AU678100B2

AU678100B2 - Dust bin

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Publication number: AU678100B2
Application number: AU16117/95A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Andrew Berry; Frederick Andrews Thomas Kimberley; Frederick Thomas Kimberley
Original assignee: KIMBERLEY PLASTICS Pty Ltd
Current assignee: KIMBERLEY PLASTICS Pty Ltd
Priority date: 1994-04-14
Filing date: 1995-03-28
Publication date: 1997-05-15
Anticipated expiration: 2015-03-28
Also published as: AU1611795A

Description

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AUSTRALIA Regulation 3 Patents Act 1990

ORIGINAL

COMPLETE SPECIFICATION STANDARD PATENT ivninTte The following statement Is a full description of this Invention, Including the best method of performing It known to me:- .7 -1- This invention relates to cupboard mounted waste bins and the like and relates in particular to a cord-operated lid swing lid-type rubbish bin removably mounted upon the rear surface of a door of a bathroom cupboard, cabinet, vanity unit or the like so that the lid of the bin swings open when the door is open and swings closed when the door is closed and the bin may be removed from the door separately from the lid.

According to the invention there is provided a cord-operated swing lid-type rubbish bin removably mounted upon a member fixed to the rear surface of a hinged door and movable with the door of a bathroom .cupboard, cabinet, vanity unit or the like and wherein the lid of the bin swings up and open when the door is swung open and swings down and closed when the door is swung closed in association with cord-operated lid actuating means operatively connected between the lid when mounted on the door and chord anchorage means mounted within the cupboard, cabinet, vanity unit or the 20 like, the bin being detachable from and replaceable upon the door separately from the lid.

More particularly, the member is a door fixture plate and the door fixture plate has integrally-formed lid-mounting hinge brackets projecting upwardly t2l--efrom, the lid being a swing lid pivotally connected to brackets formed on the bin by hinge pla-es formed on a rear edge of the lid.

Preferably, the member is a combination door and bin lid mounting and bin attachment/detachment plate sill *s0*e* 9* *0 -2fixedly mounted upon the rear of the door and the bin is provided with moulded-in hooks for hanging the bin on the plate and on thus on the door through associated apertures formed in the upper region of the plate.

Preferably, one or lower end of the cord is attached to a cord clamping and cupboard or cabinet wall-mounting bracket adapted to be fixed to an inside surface of one side wall of the cupboard or cabinet at a level adjacent the bottom of the bin and having the opposite and upper end of the cord is attached to a rear or inner edge of the lid after placing or passing the cord around a cord guide channel on the rear of the combination door and bin lid mounting and bin attachment/detachment plate.

15 Preferably, the lower and inner end of the cord is adapted to be clamped into a hinged cord-clamping cyster-shell like plastic bracket having a base portion and a flap portion, the base portion being adapted to be fixed by screws passed through screw-mounting holes 20 therein to a side wall of the cupboard at a level adjacent the bottom of the bin, the flap portion being attached by an integral plastic hinge the base portion which is a fixture block.

Preferably, the length of the cord between lid and clamping brackets may be variably adjustably preset during installation by loosening the fastening means, sliding the cord through the bracket and then reclamping the cord by tightening the fastening means.

More particularly two halves of a cord- 0

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I receiving slot are formed in both portions of the cord-clamping bracket and the cord is adapted to be laid within the cord-receiving slot of the base portion and is then adapted to be clamped within the folded over bracket portions by means of a threaded bolt passed through the hole in the flap portion, the bolt having a head adapted be captive within correspondingly-shaped recess of the base portion.

Preferably, the lid-actuating cord has an upper outer end thereof clamped to the lid by a screw within a clamping bracket formed on a rear or inner edge of the lid after passing the cord around a cord guide •channel on the combination door and bin lid mounting and bin attachment/detachment plate.

Preferably, the cord guide channel of the combination door and bin lid mounting and bin attachment/detachment plate has two side entry bottom slots and a single top entry slot for the cord to allow for left-hand or right hand door swing installations and 20 the corJ guide paths within the guide channel formed on the said plate have a downwardly and outwardly curved side portion and a straight vertical central portion opening towards the top.

More particularly and preferably, the rear face of the bin is provided with moulded-in hooks for hanging it on or removing it from the combination door and bin lid mounting and bin attachment/detachment plate and thus on the door of a bathroom cupboard, cabinet or the like by means of a pair of holes formed in the upper 1 -4region of the said plate whereby the bin is detachable separately from the lid which stays on the mounting plate.

A non-limiting example of a preferred embodiment or practical arrangement of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figures 1 to 8 are pre-assembly views of novel components of the invention, Figure 1 is rear perspective view of the cord operated rubbish bin for swinging cupboard doors according to the invention and before installation of the hinged lid.

Figure 2 is a front view of the bin of Figure 15 i.

Figure 3 is a rear perspective view of a bin and bin lid mounting plate according to the invention Figure 4 is a reverse view to that of Figure 3.

20 Figure 5 is a top perspective view of a cord clamping and wall mounting bracket for mounting upon a cupboard side wall inside a cupboard and shown in closed cord-clamping position.

