Patent ID: 7909199
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: B65F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A combined receptacle and associated lid and connecting assembly for said receptacle and said lid, said combined receptacle, lid, and connecting assembly comprising: a receptacle having an open top end and a closed bottom end respectively, said receptacle having a hollow chamber formed therein for receiving debris introduced into said receptacle; a receptacle lid fitted over said top end of said receptacle; means for maintaining said lid in close proximity to said receptacle while said lid is detached from said receptacle; said lid maintaining means being attached to said receptacle and to said receptacle lid; wherein said lid maintaining means comprises a plurality of plates; a flexible cord having axially opposed first and second ends respectively tethered to selected ones of said plates; wherein said plurality of plates comprises a first plurality of coextensively shaped plates having top and bottom surfaces respectively, each of said first plurality of plates having a bore formed in a central area thereof, each of said bottom surfaces having a wall monolithically formed therewith and extending outwardly at a right angle therefrom, each of said walls spanning along an outer circumference of said bores such that said wall continuously surrounds an associated one of said bores, each of said walls having a threaded outer surface; and a first gasket nested directly against an inner surface of said wall for preventing fluid and debris from passing through said bore.