Patent Publication Number: US-2021171280-A1

Title: Garbage container

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a garbage container. 
     Description of the Prior Art 
     Generally, a garbage bag is placed in a barrel of the garbage container, which is convenient for packing garbage and keeps the barrel clean. For easy operation, a garbage container receiving garbage bags in its bottom is developed, and when the garbage bag in used is full, an unused garbage bag is directly pulled up to use, such garbage containers are disclosed in TWM574602, TWM525915, TWM517731 and TWM478012. 
     However, when the garbage bag in used is broken, the garbage in the garbage bag is easy to smudge the unused garbage bags received in the barrel, which results problems of cleaning and waste. Moreover, each of the garbage containers as described above requires a roll of garbage bags to be disposed therein so that multiple rolls of garbage bags have to be prepared. The roll of garbage bags is embedded in the barrel, and the garbage bag in used has to be taken out so as to take the unused garbage bag, which is impractical and inconvenient. 
     The present invention is, therefore, arisen to obviate or at least mitigate the above-mentioned disadvantages. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The main object of the present invention is to provide a garbage container which is convenient to take and replace a garbage bag and can keep unused garbage bags clean. 
     To achieve the above and other objects, the present invention provides a garbage container, including: a main body and a storage box. The storage box is detachably positioned on and out of the main body and includes a casing, an inlet and an outlet. The casing defines a receiving space configured to receive at least one roll of garbage bags which includes a plurality of garbage bags connected with one another. The inlet and the outlet communicate the receiving space with an exterior of the receiving space, and the inlet is disposed on an upper portion of the casing and configured for the at least one roll of garbage bags to pass therethrough and into the receiving space. The outlet is disposed on a lower portion of the casing and is an elongate slit, and the outlet is configured for one of the plurality of garbage bags to pass therethrough and protrude out of the casing. 
     The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which show, for purpose of illustrations only, the preferred embodiment(s) in accordance with the present invention. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a stereogram of a preferable embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is a breakdown drawing of  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 3  is a front view of a preferable embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 4  is a schematic diagram of a preferable embodiment of the present invention when a roll of garbage bags is put into a storage box; 
         FIG. 5  is a schematic diagram of a preferable embodiment of the present invention in use; 
         FIG. 6  is a partial cross-sectional view of  FIG. 5 ; 
         FIG. 7  is a partial enlargement of  FIG. 6 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     Please refer to  FIGS. 1 to 7  for a preferable embodiment of the present invention. A garbage container  1  of the present invention includes a main body  1  and a storage box  2 . 
     The storage box  2  is detachably positioned on and out of the main body  1  so that the storage box  2  and the main body  1  can be cleaned separately, and it is convenient to storage. The storage box  2  includes a casing  21 , an inlet  22  and an outlet  23 , and the casing  21  defines a receiving space  24  configured to receive at least one roll of garbage bags  8  which includes a plurality of garbage bags  81  connected with one another. The inlet  22  and the outlet  23  communicate the receiving space  24  with an exterior of the receiving space  24 . The inlet  22  is disposed on an upper portion  25  of the casing  21  and configured for the at least one roll of garbage bags  8  to pass therethrough and into the receiving space  24 . The outlet  23  is disposed on a lower portion  26  of the casing  21  and is an elongate slit, and the outlet  23  is configured for one of the plurality of garbage bags  81  to pass therethrough and protrude out of the casing  21 . 
     The storage box  2  is disposed out of the main body  1  and separated from a garbage bag in the main body  1  so as to avoid contamination. When the garbage bag in the main body  1  is full, one of the plurality of garbage bags  81  is taken out from the outlet  23  to replace the garbage bag in the main body  1 , which is convenient to use. 
     Preferably, the storage box  2  further includes a notch  321 , and the notch  321  is disposed on the casing  21  and communicated with the inlet  22  and laterally communicated with the receiving space  24 . Therefore, the notch  321  allows a user to observe the receiving space  24  and determine whether to supply the at least one roll of garbage bags  8 . The user&#39;s hand can enter into the receiving space  24  through the notch  321  and the at least one roll of garbage bags  8  is dropped when its position is close to the lower portion  26  of the casing  21  so as to reduce force exerted on the casing  21 , prevent the main body  1  from shaking and avoid damage to the casing  21 . The notch  321  also allows the user&#39;s hand to enter into the receiving space  24  to take, place or adjust the at least one roll of garbage bags  8 . Moreover, the storage box  2  is large enough to receive multiple rolls of garbage bags  8 , boxes of garbage bag and various sizes of garbage bags. 