Figure 6 is the inverted perspective of Figure Figure 7 is a perspective view of the bracket of Figures 5 and 6 in open position Figure 8 is the inverted perspective of Figure

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Figure 9 is a front perspective view of the assembled swing lid cupboard and cupboard door mounted waste bin of the invention Figure 10 is a rear perspective view of the assembly of Figure 9.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown in Figures 1 and 2 a swing lid-type rubbish bin removably mounted upon, (referring to Figures 3 and 4) a cupboard-mountable and bin attachment and detachment supporting plate 11 is adapted to be fixed to the rear surface of a hinged door (not shown) and this plate and the bin 10 detachably placed upon it is movable with that is to say moves in and out with the door of a bathroom cupboard, cabinet, vanity unit or the like.

The bin 10 is designed to be fitted with a hinged swing lid 12 (refer to Figures 8 and 9) which swings up and open when a bathroom cabinet door is swung open and then swings down and closed when the docr is swung closed.

The mechanism by which this up and down swinging 20 movement of the lid in synchronization with in and out movements of the door is accomplished is an operating arrangement of a lid-actuating cord 13 (shown in Figures 9 and 10) having its upper end attached to the back edge of the lid and its lower end 13a secured within a hinged cord-clamping oyster-shell like bracket 14 fixed by screws passed through screw-mounting holes 15 and 16 in a hollow base portion 14c to a side wall of the cupboard at a level adjacent the bottom of the bin 10. Referring again to the clamping of the cord in the bracket 14, this bracket is formed of plastic and has a flap portion 14a attached by an integral plastic hinge 14b to a base fixture block portion 14c; halves of a cord-receiving slot 17 are formed in both portions and the cord is laid within the base slot portion and clamped within the folded over bracket portions by means of a threaded bolt passed through the hole 18 in the flap portion the bolt having a hexa head captive within correspondingly-shaped recess 19. The lid-actuating cord 13 has its upper end 13b clamped to the lid by a screw 20 within a clamping bracket 21 formed on the rear or inner edge 12a of the lid 12 after passing the cord around a cord guide channel 22 on the bin attachment plate 11. There are side entry bottom slots 22a, and 22b and a top entry slot 22c in the plate 11 for the cord 13. It will be noted that there are two possible alternative cord guide paths within the guide channel formed on the plate which has a downwardly and outwardly curved portion and a straight vertical central portion this is to enable .I 20 left-hand or right-hand door swing operation. This plate 11 has integrally-formed thereon a pair of lidmounting hinge brackets 23, 24 which are curved out of the plane of the plate and project upwardly from the top edge and the lid 12 is pivotally connected to these brackets by plastic pins 25, 26 passed through sleeves 27, 28 moulded into the top portion of the plate brackets 23, 24 and through lid brackets 23a and 24a..

This plate 11 is also provided with two pairs of moulded -in fixing slots extending therethrough and which I--rI -7comprise two vertical slots 29, 30 moulded into its upper region and two horizontal slots 31, 32 moulded into its lower region for adjustably fixing the plate 11 to the rear of a door to which the plate 11 is fixed.

The cord 13 is secured by a screw 33 to the lid 12 between a pair of plates 34, 35 which are integrally formed on the rear edge of the lid 12.

The rear face of the bin 10 is provided with moulded-in hooks 36, 37 for hanging it on or removing it from the plate 11 (and thus on the cabinet door) by means of the pair of holes 38, 39 formed in the upper region of the plate 11. It will be noted that in this arrangement the bin is detachable separately from the lid which stays on the mounting plate. The flat rear surface portions 40, 41 of the plate 11 is preferably provided with pads of double-sided adhesive for fixture of the plate to the rear surface of a cupboard or o o cabiner door instead of or in addition to screws.

Before installation in a cupboard or cabinet 20 unit the lid is first mounted on the plate 11 as a unit and the top outer end of the cord is secured to the clamping means on the back edge of the lid of the lid.

The plate is screwed to the rear surface of the door of the cabinet or cupboard after placing it on the door and stencilling the position of the screw holes for power screwing in self tapping screws or the like and the cord is placed within the guide channel of the plate and the free end extended back within the cupboard or cabinet and alongside the surface of one side wall and for a I I distance suitable for clamping within the oyster shell bracket when it is installed on the wall. A suitaole position for this bracket is found and it is installed by power screwing in screws through the bracket boles ii the base plate portion of the bracket while the flap is opened out. After this the head end of a bolt is placed within the recess, the cord is placed within the groove and the flap closed on the cord and a nut tightened on the bolt in stages while the cord slides in and out during opening and closing the door and adjusting the effective length of the cord by sliding it to •and fro within the bracket until the lid opens and closes adequately to enable the bin to be taken out and then replaced upon the plate. The cord or cable is round monofilament suitable grade of synthetic polymeric material of circular cross-section and of sufficient thickness and rigidity to be able to slide to and fro within the guide slot to move the lid up and down but is sufficiently flexible to curve in an arcuate path 20 between the door-mounting plate and the wall-mounting bracket.

