Patent Application
20210032021
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The disclosure and prior art relates to garbage cans and more particularly pertains to a new garbage can for easy garbage bag removal.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a base comprising a vertical base wall. A can body has a can bottom side and a can sidewall perpendicularly extending from a can left side, a can front side, and a can right side of the can bottom side to form a can inside. A can door is coupled to the can body. The can door has a hinge coupled to a left edge of the can sidewall. The can door swiningly moves from a closed position extending from the left edge to a right edge of the sidewall and an alternate open position exposing the can inside. A shelf is coupled to a door inner face of the can door adjacent a door bottom edge of the can door. The shelf conforms to the can bottom side and rests above the can bottom side with the can door in the closed position. A plurality of pin receptacles is coupled to the can body. The plurality of pin receptacles is coupled to the can sidewall adjacent the right edge. A panel track is coupled to the door inner face. A locking panel is coupled to the door inner face and slidably engages within the panel track. The locking panel has a plurality of locking pins. The plurality of locking pins is selectively engageable with the plurality of pin receptacles to secure the can door in the closed position.
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 can door 40 is coupled to the can body 16. The can door 40 has a hinge 42 coupled to a left edge 44 of the can sidewall 20. The can door 40 swiningly moves from a closed position 46 extending from the left edge 44 to a right edge 48 of the sidewall 20 and an alternate open position 50 exposing the can inside 28. A door top edge 52 of the can door 40 is beveled. A shelf 54 is coupled to a door inner face 56 of the can door 40 adjacent a door bottom edge 58 of the can door 40. The shelf 54 is coupled at an angle and conforms to the can bottom side 18. The shelf 54 rests above the can bottom side 18 with the can door 40 in the closed position 46. A shelf upper face 60 of the shelf 54 has an ovular depression 62. The ovular depression 62 is configured to support a trash bag 64.
A plurality of pin receptacles 66 is coupled to the can body 16. The plurality of pin receptacles 66 is coupled to the can sidewall 20 adjacent the right edge 48. Each of the plurality of pin receptacles 66 is a vertical tubular shape. A panel track 68 is coupled to the can door 40 and comprises a pair of vertical angled brackets 70 coupled to the door inner face 56. A locking panel 72 is coupled to the door inner face 56 and is slidably engageable within the panel track 68. The locking panel 72 extends from proximal the shelf 54 to proximal a door top edge of the can door 40. The locking panel 72 has a handle cutout 73 proximal a panel top edge 75 of the locking panel 72. The locking panel 72 has a plurality of elastic cords 74 coupled to the door inner face 56 allowing a limited vertical translational motion within the panel track 68. The plurality of elastic cords 74 comprises a top left pair of cords 76 and a top right pair of cords 78 coupled from the handle cutout 73 to the panel top edge 75 and a bottom left pair of cords 80 and a bottom right pair of cords 82 coupled adjacent a panel bottom edge 84 of the locking panel 72. The locking panel 72 has a plurality of locking pins 86. Each of the plurality of locking pins 86 may be a 90° elbow extending away and down from a panel outer edge 88 of the locking panel 72. The plurality of locking pins 86 is selectively engageable with the plurality of pin receptacles 66 to secure the can door 40 in the closed position 46. A pair of rollers 90 is coupled to a door outer face 92 of the can door 40 adjacent the door bottom edge 58 to support the weight of the trash bag 64 with the can door 40 in the open position 50. Each of the pair of rollers 90 has a curved arm 93 extending away from the can door 40 and a wheel 94 coupled to the curved arm 93.
In use, the user loads a trash bag 64 onto the shelf 54 within the can inside 28. Trash is placed in the trash bag 64 until it is filled and the can door 40 is moved to the open position 50 to remove the trash bag 64. The apparatus 10 may be arranged with the can door 40 on the ground to use the beveled door top edge 52 as a dust pan.
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.
