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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2011
Barry Anderson, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Barry Anderson, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Bemis Manufacturing Company, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Abstract
A cart including a container that defines an interior space. The cart also includes a cover that is movable between an open position providing access to the interior space and a closed position inhibiting access to the interior space, and a latch that is located between the container and the cover to releasably hold the cover in the closed position. The cart further includes a hands-free mechanism that is coupled to the container and engaged with the cover to move the cover between the open position and the closed position. The hands-free mechanism is further coupled to the latch and operable to disengage the latch to permit movement of the cover to the open position.