Waste container with improved latch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9903141-B2
Application number	US-201414181775-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 17, 2014
Priority date	Apr 9, 2013
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

A waste container includes a body having a base and a side wall extending upward from the base to define a container interior. A lid is hingeably secured to an upper portion of the side wall. A latch assembly selectively secures the lid to the side wall. The latch assembly includes a handle portion and a rotatable latch portion rotatable about an axis. The rotatable latch portion has a latch member that selectively interlocks with a hook portion. In one example, at least one additional rotatable member is mounted to the latch assembly that is independently rotatable relative to the rotatable latch portion. In one example, the container includes a release component that is independently operable of the latch assembly to unlatch the lid. In one example, the lid includes at least one flexing channel to control flexing movement of the lid.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A waste container including:
a body having a base and a side wall extending in a vertical direction upward from the base to define a container interior;
a lid hingeably secured to an upper portion of the side wall;
a latch assembly selectively securing the lid to the side wall, the latch assembly including a handle portion and a rotatable latch portion rotatable about a vertical axis, the rotatable latch portion having a latch member movable about the vertical axis, the latch member selectively interlocking with a hook portion;
at least one additional rotatable member mounted to the latch assembly, the at least one additional rotatable member being independently rotatable relative to the rotatable latch portion; and
at least one flexing channel formed within the lid to control flexing movement of the lid.

2. The waste container according to claim 1 , wherein the hook portion is formed at an upper edge of the side wall, and wherein the latch member is selectively rotatable about the vertical axis which is generally transverse to the lid, and wherein the latch member engages the hook portion when in a latched position to prevent the lid from opening.

3. The waste container according to claim 2 , wherein the hook portion is integrally formed with the side wall as one-piece.

4. The waste container according to claim 1 , including a release component associated with the side wall, the release component selectively actuatable to release the latch assembly from a latched position to allow the lid to be opened.

5. The waste container according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one flexing channel comprises a first channel extending at least partially about the latch assembly.

6. The waste container according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one flexing channel comprises a second channel extending in an axial direction across a central portion of the lid.

7. A waste container including:
a body having a base and a side wall extending in a vertical direction upward from the base to define a container interior;
a lid hingeably secured to an upper portion of the side wall;
a latch assembly selectively securing the lid to the side wall, the latch assembly including a handle portion and a rotatable latch portion rotatable about a vertical axis, the rotatable latch portion having a latch member movable about the vertical axis, the latch member selectively interlocking with a hook portion; and
at least one additional rotatable member mounted to the latch assembly, the at least one additional rotatable member being independently rotatable relative to the rotatable latch portion, and wherein the at least one additional rotatable member comprises at least one paddle associated with the handle portion.

8. The waste container according to claim 7 , wherein the latch assembly includes an upper latch portion with at least one support to which the handle portion is attached, and wherein the at least one paddle is positioned radially outward of the at least one support.

9. The waste container according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one support comprises at least a pair of supports that support the handle, and wherein the at least one paddle comprises at least a pair of paddles with one paddle being located radially outward of one support of the pair of supports and the other paddle being located radially outward of the other support of the pair of supports.

10. A waste container including:
a body having a base and a side wall extending upward from the base to define a container interior;
a lid hingeably secured to an upper portion of the side wall;
a latch assembly selectively securing the lid to the side wall, the latch assembly including a handle portion and a rotatable latch portion rotatable about an axis, the rotatable latch portion having a latch member movable about the axis, the latch member selectively interlocking with a hook portion; and
at least one additional rotatable member mounted to the latch assembly, the at least one additional rotatable member being independently rotatable relative to the rotatable latch portion, and wherein the at least one additional member comprises a carrousel that at least partially surrounds the handle portion.

11. The waste container according to claim 10 , wherein the carrousel comprises a cylindrical body with a carrousel handle extending across the cylindrical body, and wherein the carrousel handle is rotatable relative to the handle portion between a non-aligned position where the carrousel handle is out of alignment with the handle portion and an aligned position where the carrousel handle is aligned with the handle portions such that a user can grasp the carrousel handle and the handle portion simultaneously.

12. The waste container according to claim 11 , wherein the cylindrical body includes a plurality of fins circumferentially spaced apart from each other and wherein each fin is separated from and adjacent fin by at least one opening.

13. A waste container including:
a body having a base and a side wall extending upward from the base to define a container interior;
a lid hingeably secured to an upper portion of the side wall;
a latch assembly selectively securing the lid to the side wall, the latch assembly including a handle portion and a rotatable latch portion rotatable about an axis, the rotatable latch portion having a latch member movable about the axis, the latch member selectively interlocking with a hook portion; and
at least one additional rotatable member mounted to the latch assembly, the at least one additional rotatable member being independently rotatable relative to the rotatable latch portion, and wherein the hook portion is formed at an upper edge of the side wall, and wherein the latch member is selectively rotatable about the vertical axis which is generally transverse to the lid, and wherein the latch member engages the hook portion when in a latched position to prevent the lid from opening, and wherein the latch member extends downward and then radially inward below the hook portion when the latch member is in the latched position.

14. A waste container including:
a body having a base and a side wall extending in a vertical direction upward from the base to define a container interior;
a lid hingeably secured to an upper portion of the side wall;
a latch assembly selectively securing the lid to the side wall, the latch assembly including a handle portion and a rotatable latch portion rotatable about a vertical axis, the rotatable latch portion having a latch member movable about the vertical axis, the latch member selectively interlocking with a hook portion;
at least one additional rotatable member mounted to the latch assembly, the at least one additional rotatable member being independently rotatable relative to the rotatable latch portion; and
a release component associated with the side wall, the release component selectively actuatable to release the latch assembly from a latched position to allow the lid to be opened, and wherein the release component releases the latch assembly without rotating the latch member.

15. A waste container including:
a body having a base and a side wall extending in a vertical direction upward from the base to define a container interior;
a lid hingeably secured to an upper portion of the side wall;
a latch assembly selectively securing the lid to the side wall, the latch assembly including a handle portion and a rotatable latch portion rotatable about a vertical axis, the rotatable latch portion having a latch member movable about the vertical axis, the latch member selectively interlo

Assignees

• Foster Derick
• Rehrig Pacific Co

Inventors

• Foster Derick

Classifications

• B65F1/1473

  Receptacles having wheels · CPC title

• B65F1/02

  without removable inserts · CPC title

• B65F1/1615

  with means for locking, fastening or permanently closing thereof · CPC title

• E05C3/145

  pivoting about an axis perpendicular to the wing · CPC title

• E05B65/006 Primary

  for covers or panels (for manholes E02D29/1427; for holes enabling access to installations in buildings E04F19/08; for pressure vessels F16J13/00) · CPC title