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Materials-recycling collection bin assembly
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1991-10-23
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Granted: 1992-09-22
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Expires: 2011-10-23
Abstract
Abstract The Assembly has a base formed of a strip or sheet of plastic material which has a plurality of holes formed therein. Holes in ends of the sheet are aligned to receive fasteners to fix the sheet into a simple band. Other plastic sheets are turned into cylinders, which are set into the base, for the receipt therein of recyclable materials. The cylinders or sleeves are also formed of multi-holed sheets of plastic material. Again, sheet end holes are used, with fasteners, to fix the sleeves into their cylindrical form. Further ones of the holes are used to fix adjacent sleeves together, in the base, and some are used to fix the sleeves to the base. The Assembly can be provided as a rolled-up kit of the requisite holed sheets and a supply of fasteners.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard Orefice
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 22:24
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65F; B65F1/00; B65F1/0033; B65F1/0053; B65F1/14; B65F1/1426; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S220/00; Y10S220/908; Y10S220/909
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
130 words
A materials-recycling collection bin assembly, comprising: a base; and a plurality of collection bins set in said base, in juxtaposition and in parallel; wherein said bins comprises cylindrical sleeves, formed of plastic sheets having ends of said sheets coupled together; said sleeves are open at opposite ends thereof; said base, too, is formed of a plastic sheet which has ends thereof coupled together to define a simple band; said base has an open top and an open bottom; and said sleeves have a plurality of fastener-receiving holes formed therein for alignment of given ones of said holes, in each sleeve, with such holes in an adjacent sleeve for receiving fasteners therethrough (a) to secure such adjacent sleeves together, and (b) to provide some vertical stability, thereby, to such adjacent sleeves.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
130 words
A materials-recycling collection bin assembly, comprising: a base; and a plurality of collection bins set in said base, in juxtaposition and in parallel; wherein said bins comprises cylindrical sleeves, formed of plastic sheets having ends of said sheets coupled together; said sleeves are open at opposite ends thereof; said base, too, is formed of a plastic sheet which has ends thereof coupled together to define a simple band; said base has an open top and an open bottom; and said sleeves have a plurality of fastener-receiving holes formed therein for alignment of given ones of said holes, in each sleeve, with such holes in an adjacent sleeve for receiving fasteners therethrough (a) to secure such adjacent sleeves together, and (b) to provide some vertical stability, thereby, to such adjacent sleeves.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
A materials-recycling collection bin assembly, according to claim 1, wherein: said base has a plurality of fastener-receiving holes formed therein for alignment of given ones thereof with such aforesaid holes in said sleeves for receiving fasteners to secure said sleeves in said base.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
A materials-recycling collection bin assembly, according to claim 1, wherein: said sleeves have said holes formed therein in columns therealong and in rows thereabout; and each sleeve has two columns of holes in alignment, and fasteners fixed therein.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
54 words
A materials-recycling collection bin assembly, according to claim 2, wherein: said base has said holes formed therein in a row therealong; said sleeves have said holes formed therein in rows thereabout; and given holes in said base are in alignment with holes in said rows thereof in said sleeves, and fasteners are fixed therein.
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