US 11,667,467 B2
Electrically-powered waste enclosure
David J. Skocypec, Medfield, MA (US); Michael E. Feldman, Framingham, MA (US); and Jeffrey T. Satwicz, Weston, MA (US)
Assigned to Big Belly Solar LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed by Big Belly Solar LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/403,368.
Application 17/403,368 is a continuation of application No. 16/534,463, filed on Aug. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,091,318.
Application 16/534,463 is a continuation of application No. 15/310,846, granted, now 10,377,565, issued on Aug. 13, 2019, previously published as PCT/US2015/030745, filed on May 14, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/993,844, filed on May 15, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0371195 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05B 15/02 (2006.01); B65F 1/12 (2006.01); B65F 1/08 (2006.01); B65B 67/12 (2006.01); B65F 1/04 (2006.01); B65F 1/06 (2006.01); B65F 1/14 (2006.01); G05B 19/048 (2006.01)
CPC B65F 1/12 (2013.01) [B65B 67/1233 (2013.01); B65B 67/1238 (2013.01); B65F 1/04 (2013.01); B65F 1/06 (2013.01); B65F 1/08 (2013.01); B65F 1/1426 (2013.01); B65F 1/1405 (2013.01); B65F 2210/124 (2013.01); B65F 2210/128 (2013.01); B65F 2210/139 (2013.01); B65F 2210/1443 (2013.01); B65F 2210/1525 (2013.01); B65F 2210/168 (2013.01); B65F 2210/172 (2013.01); B65F 2210/20 (2013.01); G05B 19/048 (2013.01); G05B 2219/24015 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sleeve made from a solid material, the sleeve comprising:
an interior flange that is complementary to at least a top interior portion of a storage bin contained in a storage enclosure, the interior flange configured to overlap a portion of a bag placed with the storage bin to keep the bag from blocking a path of a sensing signal associated with a sensor configured in the storage enclosure, and the interior flange being configured such that at the top interior portion of the storage bin, the interior flange is between objects placed in the storage bin and the bag; and
a top edge configured to extend over a top edge portion of the storage bin.