1. A trash receptacle comprising:
a container having a front wall, a plurality of side walls, and a bottom wall, said walls encompassing a trash receiving enclosure;
a partially enclosed space located beneath the bottom wall; and
the front wall comprising inset means for storage of a cleaning implement within the inset means of the front wall and within the space beneath the bottom wall.
2. The trash receptacle as in claim 1 wherein leg members extend downwardly from the side walls to encompass the enclosed space.
3. The trash receptacle as in claim 2 wherein the leg members form the base of the container.
4. The trash receptacle as in claim 1 wherein the inset means is configured to store the handle section of a cleaning implement and the space is configured to store the lower section of the implement.
5. The trash receptacle as in claim 1 wherein the inset means comprises an elongated indented space, cut-out within said front wall.
6. A trash cleaning product comprising:
a cleaning implement;
a container having a front wall, a plurality of side walls, and a bottom wall, said walls encompassing a trash receiving enclosure;
a partially enclosed space located beneath the bottom wall; and
the front wall comprising inset means for storage of the cleaning implement within the inset means of the front wall and within the space beneath the bottom wall.
7. The trash cleaning product as in claim 6 wherein leg members extend downwardly from the side walls to encompass the enclosed space.
8. The trash cleaning product as in claim 7 wherein the leg members form the base of the container.
9. The trash cleaning product as in claim 6 wherein the inset means is configured to store the handle section of the cleaning implement and the space is configured to store the lower section of the implement.
10. The trash cleaning product as in claim 6 wherein the inset means comprises an elongated space cut-out from said front wall.
11. The trash cleaning product as in claim 6 wherein the cleaning implement is a lobby dustpan and broom.
12. A trash receptacle comprising:
a container having a front wall, a plurality of side walls, and a bottom wall, said side walls extending past the bottom wall to form a partially enclosed space beneath the bottom wall; and
the front wall comprising inset means for storage of a cleaning implement within the inset means of the front wall and within the space beneath the bottom wall.
13. The trash receptacle as in claim 12 wherein the sections of the sidewall which extend past the bottom wall form the base of the container.
14. The trash receptacle as in claim 12 wherein the inset means is configured to store the handle section of the cleaning implement and the space is configured to store the lower section of the implement.
15. The trash receptacle as in claim 11 wherein the inset means comprises an elongated indented space, cut-out from said front wall.
16. A trash receptacle comprising:
a container having an opening for receiving trash and a front wall, a plurality of sidewalls, and a bottom wall, said walls extending downwardly from the opening and encompassing a trash receiving enclosure, the lower sections of said sidewalls comprising leg members which extend below the bottom wall, said leg members partially enclosing a space beneath the bottom wall for storing the lower section of a cleaning implement.
17. The trash receptacle as in claim 16 wherein the leg members form the base of the container.
18. The trash receptacle as in claim 16 wherein the front wall comprises inset means for the storage of the upper section of a cleaning implement within the inset means.
19. The trash receptacle as in claim 18 wherein the inset means comprises an elongated indented space, cut-out within said front wall.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A method for controlling an alignment direction in LC cell, comprising the steps of:
subjecting a first portion of a photosensitive alignment layer formed on a substrate to a first energy dose to impart a first alignment direction in said first portion of said photosensitive alignment layer; and
subjecting a second portion of said alignment layer to a second energy dose to impart a second alignment direction in said second portion of said photosensitive alignment layer.
2. A method for controlling an alignment direction according to claim 1, wherein the second alignment direction is perpendicular to the first alignment direction.
3. A method for controlling an alignment direction according to claim 1, wherein the first energy dose is different from the second energy dose.
4. A method for controlling an alignment direction according to claim 3, wherein said step of subjecting said first portion of said alignment layer to said first energy dose comprises the step of:
exposing said first portion of said alignment layer to light for a first time period; and
said step of subjecting said second portion of said alignment layer to said second energy dose comprises the step of:
exposing said second portion of said alignment layer to said light for a second time period.
