Patent ID: 6378721
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B65F,Y10S

Abstract:
A compartmentalized trash can for sorting and storing different kinds of recyclables, said can comprising:a) a container for storing the different kinds of recyclables; said container having: i) a bottom wall with a perimeter; ii) a side wall extending upwardly from said perimeter of said bottom wall of said container, to an uppermost terminal rim, and together with said bottom wall of said container defining a chamber in said container; and iii) a top being open and communicating with said chamber in said container and being defined by said uppermost terminal rim of said side wall of said container; b) a plurality of partitions disposed in said container for sorting the different kinds of recyclables to be stored in said container; said plurality of partitions extending longitudinally through said chamber in said container, from said bottom wall of said container, to uppermost terminal edges, at said open top of said container, and laterally across said chamber in said container to said side wall of said container; said plurality of partitions dividing said chamber in said container into a plurality of sub-chambers, with each sub-chamber in said container for storing a different kind of the different kinds of recyclables; c) a lid hingedly attached to, and selectively opening and closing, said container: d) means for opening said lid by use of a foot of a user; and e) a liner bag removably lining said chamber in said container for storing the different kinds of recyclables, and having a top that is open and defined by a peripheral flange that rests on said uppermost terminal edge of said side wall of said container; said liner bag comprising a plurality of sub-liner bags being formed together as one piece, with each sub-liner bag of said plurality of sub-liner bags lining an associated sub-chamber of said plurality of sub-chambers in said container.