Patent ID: 7597210

Claim:
A garbage-containing apparatus comprising: a base; a bin installed on the base; a cover installed on the bin; a pedal; a linking device linking the pedal to the cover, wherein the linking device comprises a crank shaft connected to the pedal and a rod, with the crank shaft including an intermediate portion and first and second legs extending in a non-parallel angle from opposite ends of the intermediate portion, with the pedal secured to the first leg, with the intermediate portion of the crank shaft pivotally mounted relative to the base about the intermediate portion, with the rod having a lower end pivotally connected to the second leg of the crank shaft about a first pivot axis spaced from and parallel to the intermediate portion and an upper end pivotally connected to the cover about a second pivot axis spaced from and parallel to the intermediate portion and the first pivot axis, with the cover being lifted from a closed position to an open position when the pedal is trodden; and a buffering device provided between the rod and the bin for buffering the cover in a lowering stroke of the cover, wherein the buffering device comprises a bracket and a buffer, with the buffer including a housing having an interior and including a tongue extendable from and retractable into the interior of housing, with the bracket connected to one of the bin and the rod with the housing of the buffer connected to another of the bin and the rod, with the interior of the housing spaced from the rod, with the tongue retracted into the housing of the buffer and abutting against the bracket when the cover is in the closed position, with the tongue extending from the housing of the buffer when the cover is in the open position.