US 12,240,690 B2
Receptacle lid fastener
Sarah McCloughen, Elkhart, IN (US)
Filed by Sarah McCloughen, Elkhart, IN (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/245,450.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/017,762, filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0339948 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. B65F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65F 1/1615 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lid fastener and a receptacle assembly, comprising:
a receptacle assembly having a lid portion and a body portion defining an opening, the receptacle assembly having an open configuration where the lid portion is at least partially spaced apart from the opening of the body portion and a closed configuration where the lid is covering the opening of the body portion;
at least one positionably adjustable strap having a first end and a second end;
an anchor plate coupled to the lid portion of the receptacle assembly and coupled to the first end of the at least one positionably adjustable strap; and
a connection plate coupled to the second end of the at least one positionably adjustable strap, the connection plate selectively coupled to one of the body portion of the receptacle assembly and the anchor plate when the receptacle assembly is in the closed configuration and the connection plate configured to be at least one of coupled to the anchor plate and uncoupled from the body portion of the receptacle assembly when the receptacle assembly is in the open configuration.