US 11,926,473 B1
Sanitary product disposal container
Kelly Marie Sansone, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed by Kelly Marie Sansone, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/108,706.
Application 18/108,706 is a continuation of application No. 17/573,902, filed on Jan. 12, 2022, granted, now 11,577,911.
Application 17/573,902 is a continuation of application No. 16/282,177, filed on Feb. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,230,434, issued on Jan. 25, 2022.
Application 16/282,177 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/217,994, filed on Jul. 23, 2016, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/196,764, filed on Jul. 24, 2015.
Int. Cl. B65F 1/16 (2006.01); B65F 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC B65F 1/1638 (2013.01) [B65F 1/141 (2013.01); B65F 1/1646 (2013.01); B65F 2210/168 (2013.01); B65F 2240/164 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container suitable to receive and enclose items, comprising:
a container housing having an interior space suitable to receive and enclose said items, the container housing further comprising a top area arranged above the interior space, a bottom area arranged below the interior space, a top front area extending downward from the top area and arranged frontward of the interior space, and a bottom front area extending downward from the top front area and upward from the bottom area and arranged frontward of the interior space;
a top cover pivotably attached to and carried by the container housing, the top cover comprising a first cover portion and a second cover portion, wherein the first cover portion is pivotably attached to the container housing and the second cover portion is pivotably attached to the first cover portion, the top cover selectively deployable in a closed position in which the top cover extends along and covers the top area and top front area of the container housing, the first and second cover portions extending along and covering the top area and top front area of the container housing, respectively, and an open position in which the top cover is pivoted away from the top area and the top front area of the container housing and exposes the interior space through the top area and top front area of the container housing;
a sensor-operated, cover actuating mechanism carried by the first cover portion, the cover actuating mechanism jointly movable with the first cover portion and configured to actuate the second cover portion to pivot relative to the first cover portion; and
a bottom cover carried by the container housing, the bottom cover selectively deployable in a closed position in which the bottom cover extends along and covers the bottom area and bottom front area of the container housing, and an open position in which the bottom cover is moved away from the bottom area and bottom front area of the container housing and exposes the interior space through the bottom area and bottom front area of the container housing.