Patent ID: 8156863

Claim:
A manually-actuated waste compressing system for effectively compacting waste in a space-limited target zone, said waste compressing system comprising: a waste receptacle having a waste bag removably seated within said waste receptacle wherein said waste bag is adapted to house the waste therein; a lid removably mated to said waste receptacle; and a manually-actuated compression implement linearly reciprocated along a linear travel path defined along a longitudinal length of said waste receptacle such that said compression implement is centrally aligned within an inner perimeter of said waste receptacle during reciprocating movement, said compression implement comprising an elongated rectilinear dowel provided with a knob attached to a proximal end thereof, and a disc situated subjacent to said lid and being coupled to a distal end of said dowel; wherein said disc is suitably sized and shaped to linearly slide within close proximity of said inner perimeter of said waste receptacle such that said disc is adapted to downwardly compact the waste within said waste bag while said lid remains elevated above of said waste receptacle; wherein said compression implement further comprises a light-emitting source located at said knob; a power supply source electrically coupled to said light-emitting source; a deformably resilient spring member having axially opposed ends directly anchored to an inner chamber of said dowel and said disc respectively, said spring member exerting a resistive force against a linear motion of said dowel; and a pair of conductive contacts statically connected to said dowel and said disc respectively; wherein said spring member is reciprocated between compressed and equilibrium positions as said dowel is linearly reciprocated along said linear travel path, said contacts being directly engaged when said spring member is compressed along said linear travel path; wherein said light-emitting source is illuminated when said contacts are directly engaged so that a user learns of a maximum bottom displacement point of said dowel during compression procedures.