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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1984
Allan M Hodge, San Diego, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A trash bin may be provided with one or more lids which are made of plastic or flexible metal material. These lids are provided with locking arrangements toward the front center portion of each lid which mate with corresponding adjacent locking mechanisms on the trash bin. A rigid, plastic reinforcing rod is provided within the lid toward its front edge and extending outwardly toward the front corners of the lid to prevent the lid being flexed or bent and opened, notwithstanding the locking mechanism. The center of the reinforcing rod may be secured at the inner center toward the front of the lid to a reinforcing plate which may in turn be secured to the locking mechanism on the outside of the lid. The locking mechanism may include a plurality of locks, in order to permit separate access by more than one party. In addition, the locking mechanisms may be arranged to snap into the locked position, so that a key actuation is not required for locking.
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