trash bin having first and second mounting members extending upwardly therefrom, said lid portion being rotatably coupled to said first and second mounting members;
- means for mounting said lid section near the center of gravity of said lid section;
- means for limiting the movement of said lid section as it is opened when said trash bin is in the upright orientation;
- means for disabling said limiting means and permitting said lid section to swing further open when said trash bin is in the upside down orientation;
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- external means secured to said trash bin for permitting the easy lifting and inverting of the trash bin and its associated lid section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.