ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,292, issued on April 29, was assigned to Magikan Inc. (Asan-Si, South Korea).
"Trash container facilitating sealing and cutting of trash bags" was invented by Bum Kee Kim (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a trash container provided with a sealing-and-cutting unit which can cut a refillable trash bag immediately after sealing the opening thereof automatically with tape to thus allow hygienic and convenient sealing and cutting of the trash bag to be discarded, the trash container including: a main body having a top trash opening; a basket provided below the opening and lined with a continuous-type refi...