Patent ID: 7083131

Claim:
A paper shredder comprising: a shredder cover including a shredder for shredding paper, said shredder cover having an upper face formed with a paper entrance and a lower face formed with a paper exit, said shredder cover further having two opposite sides interconnecting said upper and lower faces and two pivot members provided respectively on said opposite sides; and a shred container disposed below said shredder cover to receive shreds from said shredder, said shred container having an open end which includes two opposite edges respectively provided with pivot seats, said pivot members being mounted respectively on said pivot seats so that said shredder cover is mounted on said shred container and said shredder cover is turnable about the axes of said pivot members, wherein each of said pivot seats is in the form of a curved wall that is indented downwardly from said open end of said shred container, each of said pivot members being generally cylindrical in cross-section, said shredder cover further comprising a pair of rotation limiting members, each of which projects radially and outwardly from a circumferential portion of a respective one of said pivot members, and each of which is adapted to abut against one of two opposite edges of a respective one of said pivot seats so as to restrict angular rotation of said shredder cover relative to said shred container when said shredder cover is turned to said open position.