US 6,981,606 B2
Trash can assembly
Frank Yang, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif. (US); Joseph Sandor, Santa Ana Heights, Calif. (US); Alex Grande Fermin, Jr., Huntington Beach, Calif. (US); Myk Wayne Lum, Irvine, Calif. (US); and Adam Courtney Wade, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Simplehuman LLC, Torrance, Calif. (US)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/131,430.
Prior Publication US 2003/0201267 A1, Oct. 30, 2003
Int. Cl. B65F 1/08 (2006.01); B65F 1/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 220—23.87 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A trash can assembly, comprising:
a shell having a top end and a bottom end, the shell having an enclosing wall;
a lid fitted over the top end;
a pedal positioned adjacent the bottom end;
a link assembly coupling the pedal and the lid;
an inner liner that is retained inside the shell, the inner liner having a peripheral lip; and
a support frame secured to a portion the top end of the shell, the support frame having a border shoulder on which the lip of the inner liner rests, the border shoulder extending inwardly from the enclosing wall, and the support frame further including a groove cut from a portion of the border shoulder and positioned adjacent the inner liner in a manner such that a space is defined between an edge of the groove and the lip of the inner liner.