Trash can

摘要

A trash can with a lid can include a lock for the lid. The lock can include a latch that cooperates with the trash container body to lock the lid over the opening of the body. The latch can be configured to slide with respect to the edge of the opening of the body from an unlocked position to a locked position. This latch can be integrated into, built into or self contained in the lid. The trash can can also include a pedal actuator for opening the lid. The trash can can also include a damping mechanism mounted to the body of the trash can with a mounting plate. The mounting plate can be made from a material that is harder than the material used for the body of the trash can. Additionally, the trash can can have wheels.

主权项

1. A trash can comprising:
a trash can body comprising an outer periphery and an interior volume configured to receive trash, an outer rear surface of the trash can body having a recessed channel with a surface that is displaced in a frontward direction from a rear portion of the outer periphery of the trash can body, the surface comprising a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall, the third wall being intermediate the first and second walls in a front-to-rear direction and being at a different angle than the first and second walls, the trash can body including an upper opening sized such that trash can be inserted through the upper opening into the interior volume; an opening mechanism positioned exterior to the trash can body, the opening mechanism comprising a foot pedal connected to a lifting rod; a lid assembly pivotally attached relative to the trash can body so as to be movable between opened and closed positions when actuated by the foot pedal via the lifting rod, the lid assembly comprising a lid member sized to cover substantially the entire upper opening when the lid assembly is in the closed position; and a dampening device positioned exterior to a lower portion of the trash can body in a region where the foot pedal connects to the lifting rod and within the recessed channel on the outer rear surface of the trash can body, the dampening device configured to dampen movement of the lid assembly at least from the opened position toward the closed position wherein the recessed channel further comprises nested first and second portions, a front of the first portion being bound by the first wall and a front of the second portion being bound by the second wall, the dampening device being positioned in the second portion of the recessed channel.