Containers for waste for use with trash bags

Claim 1

For use with replaceable trash bags, a trash container conprising: A. an upper, vertical support member comprising: 1. an open-ended tubular portion, and 2. an upper open-end peripheral engagement rim at the bottom of said tubular portion, said upper engagement rim being of enlarged diameter relative to the diameter of said tubular portion and comprising a. a radially extending flange b. a flexible inner bight portion contiguous with said radially extending flange and the bottom of said tubular portion, c. an upper depending annular skirt, d. an outer bight portion continguous with the outer circumference of said flange and the upper edge of said skirt, and e. equidistantly spaced engagement fasteners at the bottom of said depending annular skirt, which comprises, 1. a tab, and 2. a flexible bight portion contiguous with the bottom of said annular depending skirt and the outer edge of said tab and serving as a flexible hinge for said tab, 3. said tab projecting inwardly and in its natural unflexed position being generally aligned parallel with said radially extending flange and 4. said tab in its fully flexed position, being aligned generally parallel with said upper depending annular skirt; B. a lower receiving and supporting tub which comprises: 1. a bottom, 2. an upwardly extending annular wall for supporting a loaded bag, and 3. a lower open-ended peripheral engagement rim at the top of said wall, said lower engagement rim being of enlarged diameter relative to the diameter of said tub, and said lower engagement time comprising: a. a radially extending flange, b. an inner bight portion contiguous with the top of said annular wall and the inner circumference of said flange, c. a lower depending skirt in spaced relation to said wall, d. an exterior bight portion at the outer portion of said flange and contiguous with the upper portion of said lower depending skirt, e. the outer diameter of said lower depending skirt of said tub being less than the interior diameter of said upper depending skirt of said upper member to allow for snug fit between said upper and lower skirts, f. the lower depending skirt being inwardly flexible in response to the downward pressure of said upper engagement rim to allow for the upward and outward flexure of said inwardly projecting tabs of said upwardly depending skirt; g. the tabs of said equidistantly spaced engagement fasteners snapping downwardly and inwardly to detachably engage the bottom of the lower depending skirt upon lateral flexure of said skirt and thereby holding the upper vertical supporting member in detachable engagement with said lower receiving tub.