Patent Application
20200385173
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The disclosure and prior art relates to trashcans and more particularly pertains to a new trashcan for easier lifting and dumping.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a can body having a bottom side, a sidewall, and an open top side. A rim is coupled to the sidewall adjacent the open top side. The rim has a pair of channels extending through to the sidewall. A lip is coupled around a perimeter of the open top side of the can body. A pair of top handles is coupled to the rim. Each of the top handles extends between a pair of inner walls of each of the pair of channels. A pair of lower handles is coupled to the sidewall of the can body proximal the bottom side.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A pair of top handles 32 is coupled to the rim 24. Each of the top handles 32 extends between a pair of triangular inner walls 34 of each of the pair of channels 26. A width of each channel 26, and thus a length of each top handle 32, is configured to comfortably accommodate a user's hand wearing a work glove. A pair of lower handles 36 is coupled to the sidewall 16 of the can body proximal the bottom side 14. The lower handles 36 are arranged 180° apart and align with the top handles 32. Each of the lower handles 36 comprises a pair of triangular supports 38 each perpendicularly coupled to the sidewall 16 and a grip bar 40 extending between the pair of supports 38. Each grip bar 40 and each top handle 32 lies along parallel axes. A width between the pair of supports 38, and thus a length of each grip bar 40, substantially conforms to the length of each top handle 32.
In use, the apparatus 10 may be lifted by the pair of top handles 32 or by one top handle 32 and the lower handle 36 on the same side. When dumping contents from the apparatus 10 both lower handles 36 may be secured simultaneously.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
