Patent ID: 8547241
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A waste bag contents unit including: a) a housing having an interior space, said housing including a top wall with a sensing area thereon and having a surface exterior to the interior space; b) an arm having first and second ends, said arm's second end mounted to the exterior of the housing's top wall at apposition allowing juxtaposition of the first arm end with the sensing area; c) a magnet attached to the arm's first end to allow juxtaposition of the magnet to the sensing are; d) a signal element providing a humanly detectable signal responsive to a switching's closed state; e) a bag edge connection element attached to the top wall; and f) within the housing, the switching element having open and closed states and connected to the signal element, and having at least a part thereof mounted in juxtaposed relation to the sensing area, said switching element taking one of the open and closed states responsive to presence at the sensing area of magnetic flux of at least a predetermined flux density, and the other of the open and closed state otherwise.