FR2960864A1 - Domestic use waste container for receiving e.g. food waste, in kitchen of single-family house, has cover with opening that is connected on wall at level of upper edge, where cover is mounted to occupy storage and evacuation positions - Google Patents

Abstract

The container has an external wall (1) defining receiving volume extending from an upper edge. A flexible cover includes an opening that is connected on the external wall at a level of the upper edge. The cover is mounted to occupy a storage position in which the cover integrally extends in the receiving volume, and an evacuation position in which the cover extends partly outside the receiving volume. The cover is permanently mounted on the container and easily taken out from the receiving volume defined by the external wall.

Description

Waste container for domestic use including a soft cover.

The field of the invention is that of the design and manufacture of waste containers for domestic use. More specifically, the invention relates to a waste container for receiving organic waste, or more generally dirty waste.

In the field of the invention, it is customary to use bins whose outer wall and the bottom delimit a receiving volume inside which there is a bag, usually plastic, whose volume is adapted to that of the trash. This bag allows you to easily and quickly remove waste from the trash for evacuation.

The bag also makes it possible to keep the inside of the bin clean, especially when the waste is of organic type, which is the case, for example, of food waste.

Such use leads to a considerable consumption of plastic bags, constituting in themselves waste. However, these single-use bags, when they are not biodegradable (which is the case most of the time), must be treated, for example incinerated, otherwise they end up in landfills or they can take up to 400 years to degrade.

In any case, single-use bags used in bins alone represent a very large tonnage of waste.

At the same time, it is now common in single-family houses to sort waste.

For this purpose, different bin compartments are proposed to equip in particular the kitchens of individual houses.

However, these systems are most often intended to be housed in a

closet, the storage volume of each compartment is relatively limited,

this to allow the whole to be housed in a closet of standard size.

The object of the invention is notably to overcome these drawbacks of the prior art.

More specifically, the invention aims to provide a container for domestic waste, which avoids the use of plastic bags for single use. The invention also aims to provide such a waste container whose parts in contact with the waste can easily and quickly be cleaned if necessary. The invention also aims to provide such a container that allows a new use in the selective sorting of waste. In this sense, a particular object of the invention is to provide larger sorted waste storage volumes than those of the prior art. These objectives, as well as other cases will appear later, are achieved thanks to the invention which has for object a container of waste, in particular organic waste, for domestic use, comprising an external wall delimiting a reception volume extending to from an upper rim, characterized in that it comprises a flexible cover whose mouth is secured to said outer wall, said cover being mounted so as to occupy at least two positions: a storage position, in which the cover extends completely into said receiving volume; - A drain position in which the cover extends at least partly outside the reception volume. Thus, in a container according to the invention, the cover advantageously replaces single-use plastic bags of the prior art. The cover is therefore mounted permanently on the container and can be easily removed from the receiving volume defined by the outer wall to clean it if necessary. Indeed, in the case of organic waste, particularly food, they can dirty the cover and it is then necessary to clean the cover in a sanitary objective.

It is specified that the container according to the invention is intended to contain either directly organic waste or packaging or containers of organic waste may discharge a residual portion of their initial content (liquid or solid).

Advantageously, the mouth of said cover is secured to said outer wall at said upper flange. In this way it is possible to deploy the cover completely out of the receiving volume in a position facilitating its cleaning. According to a preferred solution, said outer wall is constituted by four sections able to pivot in pairs so that they can be brought against each other. It is therefore possible, with a container thus formed, to dispose of the container in two configurations: a configuration of use in which the outer wall is deployed and a storage configuration in which the outer wall is folded flat, the sides being brought to them. against each other. Advantageously, the container has at least one opening at its base. Such an opening constitutes a passage through which the cover can be pushed back out of the receiving volume, thereby avoiding having to seize the cover by the side thereof in contact with the waste. According to a preferred solution, the container has a closure skirt secured to said outer wall at said upper flange. It can thus close the container, for example to transport it while it is filled with waste. The invention also relates to an assembly comprising at least two waste containers as described above, said containers having hooking means with each other. It is thus possible to gather several containers with each other, and to constitute a sorting assembly by proposing containers of different colors.

According to an advantageous solution, the attachment means comprise at least two hooks carried by each container and at least one strap whose ends are adapted to cooperate with the hooks.

