Wastebasket
US9033177B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 28, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 19, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S220/9081
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A wastebasket designed to work in combination with a trash bag insert, the wastebasket having one or more openings or slots on one or more of its sidewalls, the openings extending from the upper rim of the wastebasket to a point near the bottom of the wastebasket, so as to allow for an inward and outward motion of the sidewall sections so as to allow overstuffing of the trash bag while allowing the overstuffed bag to readily be removed from the wastebasket and/or the insertion of a trash bag whose opening circumference is smaller than the upper rim circumference of the wastebasket, whereby the trash bag is secured to the rim of the wastebasket.
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