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US3197032A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Trash can support

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-04-10
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Granted: 1965-07-27
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Expires: 1984-04-10
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Everett N Stanley

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 00:23
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65F; B65F1/00; B65F1/14; B65F1/141; B65F1/1421; B65F1/1468; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S248/00; Y10S248/907

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 243 words
A SUPPORT FOR A TRASH CAN OR THE LIKE HAVING HANDLE MEANS ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF, AND HAVING A COVER WITH AN UPWARDLY PROJECTING COVER HANDLE, THE SUPPORT COMPRISING: AN UPSTANDING SUPPORT ELEMENT; A BACK MEMBER SECURED TO THE SUPPORT ELEMENT, THE BACK MEMBER HAVING OUTER ENDS; A SIDE ARM PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM EACH OF THE ENDS OF THE BACK MEMBER INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR RELATED SIDE MEMBER AND AN OUTWARDLY ANGLED SIDE MEMBER, EACH SIDE MEMBER HAVING A DISTAL END; AN END PLATE FIXED TO EACH OF THE DISTAL ENDS AND PROJECTING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, THE END PLATES HAVING A SERIES OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED APERTURES FORMED THEREIN; HANDLE ENGAGEMENT MEANS, INCLUDING A PAIR OF L-SHAPED CLIPS, EACH HAVING A LEG PORTION AND A FOOT PORTION, THE FOOT PORTIONS BEING EXTENDED THROUGH SELECTED OPENINGS IN THE RESPECTIVE END PLATES WITH THE LEG PORTIONS EXTENDED UPWARDLY THEREFROM AND ENGAGED WITH THE HANDLE MEANS OF THE CANS; A LUG MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING FORMED THEREIN WITH AT LEAST ONE WALL, PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM THE BACK MEMBER, ADJACENT THE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR SIDE ARM; A ROD MEMBER, THE OPENING IN SAID LUG MEMBER APPRECIABLY EXCEEDING SAID ROD MEMBER IN CROSS-SECTION, SAID ROD MEMBER BEING SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN THE LUG OPENING WHEN VERTICALLY DISPOSED AND HAVING STOP MEANS THEREON TO LIMIT WITHDRAWAL FROM THE LUG OPENING; AND AN ELONGATED LIFT ARM CONNECTED TO THE ROD MEMBER, HAVING AN OUTER END PORTION SECURED TO THE COVER, AND LIFT MEANS THEREABOUT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 243 words
A SUPPORT FOR A TRASH CAN OR THE LIKE HAVING HANDLE MEANS ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF, AND HAVING A COVER WITH AN UPWARDLY PROJECTING COVER HANDLE, THE SUPPORT COMPRISING: AN UPSTANDING SUPPORT ELEMENT; A BACK MEMBER SECURED TO THE SUPPORT ELEMENT, THE BACK MEMBER HAVING OUTER ENDS; A SIDE ARM PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM EACH OF THE ENDS OF THE BACK MEMBER INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR RELATED SIDE MEMBER AND AN OUTWARDLY ANGLED SIDE MEMBER, EACH SIDE MEMBER HAVING A DISTAL END; AN END PLATE FIXED TO EACH OF THE DISTAL ENDS AND PROJECTING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, THE END PLATES HAVING A SERIES OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED APERTURES FORMED THEREIN; HANDLE ENGAGEMENT MEANS, INCLUDING A PAIR OF L-SHAPED CLIPS, EACH HAVING A LEG PORTION AND A FOOT PORTION, THE FOOT PORTIONS BEING EXTENDED THROUGH SELECTED OPENINGS IN THE RESPECTIVE END PLATES WITH THE LEG PORTIONS EXTENDED UPWARDLY THEREFROM AND ENGAGED WITH THE HANDLE MEANS OF THE CANS; A LUG MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING FORMED THEREIN WITH AT LEAST ONE WALL, PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM THE BACK MEMBER, ADJACENT THE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR SIDE ARM; A ROD MEMBER, THE OPENING IN SAID LUG MEMBER APPRECIABLY EXCEEDING SAID ROD MEMBER IN CROSS-SECTION, SAID ROD MEMBER BEING SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN THE LUG OPENING WHEN VERTICALLY DISPOSED AND HAVING STOP MEANS THEREON TO LIMIT WITHDRAWAL FROM THE LUG OPENING; AND AN ELONGATED LIFT ARM CONNECTED TO THE ROD MEMBER, HAVING AN OUTER END PORTION SECURED TO THE COVER, AND LIFT MEANS THEREABOUT.

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