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System for disposing waste packages such as diapers

  • US 8,567,157 B2
  • Filed: 10/30/2009
  • Issued: 10/29/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A diaper pail assembly, comprising:

  • a housing;

    a bag attached to a frame, wherein the frame is releasably mounted to said housing so as not to rotate with respect to said housing; and

    a rotatable member for twisting a portion of said bag, said rotatable member comprising;

    a plurality of flexible, inwardly extending fingers; and

    a corresponding plurality of spaces defined between said fingers, and wherein at least one of said spaces has a first width at a first location and a second width at a second location, wherein said first width is greater than said second width, and wherein a first side edge and a second side edge of two adjacent flexible fingers are concavely curved, whereby each of said spaces between adjacent fingers has a greatest width near a radial midpoint of said fingers.

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