Patent ID: 11858733
Assignee: 1316 LLC
Field: Environmental technology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. A waste management method to minimize an escape of odor from an inside of a waste pail, the method comprising:
placing a waste bag into a bottom drum of the waste pail;
anchoring a top rim of the waste bag to a rotatable inner collar that is rotatably coupled to an outer collar, and the outer collar is coupled to a top rim of the bottom drum;
anchoring a portion of the waste bag via at least one tether to an interior of the bottom drum;
priming the waste bag by rotating the inner collar thereby wrapping the at least one tether around a neck of the waste bag to close off the inside of the waste bag from an ambient environment;
providing a lid casing pivotably coupled to the bottom drum capable of covering over the inner collar; the lid casing having a rotator disposed on an underside of the lid casing, wherein the rotator either directly or indirectly engages with the inner collar to rotate the inner collar when the lid casing is closed over the inner collar;
operating a manual actuator on the lid casing to control a movement of the rotator;
wherein when a user lifts the lid casing to place a waste article into the top opening of the waste bag, the neck of the waste bag remains twisted shut, thereby keeping the inside of the waste bag from being exposed to the ambient environment, and the manual actuator cannot untwist the neck of the waste bag until the lid casing is closed over the inner collar.