Patent ID: 9745129
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B62B,B65F

Claim:
1. A lid latching mechanism for a residential waste disposal roll-out cart, wherein the residential waste disposal roll-out cart is the type that has a container with an open top, a handle on the container at a first side of the container, a pair of wheels mounted to the container near the first side of the container, and a lid hingedly attached to the container near the first side of the container, the lid being adjustable between a closed position covering the open top and a fully open position wherein a free end of the lid is rotated to be near the first side of the container, the lid latching mechanism comprising: a base having a container facing side adapted to be mounted to the first side of the residential waste container and an outer side opposite from the container facing side; a resilient arm extending from the outer side of the base; a catch structure at a free end of the resilient arm, the catch structure including a catch, and wherein the resilient arm urges the catch into a catching position that interferes with an arc of rotation of the lid to retain the lid in the fully open position.