According to a preferred solution, the attachment means are able to couple said containers according to at least two distinct configurations: a configuration in which said containers are hooked against each other, next to each other;

a configuration in which said containers are hooked one above the other.

Thus, such an assembly allows for selective sorting of waste according to new uses, for example by placing the containers in suspension one above the other.

Advantageously, the assembly comprises at least one suspending hook of at least one of said containers, said hook having a shape adapted to fit an upper edge of a door.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear more clearly on reading the following description of a preferred embodiment of the invention, given by way of a simple illustrative and nonlimiting example and the appended drawings in which: Figures 1 to 3 are views of a waste container according to the invention according to two side views and a view from above;

Figure 4 is a top view of a waste container according to the invention, the skirt being in the closed position;

Figures 5 and 6 are views in vertical section of a waste container according to the invention, the cover being respectively inside and outside the receiving volume;

Figure 7 is a bottom view of a container according to one embodiment of the invention;

Figure 8 is a view of another container may be associated with a container according to the invention; Figures 9 to 11 are views of a preferred embodiment of a container according to the invention, according to different folding steps; - Figures 12 and 13 are views of two containers according to the invention, according to the hooking phases of the containers against each other; Figures 14 and 15 are views of a peg of a suspension of one or more containers; Figures 16 to 20 are slant views of one or more containers on the upper rim of a door and in different configurations. As indicated above, the principle of the invention lies in the fact of proposing a container for household waste comprising a cover permanently mounted on an outer wall so as to be able to extend inside the wall external to a waste receiving position, or a position in which it is returned and extends outside the outer wall. With reference to FIGS. 1 to 7, a waste container according to the present embodiment of the invention comprises: an external wall 1 delimiting a reception volume 100 extending from an upper rim 10; a flexible cover 2 whose mouth 20 is secured to the outer wall 1 at the upper flange 10, that is to say directly on the upper flange or in the vicinity thereof.

The cover 2 is for example made of a material such as polyester coated with PVC. As shown in FIGS. 5 to 6, the cover is a flexible cover that can be returned from a storage position, in which the cover extends completely into the receiving space (FIG. 5) in view of storing waste, at a drain position as shown in Figure 6 wherein the cover extends at least partially (in practice integrally) out of the receiving volume 100.

It is understood that the face 21 of the cover which takes a concave shape inside the container receiving volume is, when the cover extends out of the receiving volume, returned to take a convex shape in which it is easy to clean.

In addition, according to the present embodiment, a closing skirt 3 is secured to the outer wall at the upper rim 10. Such a skirt comprises a cord system 30 capable of sliding inside a hem formed at the upper end of the skirt so that the skirt may have an upper end in an opening configuration as illustrated in Figure 5, or a closure configuration as shown in Figure 4, wherein hem of the upper end of the skirt is gathered to present the shortest possible length in view of closing the container.

In addition, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the container has a base 11 without a bottom. A reinforcing strip 4 extends through the base 11, in the median position, on either side of which there extend therefore two openings 110 forming an inward passage of the receiving space 10 (FIG. 7). .

Referring to Figure 3 and Figures 9 to 11, a container according to a preferred embodiment of the invention comprises an outer wall consisting of four sections la, lb, 1c and 1d connected in pairs in an articulated manner.

According to this embodiment, each panel is made of a material such as polyester coated with polyurethane and has at its periphery a hem 12 surrounding the corresponding pan and inside which extends a prestressed flexible wire so that in the absence of forces exerted on the sides of the container, they tend to occupy a position in which they form two by two at an angle of 90 °. In other words, by default, the container occupies a position such as that illustrated in FIG. 9.

Thus, to fold a container according to the present embodiment, one proceeds in two steps: it begins by pressing two opposite corners of the container so as to flatten it as shown in Figure 10, this against the action of the elastically deformable wire extending in the peripheral hems of the panels, so as to bring two adjacent flaps against each other, then folds in two the container then flattened to bring it into a configuration As already indicated above, it is also possible to associate several containers to form a set of containers intended in particular for the selective sorting of waste. In this case, the containers preferably have hooking means 10 between them. According to the present embodiment and as shown in Figure 2, each container has two hooks 5 positioned opposite to each other on the outer wall of the container. In this case, the hooks 5 are classified on two opposite sides of the container. In addition, as illustrated in particular by FIGS. 12 and 13, the assembly comprises at least one strap 50, in this case a set of straps 50, the ends of which are designed to cooperate with the hooks 5 carried by the containers. More specifically, a loop 51 is present at each end of the straps 50, and the hooks 5 of the containers take the form of carabiners for quick attachment loops present at the ends of the straps. It is noted that the straps may comprise a system 52 for adjusting the length (or even more) of the strap in a manner known per se. With reference to FIGS. 12 and 13, the hooking means constituted by the hooks on the one hand and, on the other hand, by the straps make it possible to hook the containers against each other, one to next to each other. To do this, a strap 50 is attached to each container. The straps 50 are adjusted in length so that, when two containers 30 are placed next to each other and against each other, the strap of one container can be folded on the other container so as to surround it by slightly tightening it against the container carrying the strap.

