Patent ID: 7464829
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: B65F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A waste container assembly comprising: a waste container having a bottom wall and an integrally-molded upstanding wall attached to the bottom wall and having an inner surface defining an inner compartment, the upstanding wall having an upper edge; a divider received within the inner compartment of the waste container; and a pair of clips each including a pair of spaced apart side walls extending from a rear wall, the divider disposed between the rear walls of the pair of clips, the spaced apart side walls of each clip having a reduced thickness portion of the divider disposed therebetween, the side walls of the clips bearing on at least one horizontal surface of the divider below the upper edge of the upstanding wall, the divider extending downward below a bottommost edge of the clips, the rear wall of each clip disposed between the divider and the inner surface of the upstanding wall of the waste container, the side walls of each clip extending away from the rear wall generally toward the other clip, each clip including a leg extending upwardly from the rear wall and over the upper edge of the upstanding wall of the waste container, the leg remaining below a plane defined by an upper edge of the divider, wherein the pair of clips each include a lower wall protruding inwardly from the rear wall and received in one of a pair of notches formed on opposite side edges of the divider to retain the divider in the waste container.