Wastebasket for facilitating reuse of plastic shopping bags
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B65D-025/14
B65F-001/06
출원번호
US-0919661
(2013-06-17)
등록번호
US-8944274
(2015-02-03)
발명자
/ 주소
Madrid, James
출원인 / 주소
Madrid, James
대리인 / 주소
Wayne J. Colton, Inc.
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A wastebasket for facilitating reuse of plastic shopping bags includes a first, open topped receptacle; a second receptacle, sized and shaped to receive therein the first receptacle; and a lid. The first, open topped receptacle may be formed unitary with the second receptacle or the first, open topp
A wastebasket for facilitating reuse of plastic shopping bags includes a first, open topped receptacle; a second receptacle, sized and shaped to receive therein the first receptacle; and a lid. The first, open topped receptacle may be formed unitary with the second receptacle or the first, open topped receptacle may be removable from the second receptacle. The first, open topped receptacle and the second receptacle are cooperatively adapted to form a bag storage compartment generally within the second receptacle and about the outside, upper portions of the first receptacle. The lid is cooperatively adapted with the first, open topped receptacle and the second receptacle to form an aesthetically pleasing closure for the bag storage compartment while simultaneously providing an also aesthetically pleasing opening to the interior space of the first, open topped receptacle.
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1. A wastebasket for facilitating reuse of plastic shopping bags, said wastebasket comprising: a first receptacle having a closed bottom, said first receptacle comprising: an upwardly extending wall having a thickness and terminating in a top edge defining an opening into said first receptacle;a per
1. A wastebasket for facilitating reuse of plastic shopping bags, said wastebasket comprising: a first receptacle having a closed bottom, said first receptacle comprising: an upwardly extending wall having a thickness and terminating in a top edge defining an opening into said first receptacle;a perimetrical lip disposed about said top edge of said wall of said first receptacle, said perimetrical lip comprising a substantially planar top surface having a width greater than said thickness of said upwardly extending wall; andan exteriorly oriented protrusion formed about and framing said first receptacle at a horizontal midplane through said first receptacle, said exteriorly oriented protrusion thereby forming a hanger for said first receptacle;a second receptacle, said second receptacle comprising: an upwardly extending wall having an inner periphery and terminating in a top edge defining an opening into said second receptacle; andan interiorly oriented shelf disposed at a horizontal midplane through said second receptacle about said inner periphery of said wall of said second receptacle;a lid, said lid comprising: a top having outer edges thereabout and an aperture centrally located therethrough, said aperture having a perimeter sized and shaped to generally align with said planar top surface of said perimetrical lip disposed about said top edge of said wall of said first receptacle;a sidewall projecting downwardly from said outer edges of said top and terminating in a bottom edge sized and shaped to generally align about said top edge of said wall of said second receptacle; anda substantially planar undersurface;wherein said second receptacle is sized and shaped to concentrically receive said first receptacle through said opening into said second receptacle such that: said exteriorly oriented protrusion of said first receptacle rests upon said interiorly oriented shelf of said second receptacle; andwith said first receptacle concentrically received within said second receptacle and said exteriorly oriented protrusion of said first receptacle resting upon said interiorly oriented shelf of said second receptacle to form an interface between said exteriorly oriented protrusion of said first receptacle and said interiorly oriented shelf of said second receptacle, said first receptacle and said second receptacle cooperatively form a bag storage compartment about said wall of said first receptacle, between said wall of said first receptacle and said wall of said second receptacle, and above said interface of said exteriorly oriented protrusion of said first receptacle and said interiorly oriented shelf of said second receptacle; andwherein with said first receptacle concentrically received within said second receptacle and said exteriorly oriented protrusion of said first receptacle resting upon said interiorly oriented shelf of said second receptacle, said lid closes such that: said bottom edge of said downwardly projecting sidewall of said lid rests adjacent said top edge of said wall of said second receptacle; andsimultaneously with said bottom edge of said downwardly projecting sidewall of said lid resting adjacent said top edge of said wall of said second receptacle, said substantially planar undersurface of said lid rests substantially uniformly atop said planar top surface of said perimetrical lip disposed about said top edge of said wall of said first receptacle. 