Patent ID: 9290319
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B65F

Claim Text:
1. An article for covering an opening of a receptacle with a removable interior liner comprising: a lid having a consistent form and extending in a first direction, the lid including a collar integral to the lid, projecting from at least a portion of the lid, extending in a second direction different from the first direction, and having a length in the second direction adapted to conceal at least a portion of an exterior surface of the receptacle and an upper part of the removable interior liner which may be otherwise visible above or on the exterior surface of the receptacle when the lid is placed over at least a portion of the opening of the receptacle; wherein the article includes at least one of a mechanical device or an electromechanical device for raising the lid above the opening of the receptacle to permit access to an interior of the receptacle; wherein the lid includes at least one rib on an interior frame of the lid for proper positioning of the lid on a body of the receptacle; wherein the body of the receptacle joins a perimeter of the opening of the receptacle with a perimeter of a closed end of the receptacle, the body being continuous at the perimeter of the opening of the receptacle; and wherein a diameter of the lid including the collar exceeds an outside diameter of the body of the receptacle.