Thus, the strap of a first container is folded so as to surround the other container. Symmetrically, the strap of the second container is folded over the first so as to surround and slightly tighten it against the second container.

In this way, we obtain a set of two containers hooked to each other.

It should be noted that such an assembly may comprise a container according to the invention and a container of the type illustrated in FIG. 8. Such a container comprises an external wall 1 consisting of four panels hinged together as previously described with reference to FIGS. 11. This container comprises a skirt 3 such as that described above, but is devoid of the cover 2 according to the invention. The container illustrated in FIG. 8 comprises a bottom 111 completely closing the base of the container.

Furthermore, a set of containers may further comprise a suspending peg 6 such as that illustrated in FIGS. 14 and 15. As it appears in these figures, a peg 6 has an upper portion 60 whose shape is suitable to marry the upper edge of a door. The lower part of the hook is folded so as to form a hook 61 capable of receiving and holding a strap through which at least one container can be suspended on the hook, and thus on the door carrying the hook.

Such a peg 6 may be made for example from a sheet metal plate, the thickness of which is provided to allow the peg to be inserted between the

upper edge of the door and the frame of the corresponding door.

This is illustrated by Figures 16 to 20.

Figure 16 illustrates a configuration in which a single container is suspended on a peg 6 carried by the upper edge of a door.

Two straps 50 having at each of their ends a loop each extend between one of the hooks 5 of the container and the hook 61 of the hook 6.

Figure 17 illustrates a configuration in which two containers are hung one above the other and suspended on a peg carried by the upper edge of a door. Note that in this case, the suspension and hooking containers can be achieved using two straps 50 each having at their ends a loop 51, one being intended to be hooked to the hook and the other being intended to be hooked on one of the hooks 5 of the container in the lowest position. The straps 50 also have an intermediate loop 53 used for hooking the container in the highest position.

Such an arrangement of the straps makes it possible, if necessary, to remove the container in the up position, while keeping the container in the lower position as shown in FIG. 18. This embodiment can be extended to a configuration with three suspended containers. as shown in Fig. 19, with straps also including one or more intermediate loops so that a container can be removed from the suspended assembly is held in place as shown in Fig. 20. 5 10 2. 15 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Claims (1)

REVENDICATIONS1. Container for waste, especially organic waste, for use CLAIMS1. Waste container, particularly organic, for domestic use, comprising an outer wall delimiting a reception volume extending from an upper rim, characterized in that it comprises a flexible cover whose mouth is secured to said wall external, said cover being mounted so as to occupy at least two positions: a storage position, wherein the cover extends integrally in said receiving volume a drain position in which the cover extends at least partly out the reception volume. Waste container according to claim 1, characterized in that the mouth of said cover is secured to said outer wall at said upper flange. Waste container according to one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that said outer wall is constituted by four panels pivotable in pairs so that they can be brought against each other. Waste container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it has at least one opening at its base. Waste container according to claim 4, characterized in that it has at least one reinforcing strip extending across said base. Waste container according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that it has a closure skirt secured to said outer wall at said upper flange. Assembly comprising at least two waste containers according to any one of claims 1 to 6, said containers having means for hooking with each other. 8. An assembly according to claim 7, characterized in that the attachment means comprise at least two hooks carried by each container and at least one strap whose ends are adapted to cooperate with said hooks. 9. An assembly according to one of claims 7 and 8, characterized in that the attachment means are adapted to couple said containers according to at least two distinct configurations: a configuration in which said containers are hooked against each other , one next to the other ; a configuration in which said containers are hooked one above the other. 10. An assembly according to any one of claims 7 to 9, characterized in that it comprises at least one suspending hook of at least one of said containers, said hook having a shape adapted to fit a top rim of a door.