Patent ID: 7219602
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: B30B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. For use with a can compacting mechanism, the mechanism comprising a pair of side support members, each side support member having a slot defined therein and a pair of cooperating compaction plates, said plates being movable towards one another to compact an upright can situated therebetween when a handle is rotated downwardly, a can collection catch bin which comprises a main catch bin body, said catch bin body including a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, the first and second side walls generally opposing one another, and a floor, (i) the front wall including a bottom edge, a pair of side edges and an upper portion, (ii) the back wall including a bottom edge, a pair of side edges and an upper portion, (iii) the first side wall including a bottom edge, a pair of side edges and an upper portion, and (iv) the second side wall including a bottom edge, a pair of side edges and an upper portion, wherein the bottom edges of the front wall, the back wall and the first and second side walls, form the edges of the floor, the front wall upper portion, the back wall upper portion, and the side wall upper portions terminate in a generally rectangularly shaped neck having an upwardly facing aperture, each of the side wall upper portions further comprising a flange corresponding to the slot defined within each of the side support members for, removably attaching the catch bin body to the can compacting mechanism, the can compacting handle includes a pair of substantially parallel handle members and the neck of the catch bin includes a pair of recesses for accommodating a full downward movement of the handle members whereby compacted cans that drop from the mechanism are collected within the catch bin.