Patent ID: 7703622
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: B65F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for providing a compartmentalized receptacle for trash and recyclables, comprising: a) a housing having a cylindrical shape, said housing being substantially upright standing, said housing having top and bottom ends, wherein said top end is open, said housing having a wall; b) first and second containers being removably disposed in said housing, each of said containers having a top and bottom, wherein each of said top ends of said containers are open, wherein each of said containers is shaped in horizontal cross-section substantially like a half circle, wherein said first container is for receiving trash and said second container is for receiving recylables; c) first and second lids being disposed side by side on said top end of said housing to permit a user to access the first and second containers, wherein said first lid is complementarily shaped in a half circle cross-section as said top end of said first container and said second lid is complementarily shaped in a half circle cross-section as said top end of said second container, each lid being hinged in one corner thereof, wherein each of said first and second lids is closed in a first position and pivoted upwardly around said hinge to be open in a second position; d) structure for operating said first and second lids whereby the user can move each of the first and second lids back and forth between the closed position and the open position comprising: e) a third foot lever directly under said side by side hinges for raising said first and second lids simultaneously from the closed position to the open position.