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US3167185A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Garbage receptacle rack

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-05-16
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Granted: 1965-01-26
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Expires: 1983-05-16
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Sehnar A Reed

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 02:00
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65F; B65F1/00; B65F1/14; B65F1/141; B65F1/1421; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S248/00; Y10S248/907

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 200 words
A RACK FOR SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL REFUSE RECEPTACLES COMPRISING: (A) A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING RODS FOR SUPPORTING SAID RECEPTACLES IN VERTICALLY SPACED RELATION FROM THE GROUND; (D) A PLURALITY OF ANNULAR MEMBERS SPACED VERTICALLY FROM SAID HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING RODS AND HAVING A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY SEQUAL TO THE OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF SAID RECEPTACLES; (C) GENERALLY VERTICAL RODS CONNECTING SAID ANNULAR MEMBERS TO SAID HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING RODS; (D) LID SUPPORTING MEANS POSITIONED VERTICALLY ABOVE SAID ANNULAR MEMBERS; (E) A PLURALITY OF LIDS CORRESPONDING IN NUMBER TO SAID ANNULAR MEMBERS AND EACH PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID LID SUPPORTING MEANS FOR INDIVIDUAL PIVOTING MOVEMENT BETWEEN A HORIZONTAL POSITION OVER ONE OF SAID ANNULAR MEMBERS AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL THERETO, AN A RAISED POSITION FACILITATING THE POSITIONING OF ONE OF SAID RECEPTACLES IN EACH OF SAID ANNULAR MEMBERS; AND (F) AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF GENERALLY V-SHAPED, ELONGATED RODS SUPPORTING SAID LID SUPPORTING MEANS AT THEIR VERTICES AND EACH HAVING GENERALLY DIVERGING LEGS ADJUSTABLY SECURED TO TWO ADJACENT ANNULAR MEMBERS AT POINTS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID PLURALITY OF ANNULAR MEMBERS FROM THE POINTS OF ADJUSTABLE SECUREMENT OF THE LEGS ON THE OTHER OF SAID V-SHAPED MEMBERS IN THE RESPECTIVE PAIR.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 200 words
A RACK FOR SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL REFUSE RECEPTACLES COMPRISING: (A) A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING RODS FOR SUPPORTING SAID RECEPTACLES IN VERTICALLY SPACED RELATION FROM THE GROUND; (D) A PLURALITY OF ANNULAR MEMBERS SPACED VERTICALLY FROM SAID HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING RODS AND HAVING A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY SEQUAL TO THE OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF SAID RECEPTACLES; (C) GENERALLY VERTICAL RODS CONNECTING SAID ANNULAR MEMBERS TO SAID HORIZONTAL SUPPORTING RODS; (D) LID SUPPORTING MEANS POSITIONED VERTICALLY ABOVE SAID ANNULAR MEMBERS; (E) A PLURALITY OF LIDS CORRESPONDING IN NUMBER TO SAID ANNULAR MEMBERS AND EACH PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID LID SUPPORTING MEANS FOR INDIVIDUAL PIVOTING MOVEMENT BETWEEN A HORIZONTAL POSITION OVER ONE OF SAID ANNULAR MEMBERS AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL THERETO, AN A RAISED POSITION FACILITATING THE POSITIONING OF ONE OF SAID RECEPTACLES IN EACH OF SAID ANNULAR MEMBERS; AND (F) AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF GENERALLY V-SHAPED, ELONGATED RODS SUPPORTING SAID LID SUPPORTING MEANS AT THEIR VERTICES AND EACH HAVING GENERALLY DIVERGING LEGS ADJUSTABLY SECURED TO TWO ADJACENT ANNULAR MEMBERS AT POINTS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID PLURALITY OF ANNULAR MEMBERS FROM THE POINTS OF ADJUSTABLE SECUREMENT OF THE LEGS ON THE OTHER OF SAID V-SHAPED MEMBERS IN THE RESPECTIVE PAIR.

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