Rotatable base assembly for waste containers

Abstract

A rotatable base assembly (10) for a waste container (36) having a platform (11) and a base (12), the platform (11) being supported on the base (12) for rotation about a substantially vertical axis and ribs or ridges (14) upstanding from the platform (11) to constrain the waste container (36) on the platform (11) such that the waste container (36) may be rotated between a position in which it may be moved onto or from the platform (11) or a position facilitating deposit of waste into the container (36).

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] This invention relates to a rotatable base assembly and in particular to a rotatable base assembly for supporting waste containers. The present invention also relates to a waste container incorporating or associated with a rotatable base assembly. BACKGROUND ART [0002] Containers for containing refuse or waste are in many different configurations. In one configuration, the containers are mobile containers provided on one side of their base with a pair of wheels and gripping handles above the wheels which enables a container to be gripped, tipped towards the wheels so as to be supported thereby and wheeled to a desired location where the container is usually stored or to a location where the container can be left to be engaged by a refuse or waste collection vehicle for elevation and tipping so that the contents of the container are discharged into a collection hopper. Containers of this type are also provided with a hinged lid with the hinge axis being located...

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Benefits of technology

[0004] The present invention aims to provide in one aspect a rotatable base assembly for refuse or waste containers, which overcomes or alleviates one or more

Problems solved by technology

Such bins provide a convenient means by which household refuse or the like can be deposited and then collected and removed from premises however they are relatively bulky and therefore they occupy a substantially space.

In many occasions particularly where these bins are used in association with multi-unit dwellings or in other situations where only a limited space exists, access to the bins is often difficult.

For example, where the bins are wheeled into a confined space such as against a wall where they are normally left, it is difficult for person wishing to deposit waste into the bins to reach the lid handles and lift the lid as the lid handles are on the far side of the bin.

If the bin is to be positioned so that the lid is easily accessible, that is so that the lid handles are on the near side, it is often difficult to move and manipulate the bin into a convenient position whilst ensuring that refuse or waste does not spill from the bin or the bin does not tip over.

This thus creates a hygiene and safety problem.

Manipulation of the bin is particularly difficult where the texture of the surface on which the bin is located is loose such as a gravel or earth surface as the wheels tend to dig into the surface.

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