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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2005
Josephus Arnoldus Joordens, Eersel, NL;
Josephus Arnoldus Joordens, Eersel, NL;
Brabantia Nederlands B.V., Waalre, NL;
Abstract
A pedal bin having a housing in which a waste container can be accommodated, a lid mounted at the top of the housing by a pivot pin, which lid has a lever that extends on the side of the pivot pin facing away from the lid and at this location has a sliding construction that allows a sliding movement between a relatively low position and a relatively high position in a plane transverse to the pivot pin, a movable pedal provided at the bottom of the housing as well as an operating member interacting with the sliding construction of the lid and the pedal for pivoting the lid, by depressing the pedal, between a closed position and a first open position defined by a first pivot angle with respect to the closed position, the sliding construction and the operating member being in the relatively low position and the operating member being subjected to tensile force.