Waste container

• US 9,975,694 B1
• Filed: 07/25/2017
• Issued: 05/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rehrig Pacific Company
• Original Assignee: Rehrig Pacific Company
• Inventors: Foster, Derick
• Primary Examiner(s): Meyer, Jacob B
• Application Number:
  US15/659,160
• Time in Patent Office: 301 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/1452 Lifting, hoisting, elevating mechanisms or the like for refuse receptacles lifting in general B66
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/1473 Receptacles having wheels
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/16 Lids or covers B65F1/1421 takes precedence; pedal or hand-lever operated for containers in general B65D
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 2220/12 nestable
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 2250/114 Plastics

Abstract

A waste container includes a base wall and an outer wall extending upward from a periphery of the base wall to define an upper opening. The outer wall includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion has a larger dimension in a forward and rearward direction than the lower portion. A vertical stress channel is formed in a rear portion of the outer wall. The vertical channel extends across the lower portion of the outer wall and upward partially into the upper portion. A lid may be pivotably mounted relative to the outer wall at a rear of the waste container to selectively cover the upper opening. A plurality of wheels are rotatably connected proximate a lower rear edge of the outer wall.

Claims

1. A waste container comprising:

a base wall;

an outer wall extending upward from a periphery of the base wall to define an upper opening, the outer wall including an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion having a larger dimension in a forward and rearward direction than the lower portion, the outer wall including rear shoulder portions between the upper portion and the lower portion in the rear portion of the outer wall in rear corners of the waste container, wherein the rear shoulder portions curve upward in the rear corners of the waste container, an upper recess formed in a front portion of the upper portion of the outer wall, the upper recess further defining an upper attachment envelope at an upper end thereof, the front portion of the outer wall further including a lower recess in which a grab bar is secured;

front shoulder portions transitioning between the upper portion and the lower portion in the front portion of the outer wall, wherein the front shoulder portions are formed on either side of the upper recess;

front faces formed on the upper portion above the front shoulder portions, wherein the front faces are co-planar and are angled downward and inward, wherein the front faces are in a plane that intercepts the lower portion of the outer wall at approximately a height of the grab bar;

a vertical stress channel formed in a rear portion of the outer wall, the vertical stress channel extending across the lower portion of the outer wall and upward partially into the upper portion, wherein the vertical stress channel extends upward higher than the rear shoulder portions;

a lid pivotably mounted to a handle portion spaced rearwardly of an upper edge of the outer wall to selectively cover the upper opening; and

a plurality of wheels rotatably connected proximate a lower rear edge of the outer wall.

2. A waste container comprising:

a base wall;

an outer wall extending upward from a periphery of the base wall to define an upper opening, the outer wall including an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion having a larger dimension in a forward and rearward direction than the lower portion, further including rear shoulder portions between the upper portion and the lower portion in a rear portion of the outer wall formed in rear corners of the waste container, wherein the rear shoulder portions curve upward in the rear corners of the waste container;

an upper recess formed in a front portion of the upper portion of the outer wall, the upper recess formed behind the front portion of the upper portion of the outer wall and opening downwardly and defining an upper attachment envelope at an upper end thereof;

a lower recess formed in the front portion of the lower portion of the outer wall;

a grab bar secured in the lower recess;

a pair of front shoulder portions transitioning between the upper portion and the lower portion in the front portion of the outer wall, wherein the front shoulder portions are formed on either side of the upper recess, a pair of front faces formed on the upper portion above the front shoulder portions, wherein the front faces are co-planar and are angled downward and inward from the front portion of the upper portion of the outer wall, wherein the front faces are in a plane that intercepts the lower portion of the outer wall at approximately a height of the grab bar; and

a lid pivotably mounted relative to the outer wall at a rear of the waste container to selectively cover the upper opening.

3. The waste container of claim 2 wherein the outer wall includes a lip extending outward and downward from an uppermost front edge of the outer wall, wherein the lip is spaced upward and outward of the front portion of the upper portion of the outer wall.

4. A waste container comprising:

a base wall;

an outer wall extending upward from a periphery of the base wall to define an upper opening, the outer wall including an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion having a larger dimension in a forward and rearward direction than the lower portion, wherein the outer wall includes a lip extending outward and downward from an uppermost front edge of the outer wall;

an upper recess formed in a front portion of the upper portion of the outer wall, the upper recess formed behind the front portion of the upper portion of the outer wall and opening downwardly and defining an upper attachment envelope at an upper end thereof, wherein the lip is spaced upward and outward of the front portion of the upper portion of the outer wall;

a lower recess formed in the front portion of the lower portion of the outer wall;

a grab bar secured in the lower recess;

a pair of front shoulder portions transitioning between the upper portion and the lower portion in the front portion of the outer wall, wherein the front shoulder portions are formed on either side of the upper recess, a pair of front faces formed on the upper portion above the front shoulder portions, wherein the front faces are co-planar and are angled downward and inward from the front portion of the upper portion of the outer wall, wherein the front faces are in a plane that intercepts the lower portion of the outer wall at approximately a height of the grab bar;

rear shoulder portions between the upper portion and the lower portion in rear corners of the outer wall, wherein the rear shoulder portions curve upward in the rear corners of the waste container; and

a lid pivotably mounted to a handle portion spaced rearwardly of the outer wall of the waste container to selectively cover the upper opening.