Receptacles – Closures – Having means for securing or retaining closure in its closed...
Patent
1996-03-25
1997-12-23
Pollard, Steven M.
Receptacles
Closures
Having means for securing or retaining closure in its closed...
220908, B65D 4528
Patent
active
056999291
ABSTRACT:
A garbage container including a body member for containing garbage therein, the body member having an upper opening; a lid member for closing the upper opening of the body member, the lid member having a handle provided on an upper surface thereof, the handle being gripped with a hand of a user for moving the lid member to close or open the upper opening of the body member; an engageable member which is provided on one of the body member and the lid member and which is engageable with the other of the body member and the lid member to prevent the lid member from separating from the body member; and an operable member which is operable by the user for moving or displacing the engageable member between an engaged position where the engageable member is engaged with the other of the body member and the lid member and a disengaged position where the engageable member is disengaged from the other of the body member and the lid member, the operable member being provided on, or in a vicinity of, the handle.
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