Patent ID: 8813643

Claim:
An apparatus for compacting waste objects comprising: a seat having end walls; a support assembly of the seat, for supporting a waste object to be compacted in the seat; and a push member that is moveable inside the seat for compacting in use of the apparatus the waste object against an end wall of the seat, wherein: the support assembly is moveable from a support position, for supporting the waste object, to a discharge position for discharging a compacted object; the support assembly when moving to said discharge position forms an aperture for discharging the compacted object; the support assembly comprises two support members that are adapted to rotate away from each other for discharging the compacted object; the aperture is formed between edges of the two support members when rotating away from each other, and during said rotating the edges of the two support members are displaced opposite a direction in which the compacted object is discharged; and the support members have a curvilinear concave profile that faces the seat and at least partially encircles the waste object that in use of the apparatus is supported within the seat.