Patent Publication Number: US-2022212863-A1

Title: Trashbag Dispensing Assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     The disclosure relates to dispensing devices and more particularly pertains to a new dispensing device for storing a roll of trash bags with a garbage can. 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The prior art relates to dispensing devices. The prior art discloses a variety of garbage cans that have a storage space integrated therein for storing a roll of trash bags. Moreover, in at least one instance the prior art discloses a dispensing unit that is removably positionable in a garbage can. In no instance does the prior art disclose a dispensing unit upon which a garbage can could be placed. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a garbage can for receiving garbage. A plurality of engagements is each movably coupled to the garbage can. A bucket is provided and the garbage can is releasably coupled thereto such that the bucket defines a storage compartment beneath the garbage can. A trash bag dispenser is provided and the trash bag dispenser is positioned inside the bucket. Moreover, a roll of trash bags is positionable on the trash bag dispenser for storing the trash bags with the garbage can. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective in-use view of a trash bag dispensing assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a right side phantom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a top view of a bucket of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a cut away view a bucket and a membrane of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is a perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure showing a rounded garbage can and a rounded bucket. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 6  thereof, a new dispensing device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 6 , the trash bag dispensing assembly  10  generally comprises a garbage can  12  for receiving garbage. The garbage can  12  has a bottom wall  14  and a perimeter wall  16  extending upwardly therefrom, and the perimeter wall  16  has a distal edge  18  with respect to the bottom wall  14  to define an opening  20  into the garbage can  12 . The garbage can  12  may be a plastic kitchen garbage can, a metallic bathroom garbage can, or any other type of garbage can that would commonly be found in a home. 
     A plurality of engagements  22  is each movably coupled to the garbage can  12  and each of the engagements  22  is positioned on the perimeter wall  16 . The plurality of engagements  22  is positioned adjacent to the bottom wall  14 . Moreover, each of the engagements  22  includes a tab  24  that is biased into a locking position and that can be depressed into an unlocking position. 
     A bucket  26  is provided and the garbage can  12  is releasably coupled thereto such that the bucket  26  defines a storage compartment  28  beneath the garbage can  12 . The bucket  26  has a lower wall  30  and an exterior wall  32  extending upwardly from a perimeter of the lower wall  30 . The exterior wall  32  has a distal edge  34  with respect to the lower wall  30  to define an opening  36  into the bucket  26 . Additionally, the exterior wall  32  has a dispensing opening  38  extending into an interior of the bucket  26 . 
     A lip  40  is coupled to and extends upwardly from the distal edge  34  of the exterior wall  32 , and the lip  40  is coextensive with the distal edge  34  of the exterior wall  32 . The lip  40  has an inwardly facing surface  42  that is inset from an interior surface  44  of the exterior wall  32  of the bucket  26 . Thus, the bottom wall  14  of the garbage can  12  rests on the distal edge  34  of the exterior wall  32  when the garbage can  12  is positioned on the bucket  26 . The inwardly facing surface  42  of the lip  40  has a plurality of recesses  46  therein and each of the recesses  46  receives a respective one of the engagements  22  on the garbage can  12 . 
     The lip  40  has a plurality of holes  48  extending therethrough and each of the holes  48  intersects a respective recess  46 . The tab  24  on the respective engagements  22  extends through a respective one of the holes  48  for retaining the garbage can  12  on the bucket  26 . Moreover, the tab  24  on the respective engagements  22  disengages the respective hole when the tab  24  is depressed for removing the garbage can  12  from the bucket  26 . 
     A trash bag dispenser  52  is positioned inside the bucket  26  and a roll of trash bags  54  is positionable on the trash bag dispenser  52  for storing the trash bags with the garbage can  12 . The trash bag dispenser  52  may comprise an upright  49  and a rod  51  that is oriented to extend along a line being parallel to the lower wall  30  of the bucket  26 . The roll of trash bags  54  may be plastic garbage bags of any conventional design. A membrane  56  is coupled to the exterior wall  32  of the bucket  26  and the membrane  56  covers the dispensing opening  38  in the exterior wall  32 . The membrane  56  has a cut  58  therein to facilitate a user to pass their hands through the membrane  56  for retrieving one of the trash bags  54  stored in the bucket  26 . As is most clearly shown in  FIG. 6 , each of the garbage can  12  and the bucket  26  may have a rounded shape. 
     In use, the roll of trash bags  54  is positioned on the trash bag dispenser  52  and the garbage can  12  is positioned on top of the bucket  26 . In this way the roll of trash bags  54  is stored with the garbage can  12 . Each of the roll of trash bags  54  is retrievable through the dispensing opening  38  in the bucket  26  to be positioned in the garbage can  12 . In this way the garbage can  12  does not have to be removed from the bucket  26  to retrieve a trash bag  54 . The tab  24  on each of the engagements  22  is depressed and the garbage can  12  is lifted upwardly to remove the garbage can  12  from the bucket  26 . 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.