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A storage and transportation receptacle for empty recyclable beverage cans. A pair of open sided frames for receiving upright beverage cans can be hingedly linked as desired and then folded to provide a carrying case. An optional flexible cover may be placed over the open side of a frame to retain c

A storage and transportation receptacle for empty recyclable beverage cans. A pair of open sided frames for receiving upright beverage cans can be hingedly linked as desired and then folded to provide a carrying case. An optional flexible cover may be placed over the open side of a frame to retain cans in the frame when a single frame is used alone.

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Apparatus for storage and transportation of empty beverage cans, the invention comprising a pair of generally identical frames each having an open side, each of said frames having a plurality of sidewalls and a floor, each of said frames having protruding elements fixed to a sidewall thereof, said p

Apparatus for storage and transportation of empty beverage cans, the invention comprising a pair of generally identical frames each having an open side, each of said frames having a plurality of sidewalls and a floor, each of said frames having protruding elements fixed to a sidewall thereof, said protruding elements of one of said frames selectively interconnectable with said protruding elements of the other of said frames to provide hinge means between said frames, said protruding elements comprising pin elements and pin receiving elements, each pin receiving element having a curved free end with an open recess thereupon, said pin elements receivable within said recesses when said sidewalls of said frames having said protruding elements are proximate and substantially parallel, said pin elements abutted to said recesses but no retained thereto when said first sidewalls of said frames are substantially parallel. said curved free ends of said pin receiving elements rotate about said pin elements as said frames are pivoted about said pin elements, said free ends are captured between said pin elements and said sidewall as said frames are pivoted about said pin elements to a position where said sidewalls having said protruding elements are substantially nonparallel.