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Waste container with reinforced bottom

  • US 6,276,557 B1
  • Filed: 04/05/2000
  • Issued: 08/21/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A waste container for the storage and collection of residential or commercial waste, the waste container comprising:

  • a body having a bottom wall with a peripheral edge and a peripheral wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall peripheral edge and terminating in an upper edge to define an waste compartment with an open top;

    a cover pivotally mounted to the body and moveable between an open position, in which the cover is remote of the open top to permit access to the waste receptacle, and a closed position, in which the cover overlies the open top to cover the same;

    a handle extending from the body near the upper edge of the body;

    a wheel assembly provided on the body near the bottom wall whereby a user can move the waste container by pulling or pushing on the handle to roll the waste container by the wheel assembly;

    an inner rib projecting downwardly from a bottom surface of the bottom wall; and

    a plurality of corrugations formed in the bottom wall and extending from the bottom wall peripheral edge to the inner rib wherein the corrugations and inner rib cooperate to form a structural support for the bottom wall.

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