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Claims

1. A cord-operated swing lid-type rubbish bin removably mounted upon a member fixed to the rear surface of a hinged door and movable with the door of a bathroom cupboard, cabinet, vanity unit or the like and wherein the lid of the bin swings up and open when the door is swuig open and swings down and closed when the door is swung closed in association with cord-operated lid actuating means operatively connected between the lid when mounted on the door and chord anchorage means mounted within the cupboard, cabinet, vanity unit or the like, the bin being detachable from and replaceable upon •the door separately from the lid. a*fl

2. The bin according to claim 1, wherein the member is a door fixture plate and the door fixture plate has integrally-formed lid-mounting hinge brackets projecting upwardly therefrom, the lid being a swing lid pivotally connected to brackets formed on the bin by hinge plates formed on a rear edge of the lid. t.

3. The bin according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the member is a combination door and bin lid mounting and bin attachment/detachment plate fixedly mounted upon the rear of the door and the bin is provided with moulded-in hooks for hanging the bin on the plate and on thus on the door through associated apertures formed in the upper region of the plate.

4. The bin according to claim 3 wherein one or lower end of the cord is attached to a cord clamping and cupboard and cabinet wall-mounting bracket adapted to be M fixed to an inside surface of one side wall of the cupboard or cabinet at a level adjacent the bottom of the bin and having the opposite and upper end of the cord is attached to a rear or inner edge of the lid after placing or passing the cord around a cord guide channel on the rear of the combination door and bin lid mounting and bin attachment/detachment plate.

The bin according to any preceding claim wherein the lower and inner end of the cord is adapted to be clamped into a hinged cord-clamping oyster-shell like plastic bracket having a base portion and a flap portion, the base portion being adapted to be fixed by screws passed through screw-mounting holes therein to a side wall of the cupboard at a level adjacent the bottom of the bin, the flap portion being attached by an integral plastic hinge the base portion which is a fixture block.

6. The bin according to claim 4 or 5 wherein the length of the cord between the lid and the cord- clamping and cupboard and cabinet wall-mounting bracket may be variably adjustably preset during installation by loosening the fastening means, sliding the cord through the bracket and then reclamping the cord by tightening the fastening means.

7. The bin according to any one of claims 4 to 6 wherein two halves of a cord-receiving slot are formed in both portions of the cord-clamping and cupboard and cabinet wall-mounting bracket the cord is adapted to be laid within the cord-receiving slot of the -ase portion -11- and is then adapted to be clamped within the folded over bracket portions by means of a threaded bolt passed through the hole in the flap portion, the bolt having a head adapted be captive within ccrrespondingly-shaped recess of the base portion.

8. The bin according to any preceding claim wherein the lid-actuating cord has an upper outer end thereof clamped to the lid by a screw within a clamping bracket formed on a rear or inner edge of the lid after passing the cord around a cord guide channel on the combination door and bin lid mounting and bin attachment/detachment plrte.

9. The bin according to any one of claims 4 to 8 c* wherein the cord guide channel of the combination door and bin lid mounting and bin attachment/detachment plate has two side entry bottom slots and a single top entry slot for the cord to allow for left hand or right hand door swing installations and the cord guide paths within the guide channel formed on the said plate have a downwardly and outwardly curved side portion and a straight vertical central portion opening towards the top.

The bir according to any preceding claim wherein the rear face of the bin is provided with moulded-in hooks for hanging it on or removing it from the combination door and bin lid mounting and bin attachment/detachment plate and thus on the door of a bathroom cupboard, cabinet or the like by means of a pair of holes formed in the upper region of the said -12- plate whereby the bin is detachable separately from the lid which stays on the mounting plate.

11. The bin according to claim 10 wherein the plate has hook-receiving spaces at the rear and in an upper region thereof formed by a surface raised by a rearwardly-directed perimeter wall.

12. A cord-operated swing lid-type rubbish bin substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 1, 2, 9 and 10 of the accompanying drawings.

13. A cord-operated swing lid-type rubbish bin substantially as herein fore described with reference to Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.

14. A cord-operated swing lid-type rubbish bin substantially as hereinbefore described with reference *o •to Figures 5 to 8 of the accompanying drawings, SO S• Dated this 27th day of March, 1995 KIMBERLEY PLASTICS PTY.LTD. By Ouir Patent Attorney JOHN L.DAVIES CO. ABSTRACT A cord-operated swing-lid type rubbish bin (10) is removably mounted upon a door fixture plate (11) which is fixed through slotted screw holes (29,30,31,32) to the rear surface of a hinged bathroom cabinet and is movable with door; the lid (12) swings up and open when the door is swung open and swings down and closed when the door is swung closed via a cord (13) attached both to the lid and to a door, the cord slides in an arcuate groove (22) in the plate the lid (12) stays on the bin (10) because it is bracketed onto it and the door and the cord (13) is clamped for length adjustment in grooves (17) between segments (14a,14c) of an oyster shell anchorage bracket (14) which has a base portion (14a) screwable to the door and a flap (14c) connected to it by a plastic hinge (14b); the bin (10) has hooks (36,37) on its rear surface fitting through apertures (38,39) on the door fixture plate (11) to enable the bin (10) to be removably hung on a door. o 0 o o -UI