U.S. patent application number 09/873582 was filed with the patent office on 2002-12-05 for interposed flexible liner for waste disposal container.
Invention is credited to Prell, Jason Paul, Prell, Nanette M..
Application Number | 20020179608 09/873582 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 25361928 |
Filed Date | 2002-12-05 |
United States Patent
Application |
20020179608 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Prell, Jason Paul ; et
al. |
December 5, 2002 |
Interposed flexible liner for waste disposal container
Abstract
A flexible liner of the type adopted for a waste disposable
container wherein the flexible liner is interposed within other
flexible liners and placed inside of a waste disposable container.
The flexible liners are held in place by lifting strap loops
affixed to the flexible liners.
Inventors: |
Prell, Jason Paul; (Reese,
MI) ; Prell, Nanette M.; (Reese, MI) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Robert J. Rhead, P.C.
by Robert J. Rhead
240 West Main Street, Suite 1000
Midland
MI
48640
US
|
Family ID: |
25361928 |
Appl. No.: |
09/873582 |
Filed: |
June 4, 2001 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
220/495.11 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D 33/1616 20130101;
B65D 25/16 20130101; B65D 77/04 20130101; B65F 1/062 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
220/495.11 |
International
Class: |
B65D 025/14; B65D
035/14; B65D 090/00 |
Claims
We claim:
1. A flexible liner of the type adopted for a waste disposable
container comprising: a flexible liner including a bottom and an
encircling side wall connected to the bottom and defining the outer
perimeter of the flexible liner; and a top opening; a pair of
lifting strap loops, each of said loops having a pair of ends
affixed to the encircling side wall; the top opening of the
flexible liner being capable of receiving a plurality of additional
individual liners within the top opening so that one flexible liner
is interposed into each and every other flexible liner; and a means
for maintaining the flexible liner lifting strap loops
substantially vertically within the waste disposable container.
2. The flexible liner of the type adapted for the waste disposable
container as claimed in claim 1 wherein the top opening is
substantially rectangularly shaped shape and substantially vertical
within the container.
3. The flexible liner of the type adapted for the waste disposable
container as claimed in claim 1 wherein the top opening is
substantially circularly shaped and substantially vertical within
the container.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to an article of manufacture for a
flexible liner of the type adopted for a waste disposable
container. There has been a recent trend in metropolitan areas and
institutional organizations, such as restaurants, hospitals and the
like, to do away with permanent waste or garbage containers and
cans by substituting large garbage bags or containers which can be
handled without contamination and which would easily permit
disposal of garbage and trash. Various attempts have been made at
producing inexpensive and efficient frames, and holders to support
such refuse bags or containers during the filling thereof A great
majority of these devices embody the concept of an interior metal
ring or collar over which is slipped the top margin of the
container thereupon securing the container to the supporting
apparatus. The basic disability of this prior art concept is the
exposure of the metal collar or ring to contamination and the
relative difficulty of securing the bag in place.
[0002] Therefore, an object of this invention is to provide a
flexible liner that is interposed into other individual flexible
liner so that a stack of individual liners are assembled with the
waste disposable container.
[0003] Also, various attempts have previously been made at
supplying a waste disposal container adapted to cooperate with a
holder having parallel horizontal supporting arms. Among these have
been the provision of supporting arm receiving tubes secured to the
upper sides of the container. The receiving tubes are fabricated
separately from the container and are subsequently secured thereto.
This obviously provides greater manufacturing costs due to the
provision and handling of additional components.
[0004] Accordingly, it is a further object of this invention to
provide an inexpensive waste disposal liner for any size or shape
container.
[0005] It is still a further object of this invention to provide a
flexible, disposal liner wherein such individual liner is
interposed inside of each and every other individual liner so that
when the first exposed liner is full of trash or the like it can be
removed and discarded and a new, fresh liner is exposed in the
first liner's place in the container.
[0006] With these and other objects in view, the invention resides
in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of the
parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter fully
described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claim, and
are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0007] For the purpose of illustrating the invention, there are
shown in the accompanying drawings forms which are presently
preferred; it being understood that the invention is not intended
to be limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentality's
shown.
[0008] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a interposed, flexible
liners affixed with handle means.
[0009] FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1 but showing how the
interposed, flexible liners are curled over the lip of a waste
disposal container.
[0010] FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 2 but showing how one
interposed, flexible liner is, once filled with waste, removed from
the remaining interposed, flexible liners.
[0011] FIG. 4 illustrates the means of securing one liner to
another by using two pins at the base of the lifting strap loops
and means of carrying a complete series of the interposed, flexible
liners.
[0012] FIG. 5 is a side view at break line 5 of FIG. 4 showing a
series of interposed, flexible liners held by a pin means to hold
all the flexible liners together at the base of the lifting strap
loops.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0013] Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein like
reference numbers have been used through out the various figures to
illustrate like elements, there is shown in FIG. 1 a perspective
view of a plurality of flexible liners 1. These flexible liners 1
have affixed to them a lifting strap loops 2. These lifting strap
loops 2 are affixed to the flexible liners 1 by a pin means 3. This
pin means 3 serves as a fastener of the lifting strap loops 2 to
the flexible liners 1. This pin means 3 is of such a structure as
to permit the flexible liners 1 to be removed, one at a time once
full of waste, from the remaining flexible liners 1. Thus
presenting a clean flexible liner 1.
[0014] FIG. 2 illustrates the manner in which the flexible liners 1
are positioned within a waste disposal container 4. This waste
disposal container 4 can be of any structure or any geometrical
configuration. Placed and positioned within the waste disposal
container 4 are a plurality of flexible liners 1. As further
illustrated in FIG. 2 the top portion of the plurality of the
flexible liners 1 are folded over the top rim of the waste disposal
container 4. This folding over of the tope of the flexible liners 1
over the rim of the waste disposal container 4 supports the
flexible liners 1 with in the container.
[0015] FIG. 3 illustrates the manner in which the flexible liner 1,
once full of waste or the like, is removed from the remaining
unused flexible liners 1. To secure the full of waste or like, of
the flexible liner 1, a tie means 5 is illustrated. Any security
devise is contemplated in this invention.
[0016] FIG. 4 is a fragmented view which illustrates the means of
securing one flexible liner 1 to the plurality of the other
flexible liners 1, by the pin means 3 as affixed through the
flexible liners 1 and the lifting strap loops 2.
[0017] FIG. 5 is a side view at break line 5 of FIG. 4 showing a
series of interposed flexible liners 1 held by a pin means 3.
[0018] The present invention may be embodied in other specific
forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes
thereof and accordingly, reference should be made to the appended
claims rather than to the foregoing specification as indicating the
scope of the invention.
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