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1. A waste receptacle, comprising:
a. a body, the body comprising a front wall, a back wall opposite the front wall, a right wall adjacent to the front and back walls, a left wall opposite the right wall and adjacent to the front and back walls, and a base adjacent to the front, back, right, and left walls, wherein the body defines a cavity, wherein the front wall further comprises a pair of cutouts at a bottom portion of the body below the base, the cutouts bilaterally arranged about a center of the front wall; b. an actuating system, comprising:
i. a pair of pedal levers, a first pedal lever inserted through a first cutout and a second pedal lever inserted through a second cutout, each pedal lever attached to the base;ii. a front rocker arm adjacent to the front wall, the front rocker arm operatively connected to the pair of pedal levers;iii. a back rocker arm adjacent to the back wall; andiv. an axle connecting the front and back rocker arms, such that movement of the front rocker arm causes movement of the back rocker arm; c. a closing system operatively connected to the actuating system, the closing system comprising:
i. a lid hingedly attached to the body,ii. a clamping mechanism comprising a pair of clamp arms operable to move laterally away from each other, and medially toward each other, wherein when the clamp arms are moved laterally away from each other the lid is in a raised position and the closing system is in an open configuration, and when the clamp arms abut each other a tight seal is created between the clamp arms and the lid is in a lowered position and the closing system is in a closed configuration, wherein the clamping mechanism comprises a front clamp actuator and a back clamp actuator, the front and back clamp actuators operatively connected to the clamp arms, such that upward movement of the clamp actuators causes the clamp arms to move into the open configuration, and downward movement of the clamp actuators causes the clamp arms to move into the closed configuration, wherein each clamp arm comprises a front arm, a back arm opposite the front arm, and a clamp bar therebetween operatively connected to the front and back arms, the front and back arms each having a transverse base with an upwardly projecting connector arm, the connector arms connected to their respective clamp bars, thereby positioning the transverse bases below their respective clamp bars, the transverse bases each comprising a central peg and a lateral peg at opposite ends, the central pegs positioned inwardly towards a centerline of their respective front and back walls, the lateral pegs positioned laterally closer to the left or right walls, wherein the front arms are attached to the front wall via their lateral pegs in a rotatable manner, and wherein the back arms are attached to the back wall via their lateral pegs in a rotatable manner, wherein each clamp bar comprises a plurality of fingers arranged in an alternating fashion relative to each other such that when the clamp bars are in the closed configuration the plurality of fingers from a first clamp bar interlocks with the plurality of fingers of a second clamp bar,iii. a front lift arm having a bottom end connected to the front rocker arm and a top end connected to the front clamp actuator,iv. a back lift arm having a bottom end connected the back rocker arm and a top end connected to the back clamp actuator; andv. an extension arm having a bottom end connected to the back clamp actuator and a top end abuttable against the lid, wherein movement of the pedal levers causes movement of the front and back rocker arms, which causes movement of the front lift arm, back lift arm, and extension arm, which causes simultaneous movement of the clamp arms and the lid between the open and the closed configuration; and d. a carrier configured to be housed inside the body. |
