ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,432, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to simplehuman LLC (Torrance, Calif.).
"Trash can assembly" was invented by Frank Yang (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), David Wolbert (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Joseph Sandor (Newport Beach, Calif.), Kenneth Yen (Torrance, Calif.), Orlando Cardenas (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Michael Basha (Brisbane, Calif.) and Christopher Fruhauf (San Anselmo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of a trash can assembly (e.g., a receptacle configured to receive refuse, recycleable materials, or otherwise), and related methods, are provided. Some embodiments of the trash can assembly include a body ...