US2008105686A1PendingUtilityA1

Spring-Loaded, Multi-Compartment, Clothes Hamper

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Nov 7, 2006Filed: Nov 7, 2007Published: May 8, 2008
Est. expiryNov 7, 2026(~0.3 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Pamela Cox
D06F 95/004
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Abstract

A spring-loaded, multi-compartment, clothes hamper, with one or more compartments that have a spring-loaded base that is urged downward by the weight of clothing placed thereon.

Claims

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1 . A clothes hamper comprising: 
 a. a handle connected to a lid and a housing body;    b. a lid connected to a housing body;    c. rotating wheels connected to a housing body;    d. springs within the housing body, wherein the springs are linked to flat plates; and    e. compartments within the housing body, wherein clothes can be sorted.    
   
   
       2 . A clothes hamper, comprising: 
 a housing body having a base and sides;    at least one compartment formed within the housing body;    a flat plate situated within the compartment, the flat plate having a bottom and a top, the bottom having an urging mechanism connected thereto such that the flat plate is urged upward away from said base by said an upward urging force of said urging mechanism; and wherein the weight of items placed upon the top of said flat plate provide a force opposite to the upward urging force of the mechanism, thereby urging said flat plate downward a distance proportional to said weight of said urging mechanism.    
   
   
       3 . The clothes hamper of  claim 2 , wherein said housing body has multiple compartments formed therein, each having a flat plate and urging mechanism as set forth in  claim 2 .  
   
   
       4 . The clothes hamper of  claim 3 , wherein the urging mechanism comprises a spring situated between each flat plate and said base.  
   
   
       5 . The clothes hamper of  claim 3 , wherein said urging mechanism include means for adjusting the upward urging force of said urging mechanism.

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