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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2019
Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg, SE;
Robert Kling, Gothenburg, SE;
Agne Svedberg, Borlange, SE;
ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a waste bin for waste paper products and other waste, the waste bin including a frame for supporting at least two, preferably exactly two, compartments; an upper compartment supported by the frame and configured to receive waste paper product, in particular, paper towels; and a lower compartment supported by the frame and configured to receive other types of waste; wherein the upper compartment is arranged above the lower compartment in a vertical direction of the waste bin, wherein the lower compartment comprises a liquid-impermeable bottom section and, preferably, liquid-impermeable side-wall sections, and wherein at least one of the upper and lower compartments is detachable from the frame, and wherein each of the upper compartment and the lower compartment is accessible for introducing waste material thereinto independently from the respective other compartment. The present disclosure further relates to a method of servicing a waste bin.