Patent ID: 8418873

Claim:
A trash receptacle with insertable vacuum release vents, comprising: one or more angular corners formed within an interior of the trash receptacle defined by inner walls thereof; a receptacle opening at a top of the trash receptacle; at least one of the angular corners is formed with two sets of dual tracks positioned oppositely to each other, each said set of dual tracks extends from a vicinity of the receptacle opening to a vicinity of a bottom of the trash receptacle; each said set of dual tracks comprising a pair of spaced from each other substantially parallel guiding members integrally formed with and positioned at an angle to the inner walls of the receptacle, so as to define a continuous receiving space therebetween; a substantially flat, elongated panel is provided to transect said at least one angular corner, said panel is slidably received within said continuous receiving spaces of the respective pairs of the guiding members, said panel when fully inserted into the receiving spaces substantially vertically extends from the vicinity of the receptacle opening to the vicinity of the bottom of the trash receptacle; and at least one triangular prism-shaped vertical airway columns is formed at said at least one angular corner, said airway column is open at a top and a bottom thereof; wherein said at least one airway column is enclosed on its sides by the panel and by the inner walls of said at least one angular corner of the trash receptacle, such that when a liner bag is inserted into the interior of the trash receptacle, the at least one airway column prevents creation of a partial vacuum between the liner bag and the interior of the trash receptacle as the liner bag expands upon filling.