Patent ID: 8146767

Claim:
An improved trash bin foot operated slide door opening mechanism comprising: (a) a foot pedal; wherein the foot pedal is mounted to a foot pedal box; wherein a spring located within the foot pedal box applies a biasing force against the foot pedal so as to raise the foot pedal up in a rested state; wherein both the foot pedal and the foot pedal box are secured along the bottom, exterior edge of a trash bin in proximity to a sliding door of the trash bin; (b) a lowering bar; wherein the lowering bar is secured at one end to the foot pedal; (c) a first spur gear; wherein the opposite end of the lowering bar is secured to a side of the first spur gear, and is capable of rotating about point; (d) a second spur gear; wherein the second spur gear is aligned with and touches along the teeth of the first spur gear; (e) a track; wherein the track is mounted along a portion of the sliding door and is in tangential relation to the second spur gear; and wherein the foot operated door opening mechanism is operated by depressing the foot pedal, which in turn lowers the bar, thereby rotating the first spur gear and thus rotating the second spur gear, and upon which both the track and the door are moved either to the left or right depending upon orientation.