Garbage can

Abstract

A garbage can includes mainly a can body, a ring, a stationary cover, two movable curved covers and a pressing device. By means of pressing down the pressing device, an activating rod in the pressing device enables the two movable curved covers to retreat to one side and stay there motionless, as an action of opening the opening of the stationary cover for throwing garbage in. When the opening of the stationary cover is to be closed after opened, press again the pressing device to force the activating rod to let the two movable curved covers extend out to close up the opening of the stationary cover.

1 . A garbage can comprising: 
 a can body having an opening at the top;    a ring fitting on said opening of said can body, having an annular edge at the bottom and a fitting annular edge at the top;    a stationary cover fitting on said fitting annular edge of said ring, having an opening in the center, a position rod set in the interior of said opening, and a projection at its side which has a hole, a fitting groove and a slide base;    two movable curved covers bolted together with said position rod of said stationary cover, having an pivot base respectively at two ends, and an activating groove in said pivot base of one of said two movable curved covers;    a pressing device set on said projection, having a pressing body that has an activating rod, a supporting post and a fitting groove at the bottom;    said activating rod of said pressing device moving said two movable curved covers to retreat and let open said opening of said stationary cover when said activating rod is pressed, said pressing device pressed to force said activating rod move reversely to force said two movable curved covers to extend out to close up said opening of said stationary cover is said opening of said stationary cover is to be opened after close.    
   
   
       2 . The garbage can as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said pressing device is composed of said pressing body, an ornamental piece attached on a recess provided in said pressing body and a covering piece inserted in a lower portion of said pressing body.  
   
   
       3 . The garbage can as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein one of said movable curved covers has a locking edge and a stopping surface at its two ends respectively, and the other of said movable curved covers has a locking edge at the top and the bottom of its one side respective for mutual connection to move together.