     In a height direction  35  of the storage box  2 , a maximum distance of the notch  321  is defined as a first length  71 , a maximum distance of the outlet  23  is defined as a second length  72 , and a ratio of the second length  72  to the first length  71  is between 0.1 and 0.3. Therefore, the outlet  23  has a suitable size for the at least one roll of garbage bags  8  with a normal size to pass therethrough and the casing  21  has sufficient structural strength. 
     The main body  1  includes a barrel  12 , a cover  13  and a pivot structure  15 . The cover  13  is openably disposed on the barrel  12  by the pivot structure  15 , and the storage box  2  is preferably disposed below the pivot structure  15 . The storage box  2  is located at a backside of the barrel  12  so as to keep the at least one roll of garbage bags  8  clean. Moreover, in the height direction  35  of the storage box  2 , a ratio of a height of the storage box  2  to a height of the main body  1  is between 0.25 and 0.45, so that sizes of the storage box  2  and the main body  1  are preferably cooperative and the receiving space  24  has a sufficient size. 
     The main body  1  further includes at least one first positioning portion  4 , and the storage box  2  further includes at least one second positioning portion  5 . A number of the at least one second positioning portion  5  is equal to a number of the at least one first positioning portion  4 , and the at least one first positioning portion  4  is releasably engaged with the at least one second positioning portion  5 . 
     Furthermore, one of the at least one first positioning portion  4  and the at least one second positioning portion  5  has an engaging concave  41 , and the other of the at least one first positioning portion  4  and the at least one second positioning portion  5  has an engaging convex  51 . The engaging convex  51  is inserted and engaged within the engaging concave  41 . The engaging concave  41  includes a large-diameter hole  411  and a small-diameter hole  412  which are communicated with each other, and the small-diameter hole  412  is located below the large-diameter hole  411 ; the engaging convex  51  includes an engaging portion  511  and a necked portion  512  which are connected with each other, and the engaging portion  511  is inserted within the large-diameter hole  411  and moved to the small-diameter hole  412 , and the necked portion  512  is engaged with a circumferential wall of the small-diameter hole  412  for stable connection. 
     In this embodiment, the storage box  2  includes three said first positioning portions  4 , two of the three said first positioning portions  4  are spacingly aligned with each other, and another one of the three said first positioning portions  4  is located below the two of the three said first positioning portions  4 . As viewed in a direction facing the three said first positioning portions  4 , the three said first positioning portions  4  are symmetrically arranged relative to a central line  11  of the main body  1 . A height of the main body  1  is defined as a first height  61 , a distance between the another one of the three said first positioning portions  4  disposed below the two of the three said first positioning portions  4  and a bottom surface  14  of the main body  1  is defined as a second height  62 , and a ratio of the second height  62  to the first height  61  is between 0.4 and 0.6. 
     Moreover, the casing  21  further includes a bottom wall  31 , a first side wall  32 , a second side wall  33  and two connecting side walls  34 . The first side wall  32 , the second side wall  33  and the two connecting side walls  34  are laterally connected with the bottom wall  31 , and the inlet  22  faces toward the bottom wall  31 . The first side wall  32  and the second side wall  33  face each other, and the two connecting side walls  34  respectively connected between the first side wall  32  and the second side wall  33 . The first side wall  32  is remote from the main body  1  and has the outlet  23 , and the second side wall  33  faces toward the main body  1  and has the at least one second positioning portion  5 . In this embodiment, the storage box  2  includes three said second positioning portions  5 , two of the three said second positioning portions  5  are disposed on the upper portion  25 , and another one of the three said second positioning portions  5  is disposed on the lower portion  26  and higher than the outlet  23 . 
     Specifically, in the height direction  35  of the storage box  2 , a ratio of a distance, between one of the three said second positioning portions  5  disposed on the upper portion  25  and the another one of the three said second positioning portions  5  disposed on the lower portion  26 , to the height of the storage box  2  is between 0.5 and 0.7 so that the storage box  2  is stably disposed on the barrel  12 . 
     In summary, the storage box of the garbage container can be used to receive the at least one roll of garbage bags which are unused, which is convenient to replace the garbage bag in the main body. Moreover, the storage box is detachably disposed on the main body so as to be convenient for cleaning and storage. The notch allows the user to observe the receiving space and take or place the at least one roll of garbage bags, which is convenient to use. 
     Although particular embodiments of the invention have been described in detail for purposes of illustration, various modifications and enhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited except as by the appended claims.