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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7290674 | Bifurcated trash bin A bifurcated trash bin includes a rectangular housing having an open top portion and a closed bottom portion defining a cavity therein. A divider member is removably positionable along the top portion for bifurcating the cavity into a pair of substantially symmetric... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7204407 | Device for the collection of articles, such as waste, dirty laundry, and the like A device for the collection of articles, such as waste, dirty laundry and the like, has a carrying frame with several cutouts, into which can be inserted in each case a bag-like receptacle produced from a plastic film, from a textile fabric, from paper or the like. ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7140498 | Mail delivery system A mail case system facilitates sequence-sorting various types of mail together into individual bags that each represent delivery points. The mail case uses multi-bag inserts so that bags for a number of stops can be set up for sorting. At the end of the sorting oper... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7000798 | Rotating laundry storage A revolveable laundry hamper for individually storing laundry in a plurality of chambers into which garments and items requiring laundering can be separated according to wash cycle required. The laundry hamper consists of a box-like structure having four side doors ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6679398 | Paint container liner system A paint container liner system including disposable liners and an open container for receiving at least one of the disposable liners, the liners being sized and configured to fit into the inside of the container and around the rim of the container, the li... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6390323 | Container According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a container having one or more side walls, including means for releasably retaining covering means comprising a flexible covering material, characterized in that said retaining means i... | 05/21/2002 |
| 5915584 | Device for attaching a disposable bag to a container A device for attaching a grocery or retail plastic bag to an existing trash container is disclosed. The device is to be positioned at the top rim of the trash container. The device has a first pair of hooks so that one of the bag handles may be placed int... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5885002 | Recycling apparatus and system A recycling apparatus and system for plastic material and electronics parts. The completely assembled unit encompasses a support frame and a plurality of color coded transparent collection bags. The color scheme represents electronic resistors which coinc... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5873643 | Multi-compartment cabinet The present invention is a cabinet having multiple compartments for storing and sorting articles, such as recyclables, laundry, toys, trash, etc. Vertical slots are provided in the front and rear walls of the cabinet for the insertion of dividing panels t... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5803299 | Container for multiple trash bags A container for multiple, nested trash bags, characterized by a container body having bag supports extending into the container body for suspending multiple, nested trash bags in the container in open, trash-receiving configuration. The nested trash bags ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5320241 | Bag holding system for recyclables This invention enables the storage of several recyclable materials in a single container by providing a method of dividing ribs and an attachment method that attaches plastic bags to the ribs by the interaction between holes in a fastened flexible strip a... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5310078 | Receptacle for supporting adjacent bags A receptacle has projections extending from its upper end for supporting adjacent flexible plastic bags. At opposing positions on the receptacle there is a pair of closely adjacent projections at each of the opposing positions. In a round receptacle the o... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5246119 | Customized arrangement for presorting recyclable materials An arrangement for presorting recyclable materials includes a first sector-shaped plastic bag having a first opening, a second sector-shaped plastic bag having a second opening, and a third sector-shaped plastic bag having a third opening. A first connect... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5190252 | Refuse bag support system A refuse bag support system for sorting and storing refuse of varying types and volume in a bag-holding structure of a total volume which is substantially less than the total volume of side-by-side bags therein if all were filled to capacity, including a ... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5188254 | Bag holding system for recyclables This invention enables the storage of several recyclable materials in a single container by providing a method of dividing ribs and an attachment method that attaches plastic bags to the ribs by the interaction between holes in a fastened flexible strip a... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5119958 | Sort and cycle bin A sort an cycle bin is provided for waste materials which consists of a receptacle having a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side walls with a plurality of horizontally oriented and vertically spaced apart compartments. Indicia is asso... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5119957 | Trash receptacle divider To divide a substantially rigid trash receptacle into a plurality of compartments defined by a plurality of disposable trash can liners, a peripheral support member rests on top of and interiorly abuts the rim of the receptacle. A plurality of dividing me... