Patents by Inventor Rebecca L. Waterston

Rebecca L. Waterston has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5137212
    Abstract: A cabinet and container assembly comprising an enclosed cabinet having an upper opening and a lower opening. The upper opening is equipped with a pivotal disposal door. The lower opening has a hinged door, and is dimensioned such that a wheeled container may be positioned inside and locked within the cabinet. The pivotal door can be pulled forward to an open position presenting a horizontal tray on which waste materials may be rested, with the waste materials sliding along a top chute surface of the pivotal door when it is pivoted upwardly to a closed position, the waste materials sliding rearwardly and downwardly along the chute surface and across the rear edge of the pivotal door, thereby falling downwardly into the center of the open topped container. An curved upper partition positioned within the interior of the cabinet above the pivotal door and closely adjacent the read edge thereof prevents a person from reaching inside the cabinet and accessing the container when the door is paritally opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: Liberty Diversified Industries
    Inventors: Benjamin Fiterman, Rebecca L. Waterston, Mark A. Feucht, Stanley R. Thorud
  • Patent number: 5108000
    Abstract: A caddy for recyclable paper constructed from an irregular blank of corrugated plastic sheet material such as double-faced polyethylene, with a metal hanger allowing the caddy to be mounted on the rim of a conventional wastebasket. The carton includes an open top, a higher rear wall, lower front wall, and angled side walls. The ends of the hanger are received between a rear panel and rear foldover panel which are hingedly connected and folded into parallel abutting contact to form the rear wall, the central portion of the hanger extending upwardly through a slit formed between those panels. Fastening tabs extending from the rear panel are inserted through slots defined between one side wall panel and a side flap, and a reinforcing tab extending from the rear foldover panel prevents the top fastening tab from flexing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: Liberty Diversified Industries
    Inventors: Mark S. Stoll, Rebecca L. Waterston
  • Patent number: 5105972
    Abstract: A waste disposal receptacle comprising a receptacle body and a lid. The receptacle body has a bottom and four side walls which may be formed from one unitary blank or a pair of interconnected blanks. The side walls may be scored to be folded flat in either a square parallelogram configuration or a hexagonal configuration. The side walls define trapezoidal apertures through which weights such as sand bags, bricks, or boards may be placed onto the bottom to weigh down and stabilize the waste disposal receptacle. Two of the opposing side walls define upwardly projecting ridges that are received through correspondingly aligned slots in the lid, the ridges and lid holding a thin plastic bag within the waste disposal container in an upright and open position. The lid may define one or more waste receiving openings particularly designed for recyclable waste, such as a pair of circular openings for receiving metal cans and glass bottles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Liberty Diversified Industries
    Inventors: Rebecca L. Waterston, Mark S. Stoll
  • Patent number: 5105968
    Abstract: A cabinet and container assembly comprising an enclosed cabinet having an upper opening and a lower opening. The upper opening is equipped with a pivotal disposal door. The lower opening has a hinged door, and is dimensioned such that a wheeled container may be positioned inside and locked within the cabinet. The pivotal door can be pulled forward to an open position presenting a horizontal tray on which waste materials may be rested, with the waste materials sliding along a top chute surface of the pivotal door when it is pivoted upwardly to a closed position, the waste materials sliding rearwardly and downwardly along the chute surface and across the rear edge of the pivotal door, thereby falling downwardly into the center of the open topped container. A curved upper partition positioned within the interior of the cabinet above the pivotal door and closely adjacent the read edge thereof prevents a person from reaching inside the cabinet and accessing the container when the door is partially opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Liberty Diversified Industries
    Inventors: Benjamin Fiterman, Rebecca L. Waterston, Mark A. Feucht, Stanley R. Thorud
  • Patent number: 5097975
    Abstract: A caddy for recyclable paper materials constructed from a linear blank of double-faced corrugated plastic sheet material such as polyethylene, with a metal hanger member allowing the caddy to be mounted in hanging relation to the rim of a conventional wastebasket. The caddy includes an open top, with a higher rear wall, lower front wall, and convexly curved side walls. The ends of the hanger member are received between a rear panel and a rear foldover panel which are hingedly connected and folded into parallel abutting contact to form the rear wall, and the central portion of the hanger member extends upwardly and rearwardly through a slit formed between those panels. The front and rear foldover panels are shortened, and the front foldover panel is held in place by a pair of side struts extending from front to rear along the side walls of the caddy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Liberty Diversified Industries
    Inventors: Rebecca L. Waterston, Mark S. Stoll
  • Patent number: 5092480
    Abstract: A modular waste disposal receptacle system particularly suited for recyclable waste materials comprising a primary wastebasket and a plurality of smaller secondary receptacles, the primary wastebasket and secondary receptacles having substantially similar or identical overall shapes and constructions but different and interrelated overall sizes or dimensions. One or more of the secondary receptacles may be nested within the primary wastebasket with the longer or major axis of the secondary receptacle being oriented perpendicular to the major axis of the primary wastebasket and the top rim of the secondary receptacle extending outwardly above and contacting the top rim of the primary wastebasket to elevate and support the secondary receptacle above the bottom wall of the primary wastebasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Assignee: Liberty Diversified Industries
    Inventor: Rebecca L. Waterston
  • Patent number: D326344
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Liberty Diversified Industries
    Inventors: Benjamin Fitermann, Rebecca L. Waterston, Mark A. Feucht, Stanley R. Thorud
  • Patent number: D328539
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: Liberty Diversified Industries
    Inventor: Rebecca L. Waterston
  • Patent number: D329154
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Liberth Diversified Industries
    Inventor: Rebecca L. Waterston
  • Patent number: D332854
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: Liberty Diversified Industries
    Inventors: Rebecca L. Waterston, Mark S. Stoll
  • Patent number: D336701
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: Liberty Diversified Industries
    Inventor: Rebecca L. Waterston