초록

A garbage can is provided including a weighted base having a recess formed therein. Also included is a garbage can having a bottom adapted to be releasably situated within the recess of the base. Next provided is a plurality of locking tabs for coupling the can within the base.

대표청구항 ▼

[ I claim:] [1.] A garbage can comprising, in combination:a base having a hollow rectangular configuration with a top face, a bottom face and a thin periphery formed therebetween for defining an interior space, the top face having a cylindrical recess formed in a central extent thereof, an inlet ape

[ I claim:] [1.] A garbage can comprising, in combination:a base having a hollow rectangular configuration with a top face, a bottom face and a thin periphery formed therebetween for defining an interior space, the top face having a cylindrical recess formed in a central extent thereof, an inlet aperture formed therein with a threaded neck coupled about the inlet aperture and extending upwardly therefrom for releasably coupling with a cap thereby allowing the selective filling of the interior space of the base with water, and a plurality of rectangular locking tabs each having a bottom edge hingably coupled about a periphery of the recess and having an interior surface with a lateral groove formed therein, a first one of four side faces of the thin periphery having a horizontally oriented closed loop handle mounted thereon, a second one of the four side faces opposite the first having ends each with a pair of vertically spaced disk-shaped bumpers extending therefrom, a third one of the side faces having a vertically oriented thin window formed therein for affording a view of a present level of water within the base, a fourth one of the side faces having an outlet aperture formed therein with a threaded neck coupled about the outlet aperture and extending outwardly therefrom for releasably coupling with a cap thereby allowing the selective emptying of the water within the interior space of the base, the bottom face having a matrix of vertically oriented pegs formed thereon and depending downwardly therefrom for inserting within earth;a garbage can having a closed circular bottom face and an inverted frusto-conical side wall extending upwardly to terminate at an upper peripheral edge, a pair of closed loop handles integrally formed on diametrically opposed sides of the side wall, a lid defining a portion of a hollow sphere with a pair of handle defining grooves formed in an apex thereof and an annular flange depending therefrom for engaging with an interior surface of the upper peripheral edge of the side wall of the garbage can, and an annular protrusion formed on the side wall and extending radially therefrom adjacent to the bottom face thereof for coupling with the grooves of the locking tabs of the base upon the insertion of the garbage can within the cylindrical recess thereof;a wheel assembly including a pair of a legs having inboard ends pivotally coupled to the side wall of the garbage can about a common axis, a pair of wheels each rotatably coupled to an outboard end of an associated one of the legs, a pair of notches formed in the side wall of the garbage can between the legs and both above and below the axis, and an arcuate connector bar integrally coupled between a central extent of the legs and further releasably coupleable with the notches such that the wheels may be pivoted coincidentally between a lowered deployed orientation and a raised stored orientation; anda flexible draining hose including a first end with a rotatable threaded sleeve for screwably coupling with the neck of the outlet aperture and a pair of radially extending arms extending from the sleeve of the drainage hose for facilitating coupling and removal of the first end of the hose to the neck of the outlet aperture.