Abstract: A waste receptacle may include a frame, vertical arm supports, panel inserts, and fasteners. The frame may include vertical arms spaced apart from one another and window openings, each window opening defined between an adjacent pair of the vertical arms. The vertical arm supports may be spaced apart from one another, each vertical arm support fixedly secured to one of the vertical arms and defining a pair of channels between the vertical arm support and the one of the vertical arms. The panel inserts may be removably secured with respect to the frame, each panel insert removably received within two of the channels and partially exposed through one of the window openings. Each fastener may be configured to move between an engaged position preventing removal of one of the panel inserts from the respective channels and a disengaged position allowing removal of the one of the panel inserts from the respective channels.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 22, 2017
Date of Patent:
October 15, 2019
Assignee:
Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
Inventors:
Bartholomew Nathaniel Briggs, Allison Michelle Hammer, Michael A. Zarkis, Paul Watkins, Tyler Clas, Indira Biswas
Abstract: Storage containers and lids for such containers are provided. The lid has a first lid face and a second lid face. The second lid face has a rim configured to attach the lid to a storage bin. On the first lid face and extending to the second lid face is a plurality of apertures to provide airflow through the lid. A seal material extends from the second lid face that is configured to make the airflow path selectively sealable at a continuous wall and closed surface of a corresponding storage bin.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 10, 2018
Date of Patent:
October 15, 2019
Assignee:
Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
Inventors:
Mike Leo, Michael A. Zarkis, Marcel Souza, Robert Bradley, Brian Smallwood
Abstract: Lift rod assemblies for waste receptacles having pedal-operated lids are provided. Such lift rod assemblies can include a first end configured to couple to the pedal and a distal second end configured to couple to the lid, and a spring configured to dampen a force in excess of a predetermined force threshold applied to the pedal by the user and transferred to the elongated lift rod assembly. Waste receptacles including such lift rod assemblies are also provided.
Abstract: Waste receptacles and retractable casters for such waste receptacles are provided. The waste receptacle includes a housing that has an inner volume accessible by an opening. The housing also includes a base. The waste receptacle includes at least one foot attached to the base that is configured to support the waste receptacle in a standing position. On the housing is at least one retractable caster assembly with a caster moveable between a retracted position and an extended position in which the caster extends past the at least one foot to engage a surface on which the waste receptacle is placed. The waste receptacle is selectively disposed in either a standing position or a mobile position in which the receptacle is moveable along the surface by the retractable caster assembly.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 27, 2018
Date of Patent:
May 7, 2019
Assignee:
Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
Inventors:
Christopher Loren Russell, Adam Luedke, Jacob Wayne Connelly, Gary DeCarr
Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure can include cinches, receptacles, and associated methods. In one embodiment, a cinch can include a base member configured to be attached to a body of a receptacle, a first member that can be substantially parallel to the base member, and a second member that can extend outwardly from the base member and is substantially transverse to the first member, wherein the inner surfaces of the base, first, and second members can define a handle. A slot for retaining a flexible liner can extend from the inner to the outer surface of the first member and a through-hole in the second member can be configured to receive the flexible liner.
Abstract: A multipurpose utility cart for moving equipment and other cargo is provided. A utility cart includes a shelf defined by a rim surrounding the shelf. The rim has a u-shaped wall with at least one aperture formed in an upper surface thereof. The u-shaped wall and the at least one aperture define a channel for receiving an accessory. The utility cart has a handle coupled to the rim as well as a plurality of legs supporting the rim. The utility cart has a plurality of wheels such that the cart is manually propellable by a user exerting a force on the handle.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 24, 2017
Date of Patent:
April 2, 2019
Assignee:
Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
Inventors:
William Oltman, Jeffrey Stark, Jeffrey Bertucci
Abstract: Waste receptacles (100) with pedal-operated lids (108) are provided. A waste receptacle includes an enclosure (102) having an enclosed base portion (104) and at least one sidewall (106) defining an open top portion (105), a lid (108) hingedly coupled to the enclosure and defining a channel, a pedal (112) pivotably coupled to the base portion, and an elongated lift rod (116) having a first end coupled to the pedal and a second end being disposed in the first end of the channel when the pedal is in the first position and the lid is disposed in a closed position and being disposed in the second end of the channel when the pedal is in the second position.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 3, 2016
Date of Patent:
November 6, 2018
Assignee:
Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
Inventors:
Jeffrey Stark, Evan Barna, William M. Charrier
Abstract: A dispensing system includes a pump mechanism that has a liquid chamber, a liquid piston for delivering fluid to a mixing chamber, and a valve component biased to close the outlet from the liquid chamber. The pump mechanism also has an air chamber, and an air piston for delivering air to the mixing chamber. A bore allows passage of a mixture of the air and the liquid from the mixing chamber to a dispensing tube. A pump actuator moves the air piston and the liquid piston to propel a dose of the mixture of the air and the liquid through the bore and into the dispensing tube and to collapse a draw-back chamber. The draw-back chamber expands to draw the mixture of the air and the liquid from the dispensing tube into the draw-back chamber. The valve component is biased to close the first outlet before the draw-back chamber expands.