Refuse Bag Insertion Device with Cylindrical Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing refuse bag supports make it difficult to maneuver and remove trash bags from receptacles as yard waste expands, causing bags to get stuck.
Innovation Solution
A refuse bag insertion device with an elongated member featuring complementary fasteners and openings, allowing it to form a cylindrical housing for stable support and easy bag handling, made from flexible, non-porous, waterproof materials like plastic.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If yard waste is placed into a trash can lined with a trash bag, then the trash bag can hold and contain the waste materials, but the materials expand and cause the trash bag to get stuck in the trash can, making it difficult to remove
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a removable support structure (collar or ring) as an intermediary element between the trash bag and the trash can. This support structure provides internal reinforcement to the trash bag, preventing it from collapsing or getting stuck on the rim of the trash can during removal, while not interfering with the bag's containment function.
Solution Approach 2:
The support structure is installed in advance into the trash can before the trash bag is placed inside. This preliminary action ensures that the structural support is already in position to prevent the bag from getting stuck during subsequent use and removal operations.
2Productivity
If a trash bag is used to hold yard waste, then the waste can be contained and transported, but the expanding materials make the bag difficult to maneuver and remove
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure serves as a mediator between the expanding waste materials and the trash bag, providing internal reinforcement that maintains the bag's shape and maneuverability even when filled with expanding yard waste, thereby facilitating easier handling and removal.
3Quantity of substance
If the trash bag is allowed to expand to hold more waste, then the capacity increases, but the bag gets stuck in the trash can making removal difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure acts as an intermediary that distributes the mechanical stress from the expanding waste materials evenly around the bag, preventing localized buckling or catching on the trash can rim, thus enabling full expansion capacity while maintaining easy removability.
Data Source
AI summary
A refuse bag insertion device. The device is primarily formed by an elongated member. The elongated member has a first end and a second end. The first end includes a first fastener, while the second end includes a second fastener. The first fastener and the second fastener are complimentary to each other, so that the first fastener can be affixed to the second fastener, and vice versa. The elongated member is movable between a deployed position and a storage position. The deployed position is defined where the first fastener and the second fastener are engaged, such that a cylindrical housing is formed. One or more openings are placed through the elongated member. Each opening is dimensioned to receive a hand through the opening.