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Granted Patent B2
US 8,317,051 · App. 12/795,662 · Granted Nov 27, 2012

Trash can lid

Assignee: Zhejiang Jiaxing Zhongda Group Co., Ltd.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,317,051
App. No.
12/795,662
Granted
Nov 27, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to Trash field. More particularly, the present invention relates to Trash can lid. The present invention provides a design of a big lid and a small lid. When an inhabitant usually disposes trash, he or she need only press a button to open the small lid. Since the small lid is connected with the big lid by magnetism and a spring buffer unit is installed in the seat of small lid, opening the small lid is very smooth, without any noise or vibration. When a dustman collects the trash, what he needs to do is only to open the big lid, being very convenient and sanitary.

Claims (8)

1. A trash can lid comprising:

a base ( 1 ), a big lid ( 2 ) and a small lid ( 3 );

a left side of the base ( 1 ) is pin-jointed with a left side of the big lid ( 2 ), a button switch is provided between right sides of both the base ( 1 ) and the big lid ( 2 ), when the button switch is pressed, the big lid ( 2 ) can be flipped around the left side of the base ( 1 );

the left side of big lid ( 2 ) is pin-jointed with a left side of the small lid ( 3 ), a button switch is provided between right sides of both the big lid ( 2 ) and the small lid ( 3 ), when the button switch is pressed, the small lid ( 3 ) can be flipped around the left side of big lid ( 2 );

the big lid ( 2 ) is provided with an opening ( 22 ), the small lid ( 3 ) is provided with a rotary member ( 32 ), the rotary member ( 32 ) is coupled with the small lid ( 3 ) by a U-shape curved section ( 33 ) and is provided with an axle hole ( 34 ), the rotary member ( 32 ) extends in the opening ( 22 ), a separating plate ( 323 ) is provided in the center of axle hole ( 34 ) and two cylinders ( 321 , 322 ) are provided at both sides of the separating plate ( 323 ), springs ( 41 , 42 ) sheathe the cylinders ( 321 , 322 ), the cylinders ( 321 , 322 ) are designed to protect springs ( 41 , 42 ) from dislocating, rotor shafts ( 52 , 51 ) are provided at the outside of springs ( 41 , 42 ) and pin holes ( 521 , 511 ) are provided in the rotor shafts ( 52 , 51 ), pins ( 62 , 61 ) are provided inside pin holes ( 521 , 511 ) and fix the rotor shafts ( 52 , 51 ) at the left side of big lid ( 2 ).

2. The trash can lid of claim 1 , wherein the left side of base ( 1 ) is provided with an axle hole ( 11 ) and the left side of big lid ( 2 ) is provided with an axle hole ( 21 ), a rotatable axle ( 24 ) inserts in both axle holes ( 11 , 21 ) and the big lid ( 2 ) can be flipped around the rotatable axle ( 24 ).

3. The trash can lid of claim 1 , wherein the button switch provided between the right sides of big lid ( 2 ) and small lid ( 3 ) including a button ( 28 ) is provided in the big lid ( 2 ), a spring ( 27 ) and a button connector ( 26 ) are below the button ( 28 ),a magnet ( 29 ) is provided in the button connector ( 26 ), a iron piece ( 39 ) is provided in the small lid ( 3 ) over the magnet ( 29 ).

4. The trash can lid of claim 1 , wherein the button switch provided between the right sides of base ( 1 ) and big lid ( 2 ) including a button ( 18 ) is provided on the right side of base ( 1 ), a spring ( 17 ) is provided between the button ( 18 ) and the base ( 1 ), a barb ( 23 ) is provided in big lid ( 2 ), a locked groove ( 181 ) is provided on the button ( 18 ) to match the barb ( 23 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2010
From: JIN, JIAMING; LU, XIAOFENG; ZHOU, ZHONGJUN
To: ZHEJIANG JIAXING ZHONGDA GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024497/0797 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2009 2 0291683 U · Dec 10, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110139781A1 · Jun 16, 2011