ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,584, issued on June 10, was assigned to EKO GROUP LTD (Jiangmen, China).
"Flip trash can" was invented by Yizhi Chen (Jiangmen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flip trash can, including: a trash can body for containing trash, a lid, a locking member, a clamping piece on the locking member, a clamping portion on the lid and a flip-limiting structure. The lid and the locking member are hingedly connected to an opening of the trash can body, and arranged coaxially through the hinged shaft. The clamping piece is matched with the clamping portion. The clamping piece is configured to engage with or disengage from the clamping portio...