US 12,234,086 B2
Waste receptacle
Brian Wortham Downing, Charlotte, NC (US); Juan Carlos Perez, Huntersville, NC (US); Dylan Arthur Terry, Charlotte, NC (US); Ryan Michael Baker, Charlotte, NC (US); and Christopher John Parke, Huntersville, NC (US)
Assigned to Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/179,024.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/977,876, filed on Feb. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0253343 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. B65F 1/06 (2006.01); B65F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65F 1/06 (2013.01) [B65F 1/163 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A waste receptacle comprising:
a housing defining a rim, the rim defining a rim opening configured to receive a liner; and
a plurality of retention tabs extending from the rim;
wherein at least one retention tab of the plurality of retention tabs extends outward relative to the rim opening, wherein the at least one retention tab has a non-planar contour and extends along the rim from a first side of a corner to a second side of the corner, and wherein the at least one retention tab comprises:
an upper end that is flared outward toward an exterior of the housing; and
a base portion adjacent to the upper end, wherein the base portion is inset from an outer edge of the rim relative to the rim opening.