Patent ID: 8186539
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: B65F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A cover device for a trash bin comprising: a base member including a compartment formed at a first end thereof and an opening to throw trash into the trash bin from the opening, with the opening having a periphery; a cover member including a cover portion and a connected element, with the cover portion having a periphery, with the connected element including a first section fixed to the cover portion and a second section integrally coupled to the first section and extending from the first section spaced from the cover portion and towards the periphery of the cover portion, with the first section being spaced from the periphery of the cover portion; at least one elastic device, with each elastic device including an elastic element having a first end provided at the compartment and a second end coupled to the connected element; and wherein the cover member is rotatable about an axis defined through the first and second ends of the elastic device between a first position and a second position, with the axis being spaced from the first section and the periphery of the cover portion; wherein while in the first position of the cover member, the peripheries of the opening and the cover portion abut with the opening of the base member closed by the cover portion of the cover member and the elastic element is pressed to twist with respect to the cover member; and wherein while in the second position of the cover member, the elastic element is released to lift the cover member upward, with the periphery of the cover portion being completely exposed and spaced from the periphery of the opening of the base member outward in the second position.