ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,933, issued on June 16.

"Spliced trash can" was invented by Fangyi Zhou (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spliced trash can comprises a bucket wall with an upper end and a lower end, wherein the bucket wall comprises a plurality of wall plates, clamping components are arranged on the wall plates, and the plurality of wall plates are connected in sequence through the clamping components to form the bucket wall; an upper cover attached to the upper end of the bucket wall; a lower seat attached to the lower end of the bucket wall; a plurality of reinforcing plates attached to the wall plates; wherein, the wall plate comp...