Patent ID: 6508377
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: B65F,Y10S

Abstract:
A multiple-sectional garbage container comprising:a base member including a bottom wall, a side wall, and an open top, said bottom wall of said base member defining a substantially closed chamber for receiving a weighting material therein, said base member further including an annular groove being circumferentially-disposed in an exterior of said side wall and near said open top of said base member, said base member also including a raised rim being disposed along an outer top edge of said side wall thereof, said base member having a diameter of approximately 2 to 3 feet and having a height of approximately 6 inches; an elongate tubular member including a side wall, an open bottom, an open top, and an opening therethrough, and being removably fastened upon said base member, said opening being adapted to receive a garbage bag said side wall of said elongate tubular member including top and bottom annular recessed portions being disposed therein at top and bottom ends thereof, said elongate tubular member having a length of approximately 30 to 36 inches; a lid member being removably disposed upon said open top of said elongate tubular member, said lid member including a top wall, and also including a lip being disposed along a bottom edge of said top wall, said lip being adapted to be removably received in said top recessed portion of said tubular member, said lid member further including a handle member being securely attached to a top of said top wall; and a plurality of handle/latch members being pivotally attached to said elongate tubular member and being fastenable to said base member, each of said handle/latch members being securely attached at said bottom end of said side wall of said elongate tubular member, and including a lever having elongate side members being spaced apart and being interconnected with first and second elongate end members, and further having a cross member being attached to said elongate side members, said first elongate end member being hingedly attached to said side wall of said elongate tubular member, said second elongate end member being a handle portion and being adapted to be grasped by a user, each of said cross members including a flange portion which is adapted to be removably received in said annular groove of said base member to securely fasten said elongate tubular member to said base member; wherein said bottom wall of said base member includes a top panel, a bottom panel, and a perimeter panel extending between said top and bottom panels for enclosing said chamber, said top and bottom panels being substantially parallel to each other, and a weighting material being positioned in said chamber.