Garbage bin

Claim 1

A refuse container comprising an upright support, a generally rectangular horizontal frame having generally vertical opposite sides and ends, a sack of flexible material receivable in said frame and having an upper portion adapted to be turned over an upper edge of the frame to overlie external surfaces of said sides and said ends, a pair of flaps each pivotally mounted along a lower edge on a respective one of said ends and swingable into and out of engagement with the portions of the sack overlying the respective ends, spring means biasing said flaps into engagement with said sack portions, and detent means for releasably retaining each of said flaps in an outer position to enable removal and replacement of said sack, each of said flaps being of generally rectangular configuration and is formed with a tongue at opposite ends of the lower edge thereof pivotally engaging said frame, said spring means including a leaf spring affixed to the lower edge of said frame at each of said ends and bearing upon the respective flap between the tongue thereof, said detent means including a dog formed on a free end of each of said leaf springs, said flaps each having a window receiving the respective dog and formed with an edge co-operating with same to retain the flap in its outer position, each of said flaps being formed with an outwardly bent upper edge facilitating manipulation by the user of said container, recesses formed in each of said flaps in the region between the junction of the outwardly bent upper portion thereof with the remainder of said flap, and protuberances receivable in said recesses for locking the turnedover portion of said sack between said protuberances and said flaps.