US2679945A

US2679945A - Container closure structure

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Publication number: US2679945A
Application number: US303647A
Authority: US
Inventors: Joseph E Cahill
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1952-08-11
Filing date: 1952-08-11
Publication date: 1954-06-01
Anticipated expiration: 1971-06-01

Description

June 1954- I J. E. CAHILL 79,945

CONTAINER CLOSURE STRUCTURE Filed Aug. 11, 1952 Joseph E Cab/ll 4 INVENTOR.

- -B and. u I A ME EM Patented June l, 1954 gamers UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CONTAINER CLOSURE STRUCTURE Joseph E. Cahill, Worcester, Mass.

Application August 11, 1952, Serial No. 303,647

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates in general to receptacles, and more specifically to a receptacle for receiving used tissues for the sanitary disposal of the same.

The primary object of this invention is to provide an improved receptacle adapted to be mounted on hospital beds and the like for receiving used tissues in order to effect the sanitary disposal of the same.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved receptacle for receiving used tissues, said receptacle being provided with improved mounting means whereby the same may be quickly and easily mounted on and. removed from a bed rail.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved sanitary used tissue receptacle which includes a removable cover having a tissue passage therethrough, said cover being provided with a closure element normally closing said tissue passage in order that the used tissue may be retained in a sealed receptacle.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved cover for containers, said cover being provided with an opening therethrough and having a closure element normally closing said opening, said closure element being automatically urged toward a closed position and being so mounted with respect to the remainder of the cover that the outer surfaces of the same are in a common plane.

With these objects definitely in view, this invention resides in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of elements and portions as will be hereinafter described in detail in the specification, particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a material part of this application, in which:

Figure 1 is a rear perspective view of the sanitary used tissue receptacle and shows the general outline of the same;

Figure 2 is an enlarged transverse vertical sectional View taken through the center of the receptacle of Figure 1 and shows the general construction thereof;

Figure 3 is an enlarged bottom plan view of the cover for the receptacle of Figure 1 and shows the relationship of a closure element carried by the same with respect to a surrounding portion of the cover; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse vertical sectional view taken substantially upon the plane indicated by the section line 44 of Figure 1 and shows the manner in which the closure element is pivotally connected to a wall of the cover.

Similar characters of reference designate similar or identical elements and portions throughout the specification and throughout the different views of the drawings.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the sanitary used tissue receptacle, which is the subject of this invention, includes a generally rectangular container which is referred to in general by the reference numeral I ll. The container l6 includes a bottom wall i2 which has integral therewith and extending upwardly from the front and rear edges thereof front and rear walls l4 and I6, respectively; Integral with and extending upwardly from the side edges of the bottom wall I 2 are side walls [8, the side walls H3 being disposed between the front and rear walls M and H5 and connected to the same. The upper end of the container H3 is opened and closed by a portion of a removable closure which is referred to in general by the reference numeral 20.

The cover 20 includes a top wall 22 which has integral therewith and extending downwardly therefrom at the front and rear edges thereof front and rear flanges 2d and 26, respectively, which overlie the front and rear walls [4 and I6, respectively, of the container Ill. The top wall 22 has integral with the side edges thereof downwardly depending side flanges 28 which overlie the upper ends of the side walls [3.

Referring now to Figures 2 and 4 in particular, it will be seen that the top wall 22 is of a double thickness and includes an upper or outer plate portion 30 and an inner or lower plate portion 32, the

plate portions

30 and 32 being in face to face engagement. It will be noted that the

flanges

2d, 26 and 28 are of the same thickness as the upper plate 30 and are integral with only that portion of the top wall 22. The top wall 22 is provided with a substantially circular opening 34 which may be utilized for the passage of used tissues. The opening 3d is normally closed by a substantially circular closure element which is referred to in general by the reference numeral 36.

The closure element 35 is also of a double thickness construction and includes an upper plate 38 and a lower plate ill, the two plates being in face to face engagement. The combined thickness of the plates 38 and Ml is equal to the thickness of the upper plate SE! of the top wall 22 and when the closure element 36 is in a closed position lies in a common plane therewith.

limited by engagement of the closure element with the seat s2 and the closure element Eli is retained in a coplanar relation with respect to the plate 3% by the weight Ml. The inwardly projecting portion of the plate 32 has free ends 45 which form stop means for preventing the movement of the closure element 36 past a vertical position.

Referring now to Figures 1 and 4 in particular, it will be seen that the plate 3% is separated from the plate 32 between the opening 34 and the side flanges 28 and that portions of the plate 30 are raised to form elongated aligned sleeve portions 48. The closure element 36 also has its upper plate 38 separated from the lower plate QB in a similar manner to form elongated aligned sleeve portions 5E. The sleeve portions 5d of the closure element 36 are aligned with the sleeve portions 48 of the top wall 22 and the closure element 36 is pivotally mounted with respect to the top wall 22 by aligned pivot pins 52 which have end portions positioned in the aligned

sleeve portions

48 and 58.

