Patent ID: 9027777
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: B65D,B65F

Abstract:
1. A vented trash container comprising: a bottom, at least one side wall raised from said bottom, and an open top; a manifold of air channels for air distribution comprising a plurality of substantially vertical air channels positioned on said at least one side wall, a plurality of substantially horizontal air channels positioned on said bottom, and an air distributing means located substantially at the center of said bottom; each of said vertical air channels on each of said at least one side wall being spaced apart at regular intervals with respect to adjacent vertical air channels on said at least one side wall and being defined by recessing a segment of said at least one side wall outward away from the interior of said container, having a longitudinal side opened toward the interior of said container, having a first longitudinal open end located proximal to said open top, having a second longitudinal open end located proximal to said bottom; each of said horizontal air channels being defined by recessing a segment of said bottom downward away from the interior of said container, having a longitudinal side opened toward the interior of said container, being longitudinally positioned along a substantially radial direction from said air distributing means, having a third longitudinal open end connecting to a respective one of said second longitudinal open ends, and having a fourth longitudinal open end connecting to said air distributing means, said horizontal air channels being substantially uniform in width; and said air distributing means comprising a looping channel around a raised central piece, said raised central piece being of a uniform height and substantially coplanar with said bottom, said looping channel being defined by recessing a segment of said bottom downward away from the interior of said container, said looping channel opened toward the interior of said container, said looping channel being substantially uniform in width, said horizontal air channels communicating to each other through said looping channel.