ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,307, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to simplehuman LLC (Torrance, Calif.).
"Trash can assembly" was invented by Frank Yang (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Di-Fong Chang (Torrance, Calif.) and Joseph Sandor (Newport Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various trash can assembly embodiments are disclosed. In some embodiments, the trash can assembly includes a body and a lid assembly. The lid assembly can include a lid, and a multicomponent trim ring. The lid assembly can be rotatably connected with the body via a hinge unit. In certain embodiments, a flange of the trim ring is guided into and/or received into the hinge unit. A...