Patent ID: 8678219

Claim:
A container, comprising: a container body having a receiving cavity and a top opening; a lid panel pivotally coupled with said container body to pivotally move between an opened position that said lid panel is pivotally and upwardly moved away from said top opening to expose said receiving cavity and a closed position that said lid panel is pivotally and downwardly moved by gravity to cover at said top opening so as to enclose said receiving cavity; and a lid operation arrangement for driving said lid panel between said opened position and said closed position, wherein said lid operation arrangement comprises: an automatic operated unit which comprises a sensor supported at said container body for detecting a target movement of a user; a foot operated unit coupled at said container body for generating an upward lifting force to move said lid panel from said closed position to said opened position; and a motorized unit operatively linked with said automatic operated unit and said foot operated unit, wherein when said motorized unit is activated by said sensor, said motorized unit is arranged for generating a torque enhancing force to move said lid panel from said opened position to said closed position and for generating a decelerating force to move said lid panel back to said closed position from said opened position in a hydraulic manner, wherein after said lid panel is lifted up to said opened position by said foot operated unit that said motorized unit is idle to generate said torque enhancing force, said motorized unit only generates said decelerating force to move said lid panel back to said closed position from said opened position in a hydraulic manner, wherein said motorized unit comprises a DC power generator, a gear transmission unit which is operatively linked between said DC power generator and said lid panel for controllably lifting up and dropping down said lid panel at a speed determined by gear ratios of said gear transmission unit so as to move said lid panel between said opened and closed positions in a hydraulic manner, wherein when said lid panel is moved from said opened position to said closed position, said gear transmission unit is actuated by a downward motion of said lid panel to activate said DC power generator, such that said DC power generator generates said decelerating force, which is smaller than a gravitational force of said lid panel, to decelerate said downward motion of said lid panel.