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A portable garbage can comprising a cylindrical can body, an annular cap receiver combined with the can body, two half caps swingably combined with the cap receiver, and an inverted L-shaped handle combined with the cap receiver and having a bottom square engage portion to insert in an inner recess

A portable garbage can comprising a cylindrical can body, an annular cap receiver combined with the can body, two half caps swingably combined with the cap receiver, and an inverted L-shaped handle combined with the cap receiver and having a bottom square engage portion to insert in an inner recess of a square plate fixed on one side of the cap receiver, two opposite saw teeth provided in the inner opening of the square engage portion to engage and rotate a stationary tooth respectively fixed on one side of the two half caps to swing open or close an upper opening of the cap receiver combined with the can body for throwing garbage therein.

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A portable garbage can comprising: a cylindrical can body having a bottom closed, an open top, and two opposite stop projections on the top end; an annular cap receiver hooked on the open top of said cylindrical can body, having an open top, two opposite swelled-to-the-middle upper edges, a square p

A portable garbage can comprising: a cylindrical can body having a bottom closed, an open top, and two opposite stop projections on the top end; an annular cap receiver hooked on the open top of said cylindrical can body, having an open top, two opposite swelled-to-the-middle upper edges, a square plate at one side, said square plate having an inside recess for receiving a square engage portion of a handle therein and a vertical hole in an inside bottom end, two engage holes in the other side of said square plate, two opposite hooks on a bottom edge for hooking said stop projections of said cylindrical body can to combine the cap receiver with said can body; two half caps pivotally combined with said cap receiver, respectively having a curved shape of the same size, a stationary tooth on one side and a round projection on the opposite side; a handle of an inverted L shape, having an upper horizontal portion being corrugated for gripping, a square engage portion formed at a bottom end and inserting in said inside recess of said square plate of said cap receiver, said square engage portion having two vertical opposite saw teeth on two opposite inner vertical sides to engage said two stationary teeth of said two half caps, and a round projection extending down from the bottom of said square engage portion; a coil spring provided to fit around said round projection of said handle and resting on a bottom inner edge of said square plate; and said two half caps being in a closed position (the original position) when said handle is not pressed down and pushed up by said coil spring, with the upper portions of said two saw teeth engaging said stationary teeth of said half caps, said half caps being in an open position for garbage to be thrown in said can body through said cap receiver when said handle is pressed down with hand to compress said coil spring, with said square engage portion moving up to rotate said two stationary teeth of said half caps, forcing said half caps swing outward, said two half caps being automatically moved to the original position, i.e. the closed position, in case the handle is released to be moved up by elasticity of said coil spring, said handle possible to be caught with hand to move this whole can by hooking the cap receiver with the can body without the garbage therein falling out to scatter around.