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Plastic container for recycling household waste

  • US 5,390,813 A
  • Filed: 09/29/1993
  • Issued: 02/21/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A recycling container to assist in the sorting of recyclable materials comprising,a container body having left and right side-by-side compartments separated by a hollow upright partition therebetween,each of said compartments has connected upright side walls, a bottom wall and an upper open wide mouth surrounded by a rim,a first and a second of said upright side walls being spaced apart from one another to define said hollow upright partition,a horizontally disposed laterally extending connected panel aligned in the plane of the upper open wide mouth of each of the compartments for joining said first and second side walls at upper edges thereof,a center portion of said horizontally disposed connecting panel defining a handle,said handle has a downwardly facing gripping surface,said first and second side walls have openings therein beneath the handle to allow a person'"'"'s hand to be placed below the handle, andthe handle is located within the container at substantially the elevation of the rim of the container that surrounds the upper open wide mouth of each compartment.

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