US Patent Issued to IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY on July 14 for "Rectangular waste bin lid for rectangular waste bins" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,639, issued on July 14, was assigned to IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Rectangular waste bin lid for rectangular waste bins" was invented by Zainab Alhashim (Saihat, Saudi Arabia), Noran Kattan (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Akehlah Alsadiq (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Khadijah Al Khuwaitem (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rectangular lid for a waste bin includes a rectangular lower support to attach to the waste bin, a rectangular upper support, and a center expandable section attaching the two supports and including pleats to move the rectangular upper support upward when waste within t...