Patent ID: 8813992
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: B65F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A collection container for use with a collection bag having a bag opening and a bag perimeter length of a bag opening perimeter around the bag opening, comprising: a continuous substantially vertical side wall, said side wall having an inner surface defining a volume generally matching a volume of the collection bag, said volume having a top opening and a bottom opening, said top opening having a top opening perimeter length of a top perimeter around said top opening, said inner surface including a plurality of substantially vertically-extending support ribs provided on said inner wall defining a plurality of substantially vertical chutes extending from said bottom opening to said top opening inside said volume, said plurality of support ribs configured to define for each vertical chute a chute bottom at said bottom opening and a chute top at said top opening wherein each said vertical chute includes a chute channel extending along a chute length inside said volume from said chute bottom to said chute top with each said chute channel open to said volume along said chute length; a bottom joined to said side wall and closing said bottom opening, said bottom including one or more bottom spacers defining one or more bottom ports at said bottom opening with said one or more bottom ports communicated to said chute channels; and a retaining rim joined to said side wall at said top opening with said retaining rim defining a rim perimeter length of a rim perimeter around said retaining rim sized to generally match the bag perimeter length, wherein said rim perimeter length is less than said top opening perimeter length with said retaining rim disposed inside said volume providing a top opening space between said rim perimeter and said top opening perimeter inside said volume, and wherein each said chute top is in fluid communication with said top opening space; wherein said retaining rim is configured to suspend the collection bag inside said volume from said retaining rim perimeter to produce a suspended collection bag inside said volume; and wherein each said chute top is disposed between the suspended collection bag and said inner surface; and further comprising a lid having a lid perimeter length of a lid perimeter around said lid wherein said lid perimeter length is greater than or equal to said rim perimeter length and wherein said lid perimeter length is less than said top opening perimeter length.