Garbage Receptacle with Lockable Rear Wheels and Steering Rollers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing garbage devices fail to effectively prevent animals from accessing garbage and provide adequate mobility and stability for users, especially in populated areas.
Innovation Solution
A garbage can design featuring pivotable front rollers for steering, rotatable rear wheels with a lock mechanism for stability, adjustable rear handles, air valves for pressure regulation, and a securing mechanism to prevent animal access, enhancing user mobility and security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the garbage can is equipped with wheels for mobility, then transportation ease is improved, but stability and control are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies a wheel lock mechanism that can dynamically change the state of the rear wheels between locked and unlocked positions. This allows the garbage can to transition between stable (locked) and mobile (unlocked) states, resolving the contradiction between stability and mobility by making the stability characteristic adjustable rather than fixed
2Reliability
If the lid is made secure to prevent animal access, then security is improved, but ease of operation is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The lid incorporates a self-latching mechanism that automatically secures itself when closed, eliminating the need for manual locking. The spring-loaded latch engages automatically with the locking surface, providing secure animal-proof closure while maintaining ease of operation through simple closing motion
3Ease of manufacture
If the handle length is fixed, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but adaptability is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The handle is designed with adjustable length capability, allowing users to modify the handle length according to their needs. This dynamic adjustment feature provides adaptability while maintaining reasonable manufacturing simplicity through a straightforward adjustment mechanism
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AI summary
A garbage receptacle assembly includes a garbage can has a lid is hingedly disposed on the garbage can for opening and closing the garbage can. A pair of rear wheels is each of the rear wheels is rotatably integrated into the garbage can and a wheel lock is movably integrated into the garbage can for selectively inhibiting each of the rear wheels from rotating. A rear handle is coupled to and angles upwardly from the garbage can and the rear handle has an adjustable length. A front handle is coupled to the garbage can for gripping. A roller is pivotally coupled to the garbage can for steering the garbage can along the support surface.