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5096086 | Refuse container apparatus A refuse container wherein removable partitions permit adjustment of compartments therewithin, wherein each of the partitions permit securement of trash bags of a typical polymeric configuration and construction to position within each compartment. Hook m... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5085342 | Bag support for trash cans A receptacle having a rim, at its upper end, provided with a plurality of projections that extend upward from the rim's surface. There are dividers extending across the upper end of the receptacle to divide it into compartments. The projections are spaced... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5072852 | Receptacle with improved features for facilitating separating of recyclable trash A receptacle for facilitating separating of recyclable trash includes a container body, flat panels for forming a plurality of adjustable-size separate compartments in the container body, and a single-stage single-level lid hingedly mounted on the contain... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5058763 | Waste separation apparatus A waste separation container for selectively separating and storing waste material includes a plurality of thin-walled flexible bags supported by a closure or frame engaging an upper part of the container. In embodiments that include a central partition i... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5005727 | Dual purpose waste receptacle A dual purpose waste receptacle including a trash container having an open and a closed end and provided with a removable top, having a pair of oppositely disposed swinging doors, releasably covering the open end. The top open end of the container has a t... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4974746 | Waste separation container A waste separation container for selectively separating and storing waste material includes a receptacle with an upper edge with slits in its opening upwardly to receive and hold a plurality of thin plastic bags in an open position. The slits are preferab... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4967900 | Garbage disposal system A household garbage collection system providing means for pre-sorting of refuse and selective disposal of the sorted garbage. The system generally comprises a conventional type garbage can and a sectional frame assembly disposed on the top of the garbage ... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4948033 | Moisture resistant container A multi-piece foldable container including a corrugated body blank and a pair of corrugated liner blanks. Support columns are found in the liner blanks at positions along the sides of the container while multiple layers of the corrugated fibreboard are pr... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4940159 | Compartmented refuse container A receptacle for solid wastes has a separate chamber for each different category of waste such as paper, glass, food. The chambers are joined together at common walls for compact and economical structure. Structure including bag-engaging notches in the up... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4917263 | Household container assembly with adaptable lid for a plurality of bags A household container assembly includes an adapter so that it may hold and support 33-gallon disposable rubbish bags or 26-gallon disposable rubbish bags or both. The adapter fits on top of a container of the same size as a 33-gallon container and provide... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4913308 | Liner retainer apparatus and method A liner retainer is provided for retaining the mouth of a flexible liner bag open and in position for receiving objects in the bag. The liner retainer includes a retainer member and a retainer channel connected to and extending around the perimeter of a d... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4905853 | Compartmented receptacle A trash can has a rim at its upper end. A divider, made up of a plurality of arms, cooperates with the rim to form a plurality of open spaces at the top of the can. The arms of the divider are supported by sockets mounted on the rim. Plastic trash bags ha... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4874111 | Multi-compartment refuse container A multi-compartment refuse container is provided in which partitions provided within a container shell divide the container into a number of individual compartments. Pin holes provided on the top of each partition accept pins which are used to secure tras... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4834262 | Trash separation container There is provided an apparatus for a compartmentalized trash separation container which is compatible with plastic bags and used to separate garbage for recycling purposes, and further having a compartment specially designed for receipt of newspapers or t... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4750638 | Trash organizer The disclosed trash can is divided into two compartments by two side-by-side trash can liners for separately accumulating two classes of waste. An extensible divider is placed across the top opening of the trash can; there are clips along each side of the... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4691859 | Collapsible bulk shipping container A collapsible, bulk shipping container that is made up of an inverted tray-type rectangular bottom and a collapsible tubular body, one end of which is telescopically received in the tray-type bottom. The collapsible tubular body is collapsible from a full... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4597102 | Intermediate bulk container An intermediate bulk container comprises an outer envelope (1 to 6) formed of flexible woven material and having seams (11 to 14). An impervious liner (20) of flexible material is contained within the outer envelope. The liner has tab means (27) lying out... | 06/24/1986 |
