Patent ID: 7641067

Claim:
A trash container having the capability of conforming a trash bag to the interior surface of the trash container comprising: a container having a top opening defined by at least one side wall and an interior surface defined by a base and said at least one side wall for receiving a trash bag; a suction opening disposed below said top opening in said at least one side wall and providing fluid communication between an interior and an exterior of said container so that when a suction force is applied to said suction opening air may freely flow from said interior to said exterior of said container; a conduit carried by said interior surface of said container having an interior air passage defined by a front surface interconnected to a rear surface by a first and second side surface; an evacuation opening disposed in said rear surface of said conduit and in fluid communication with said suction opening and said interior passage; an air channel disposed in at least a portion of both of said rear surface and said first side surface of said conduit and in fluid communication with said interior air passage and the interior of said container allowing air to flow from the interior of the container into said interior air passage of said conduit, without obstruction to the flow of air into said interior air passage by the trash bag; whereby, air may be drawn through said air channel and into said interior air passage of said conduit and upwards to said evacuation opening where the air may be evacuated through said suction opening, thus evacuating the air between the trash bag and said interior surface of said container when a suction force is applied to said suction opening, thereby causing the trash bag to conform to the shape of said interior surface of said container.