US 12,240,689 B2
Waste management and storage apparatus and method
Jordan Riggs, Carmel, IN (US); Tom Bratton, Carmel, IN (US); Jereme Gilbert, Carmel, IN (US); and Larry Tsai, Carmel, IN (US)
Assigned to Pario, LLC, Carmel, IN (US)
Appl. No. 18/025,502
Filed by Pario, LLC, Carmel, IN (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/049812
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/056229, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/076,594, filed on Sep. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0025636 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. B65F 1/06 (2006.01); B65F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65F 1/062 (2013.01) [B65F 1/1607 (2013.01); B65F 2210/126 (2013.01); B65F 2210/138 (2013.01); B65F 2210/167 (2013.01); B65F 2210/168 (2013.01); B65F 2240/132 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for sealing refuse in a sealed chamber, comprising:
providing an opening to deposit refuse into a chamber formed of a material that is partially sealed;
identifying when refuse is deposited into the partially sealed chamber;
activating a sealing assembly after refuse is deposited into the chamber to seal the refuse in the chamber defined by the material;
executing a cutting procedure to separate the sealed chamber from the remaining material, the cutting procedure creating a second chamber being formed by partially sealed material;
drawing a length of the material from a reservoir containing tubular shirred material with an extraction assembly; and
executing a chamber minimizing process prior to activating the sealing assembly by sensing the position of refuse within the chamber and adjusting the extraction assembly based on the location of the refuse to ensure the chamber containing the refuse is reduced prior to sealing.