Referring now to Figures 1 and 2 in particular, it will be seen that the container it is provided with a mounting bracket, which is referred to in general by the reference numeral E4, for securing the same to a bed rail. The mounting bracket 50 includes an elongated vertical portion 55 which has integral with the lower end thereof an outwardly extending flange 58 which is connected to an inwardly extending flange 60 by a curved portion 62. The

flanges

58 and 68 are in spaced parallel relation and together with the curved portion 62 form a hook at the lower end of the vertical portion 56.

The vertical portion 56 has an upper part thereof provided with an elongated slot 5d which opens through the upper end of the vertical portion 56. The slot 54 is adapted to have adjustably positioned therein a threaded stud 66 carried by the rear Wall l6 of the container 18 and is retained in adjusted relation with respect to the same by a wing nut 58. It will be noted that the threaded stud GE is provided with a washer which spaces the vertical portion 56 and the mounting bracket 54 from the side wall it.

Referring now to Figure 2 in particular, it will be seen that the hook portion of the mounting bracket 54 is attached to an angular bed rail which includes a horizontal flange i2 and a vertical flange i i. The hook portion of the mounting bracket 54 is mounted on the bed rail with its flange 58 overlying the upper surface of the horizontal flange l2 and its flange to underlying the same.

It will be noted that the container it is provided with a removable container T6 for receiving used tissues. The removable container '58 may be in the form of a paper bag or some other suitable type of relatively inexpensive and easily disposable container.

It will be seen that when the sanitary used tissue receptacle, which is the subject of this invention, is attached to a bed adjacent the mat tress thereof, a person lying 1n the bed may easily dispose of used tissues by depositing the same through the opening 34 into the removable container 76. After each used tissue is deposited within the removable container 76,. the closure element 36 will immediately move to a closed position whereby the receptacle will be closed and be sanitary. After the removable container it has been filled with used tissues, it may be removed directly from the container 59 and replaced by a new container or the container it and its associated cover 2t may be removed from the mounting bracket E i and replaced by another unit. In either case the soiled tissues remain onclosed within either the container it or the entire receptacle until disposed of and a sanitary condition exists.

While the sanitary used tissues receptacle may be formed of any suitable materials, it is preferred that it be formed of either aluminum or stainless steel so that it is not subject to corrosive action and may also be easily cleaned.

The construction of the mounting bracket 54 is such that it may be reversed to securely engage bed rails on opposite sides of a bed. Also, the engagement of the mounting bracket with a bed rail is such that an associated section of the bed may be tilted to any desired angle with the container Iii remaining in a vertical position through the use of the fastening means which secures the container to the mounting bracket.

The operation of this device will be understood from the foregoing description of the details thereof, taken in connection with the above recited objects and drawings. Further description would appear to be unnecessary.

Minor modifications of the device, varying in minor details from the embodiment of the device illustrated and described here, may be resorted to without departure from the spirit and scope of this invention, as defined in the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A cover for a container comprising a wall and depending flanges, said wall having an opening therethrough, a closure element pivotally carried by said wall flush with an outer surface thereof, said closure element normally closing said opening, said wall and said closure element both being of double thickness and formed of inner and outer plates, aligned portions of said plates being separated to form spaced opposed aligned sockets in said wall and said closure element, pivot pins extending between and having end portions received in said sockets to pivotally mount said closure element relative to said opening.

2. A closure for a container comprising a wall and depending flanges, said wall being formed of an outer plate and an inner plate, generally aligned openings through said inner and outer plates, the opening in said inner plate being of a different configuration than the opening in said outer plate and a portion of said inner plate underlying a portion of the opening in said outer plate to form a seat, a closure element normally seated on said seat and closing the opening in said outer plate, said closure element being formed of inner and outer plates having combined thickness equal to the thickness of the outer plate of said wall, said outer plate of said Wall and the plates of said closure element being deformed to provide spaced opposed aligned sockets, pivot pins having ends positioned in said sockets pivotally connecting said closure element to said wall.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Taber Feb. 23, 1869 Grainger Dec. 25, 1883 Carlin May 23, 1916 Brown Aug. 14, 1917 Watson July 23, 1918 De Long Oct. 4, 1921 Number Numb er Name Date Sweet June 20, 1922 Punte Dec. 6, 1932 Sherman Jan. 17, 1933 Jones May 11, 1937 Bisson Aug. 2, 1938 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain 1906 France Mar. 20, 1914 Switzerland Sept. 1, 1916