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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Original Design Products Llc, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Jackson, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
John Christie, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Assignee:
Original Design Products, LLC, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65F 1/14 (2006.01); B65D 43/24 (2006.01); B65D 43/26 (2006.01); B65F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65F 1/14 (2013.01); B65D 43/24 (2013.01); B65D 43/26 (2013.01); B65F 1/1646 (2013.01); B65F 2001/1669 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for easily and simply lifting and holding open residential size trash containers thereby allowing the user the use of both hands for hoisting and dumping the trash without having to touch the lid with bare or both hands. The device also holds the lid in an open position without having to rest the lid against a wall or abutment or having the lid completely flip to the back side of the receptacle through the hinge.