Top-lifting paper shredder

Abstract

A top-lifting paper shredder, including rectangular projections each projecting outwards from an appropriate position of opposing sides of the paper shredder; V-shaped notches formed to the wastebasket and composing a lower slant and a wall face at locations corresponding to the rectangular projections. When the paper shredder is placed above the wastebasket, the rectangular projections projecting from the opposing sides of the paper shredder abut against the notches of the wastebasket. Upon lifting up a grip provided to a front end of the paper shredder, the rectangular projections would flip upwards within the notches of the wastebasket, causing an upper edge of the rectangular projections to abut against the wall faces of the notches to keep the paper shredder at an upright position and to allow the user's palm to press the shreds for increasing the capacity of the wastebasket

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and other modifications and advantages will become even more apparent from the following detained description of a preferred embodiment of the invention and from the drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing the paper shredder of US2005/0072869A1;

FIG. 2 is a schematic drawing illustrating the operations of the paper shredder of US2005/0072869A1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded, perspective view of the top-lifting paper shredder of this invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic drawing illustrating the top-lifting paper shredder of this invention before lifting; and

FIG. 5 is a schematic drawing illustrating the top-lifting paper shredder of this invention after lifting.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS)

With reference to the drawings, FIG. 3 is an exploded, perspective view of the top-lifting paper shredder of this invention, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are schematic drawings illustrating the top-lifting paper shredder of this invention before and afar lifting, respectively.

In the drawings, a paper shredder 1 includes rectangular projections 11 each projecting outwards from an appropriate position of opposing sides of the paper shredder. V-shaped notches 21 are each formed to the wastebasket 2 and composing a lower slant 211 and a wall face 212. When the paper shredder 1 is placed above the wastebasket 2, a lower edge 11 of the rectangular projections projecting from the opposing sides of the paper shredder 1 abuts against a joint between the lower slant 211 and the wall face 212. Upon lifting up a grip 12 provided to a front end of the paper shredder 1, the rectangular projections 11 would flip upwards within the notches 21 of the wastebasket, causing an upper edge 112 of the rectangular projections to abut against the wall face 212 of the notches of the wastebasket to keep the paper shredder at an upright position and to allow the user's palm to press the shreds for increasing the capacity of the wastebasket.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is considered the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is understood that this invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiment but is intended to cover various arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and equivalent arrangements.

Claims

1. A top-lifting paper shredder, including: rectangular projections each projecting outwards from an appropriate position of opposing sides of the paper shredder; notches formed to the wastebasket and composing a lower slant and a wall face at locations corresponding to the rectangular projections. When the paper shredder is placed above the wastebasket, the rectangular projections projecting from the opposing sides of the paper shredder abut against the notches of the wastebasket, whereby upon lifting up a grip provided to a front end of the paper shredder, the rectangular projections would flip upwards within the notches so as to keep the paper shredder at an upright position and to allow a user's palm to press the shreds for increasing the capacity of the wastebasket

2. The top-lifting paper shredder of claim 1, wherein the notches of the wastebasket each compose a lower slant and a wall face.

3. The top-lifting paper shredder of claim 1, wherein when the paper shredder is placed over the wastebasket, each of the rectangular projections projecting from the opposing sides of the paper shredder abuts against the lower slant of the respective notch of the wastebasket, and a front edge of the rectangular projections abuts against a respective joint of the lower slant and wall face.

4. The top-lifting paper shredder of claim 1, wherein the an upper edge of each of the rectangular projections projecting from the opposing sides of the paper shredder abuts against the respective wall face of the notch of the wastebasket upon lifting the paper shredder upwards to an upright position.