Patent · US Expired

Refuse containers

US5381921A · kind A · utility

24Cited by
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5Claims
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Filing dateDec 8, 1992
Grant dateJan 17, 1995
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Expiry dateDec 8, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S220/908
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A refuse container comprising a hollow body with an upper access opening closed by a displaceable cover, and a bag suspension frame, carried by a body wall, said wall movable between a closed position in which the frame is positioned below an access opening, and an open position in which the frame is exposed for bag replacement. The frame has a movable frame element projecting away from the wall. The body has internal surfaces for deflecting the frame element upwardly during closing movement and downwardly during opening movement of the body wall.

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