2. A wastebasket for facilitating reuse of plastic shopping bags, said wastebasket comprising: a first receptacle having a closed bottom and comprising an upwardly extending wall having a thickness and terminating in a top edge defining an opening into said first receptacle;a second receptacle comprising an upwardly extending wall having and an inner periphery and terminating in a top edge defining an opening into said second receptacle;a lid, said lid comprising: a top having outer edges thereabout and an aperture centrally located therethrough, said aperture having a perimeter sized and shaped to generally align with said top edge of said wall of said first receptacle;a sidewall projecting downwardly from said outer edges of said top and terminating in a bottom edge sized and shaped to generally align about said top edge of said wall of said second receptacle; anda substantially planar undersurface; andwherein: said first receptacle is concentrically affixed within said second receptacle through an exteriorly oriented protrusion formed about and framing said first receptacle at a horizontal midplane through said first receptacle, said exteriorly oriented protrusion being also affixed about said inner periphery of said wall of said second receptacle;said first receptacle and said second receptacle cooperatively form a bag storage compartment about said wall of said first receptacle, between said wall of said first receptacle and said wall of said second receptacle and above said exteriorly oriented protrusion extending between said first receptacle and said wall of said second receptacle; andsaid lid closes such that: said bottom edge of said downwardly projecting sidewall of said lid rests adjacent said top edge of said wall of said second receptacle; andsimultaneously with said bottom edge of said downwardly projecting sidewall of said lid resting adjacent said top edge of said wall of said second receptacle, said substantially planar undersurface of said lid rests substantially uniformly atop said top edge of said wall of said first receptacle. 3. The wastebasket for facilitating reuse of plastic shopping bags as recited in claim 2, wherein said first receptacle further comprises a perimetrical lip disposed about said top edge of said wall of said first receptacle. 4. The wastebasket for facilitating reuse of plastic shopping bags as recited in claim 3, wherein said perimetrical lip comprises a substantially planar top surface having a width greater than said thickness of said upwardly extending wall of said first receptacle. 5. A wastebasket for facilitating reuse of plastic shopping bags, said wastebasket comprising: a first receptacle having a closed bottom, said first receptacle comprising: an upwardly extending wall terminating in a top edge defining an opening into said first receptacle; andan exteriorly oriented protrusion formed about and framing said first receptacle at a horizontal midplane through said first receptacle, said exteriorly oriented protrusion thereby forming a hanger for said first receptacle;a second receptacle, said second receptacle comprising: an upwardly extending wall having an inner periphery and terminating in a top edge defining an opening into said second receptacle; andan interiorly oriented shelf disposed at a horizontal midplane through said second receptacle about said inner periphery of said wall of said second receptacle;a lid, said lid comprising: a top having outer edges thereabout and an aperture centrally located therethrough, said aperture having a perimeter sized and shaped to generally align with said wall of said first receptacle;a sidewall projecting downwardly from said outer edges of said top and terminating in a bottom edge sized and shaped to generally align about said top edge of said wall of said second receptacle; anda substantially planar undersurface;wherein said second receptacle is sized and shaped to concentrically receive said first receptacle through said opening into said second receptacle such that: said exteriorly oriented protrusion of said first receptacle rests upon said interiorly oriented shelf of said second receptacle; andwith said first receptacle concentrically received within said second receptacle and said exteriorly oriented protrusion of said first receptacle resting upon said interiorly oriented shelf of said second receptacle to form an interface between said exteriorly oriented protrusion of said first receptacle and said interiorly oriented shelf of said second receptacle, said first receptacle and said second receptacle cooperatively form a bag storage compartment about said wall of said first receptacle, between said wall of said first receptacle and said wall of said second receptacle, and above said interface of said exteriorly oriented protrusion of said first receptacle and said interiorly oriented shelf of said second receptacle; andwherein with said first receptacle concentrically received within said second receptacle and said exteriorly oriented protrusion of said first receptacle resting upon said interiorly oriented shelf of said second receptacle, said lid closes such that: said bottom edge of said downwardly projecting sidewall of said lid rests adjacent said top edge of said wall of said second receptacle; andsimultaneously with said bottom edge of said downwardly projecting sidewall of said lid resting adjacent said top edge of said wall of said second receptacle, said substantially planar undersurface of said lid rests substantially uniformly atop said top edge of said wall of said first receptacle. 6. The wastebasket for facilitating reuse of plastic shopping bags as recited in claim 5, wherein said first receptacle further comprises a perimetrical lip disposed about said top edge of said wall of said first receptacle.
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