Garbage container

• US 5,121,853 A
• Filed: 07/30/1991
• Issued: 06/16/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Waste Management of North America, Inc. (Waste Management Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Waste Management of North America, Inc. (Waste Management Incorporated)
• Inventors: Edelhoff, Gustav
• Primary Examiner(s): MOY, JOSEPH MAN
• Application Number:
  US07/737,711
• Time in Patent Office: 322 Days
• Field of Search: 220/500, 220/908, 364/424.05
• US Class Current: 220/500
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/1484 relating to the adaptation of receptacles to carry identification means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 220/908 Trash container

Abstract

The present invention refers to a garbage container with a pocket-like receiving means provided in the front section of the opening edge, for a gripping claw of a lifting/tilting apparatus. In order to guarantee a perfect data transfer between a data carrier provided at the garbage container and an identification system provided at the lifting means, according to the invention in a recess of the pocket-like receiving means a fixing means wtih a data carrier is arranged.

Claims

1. A garbage container having an opening edge, said opening edge having a front section which has attached a pocket-like receiver fabricated to engage a gripping claw of a lifting/tilting apparatus, said pocket-like receiver having an outside surface containing a recessed portion, said recessed portion containing means for fixing a data carrier, whereby said fixing means is positioned such that the data carrier can exchange stored information with the lifting/tilting apparatus.

2. The garbage container of claim 1, wherein the fixing means has an edge formed to fit into a groove in the recessed portion of the pocket-like receiver.

3. The garbage container of claims 1 or 2, wherein the fixing means contains a transparent plate flush with the outside surface of the pocket-like receiving which encloses and protects the data carrier from the outside environment.

4. The garbage container of claim 3, wherein the transparent plate is round and fabricated of a plastic material.