Patent ID: 7106993

Claim:
A toner cartridge adapted to fit within a toner cartridge-receiving cavity of a printer, comprising: a waste bin positioned at a leading end of said toner cartridge; a hopper connected to said waste bin at a trailing end of said waste bin; said waste bin and said hopper being fixedly interconnected to one another and being held against movement relative to one another when fully installed within said toner cartridge receiving cavity; said waste bin having a leading end sculpted to mate with the cartridge receiving cavity of a plurality of printer families; a planar wing formed in each sidewall of said waste bin; each planar wing formed on an outboard side of its associated sidewall; each planar wing adapted to slidingly engage a guide groove formed in said printer; each planar wing having a uniform thickness along its extent; whereby each planar wing has structural integrity and does not flex when said waste bin cartridge is being installed into said printer; and whereby said toner cartridge fits differing printer models distributed by differing manufacturers.