5. A method for controlling an alignment direction according to claim 3, wherein said step of subjecting said first portion of said alignment layer to said first energy dose comprises the step of:
exposing said first portion of said alignment layer to a first light intensity; and
said step of subjecting said second portion of said alignment layer to said second energy dose comprises the step of:
exposing said second portion of said alignment layer to a second light intensity.
6. A method for controlling an alignment direction according to claim 1, wherein said first dose of energy comprises linearly polarized ultraviolet light.
7. A method for controlling an alignment direction according to claim 1, wherein said second dose of energy comprises linearly polarized ultraviolet light.
8. A method for controlling an alignment direction according to claim 1, wherein said photosensitive alignment layer includes a material selected from the group of PSCN-1, PSCN-2, PSCN-3 and PSCN-4.
9. A method for fabricating a multi-domain LC cell, comprising the steps of:
providing a first substrate coated with a first alignment layer;
subjecting a first region of said first alignment layer to a first energy dose of light to impart a first alignment direction;
subjecting a second region of said first alignment layer to a second energy dose of light to impart a second alignment direction;
providing a second substrate coated with a second alignment layer;
positioning said first substrate adjacent said second substrate such that said first and second alignment layers face one another; and
injecting LC material between said first and second substrates.
10. A method for fabricating a multi-domain LC cell according to claim 9, wherein the second alignment direction is perpendicular to the first alignment direction.
11. A method for fabricating a multi-domain LC cell according to claim 9, wherein the first energy dose is different from the second energy dose.
12. A method for fabricating a multi-domain LC cell according to claim 11, wherein said step of subjecting said first region of said alignment layer to said first energy dose comprises the step of exposing said first region of said first alignment layer to light for a first time period; and
wherein said step of subjecting said second region of said first alignment layer to said second energy dose comprises the step of exposing said second region of said first alignment layer to said light for a second time period.
13. A method for fabricating a multi-domain LC cell according to claim 12, wherein said step of exposing said second region of said first alignment layer includes the steps of:
providing a photomask having regions of varying transmissivity adjacent said first alignment layer; and
transmitting said light through said photomask to concurrently expose said first and second regions of said first alignment layer.
14. A method for fabricating a multi-domain LC cell according to claim 12 further comprising the steps of:
exposing said first and second regions of said first alignment layer for said first time period;
disposing a photomask having a first portion having a first transmissivity aligned with said first region of said first alignment layer and a second portion having a second transmissivity aligned with said second region of said first alignment layer, said first transmissivity being less than said second transmissivity;
exposing said first alignment layer with light transmitted through said photomask for a third time period, a sum of said third time period and said first time period being equal to said second time period.
15. A method for fabricating a multi-domain LC cell according to claim 11, wherein said step of subjecting said the first region of said first alignment layer to said first energy dose comprises the step of exposing said first region of said first alignment layer to a first light intensity; and
wherein said step of subjecting said second region of said first alignment layer to said second energy dose comprises the step of exposing said second region of said first alignment layer to a second light intensity.
16. A method for fabricating a multi-domain LC cell according to claim 15, wherein said step of exposing said second region of said first alignment layer includes:
providing a photomask having portions of varying transmissivity adjacent said first alignment layer; and
transmitting said light through said photomask.
17. A method for fabricating a multi-domain LC cell according to claim 15, further comprising the steps of:
disposing a photomask having a first portion having a first transmissivity aligned with said first region of said first alignment layer and a second portion having a second transmissivity aligned with said second region of said first alignment layer, said first transmissivity being different than said second transmissivity; and
exposing said first alignment layer through said photomask such that light having said first intensity impinges on said first region of said first alignment layer and light having said second intensity impinges on said second region of said first alignment layer.
18. A method for fabricating a multi-domain LC cell according to claim 9, wherein said second energy dose comprises linearly polarized ultraviolet light.
19. A method for fabricating a multi-domain LC cell according to claim 9, wherein said photosensitive alignment layer, including a material selected from the group of PSCN-1, PSCN-2, PSCN-3 and PSCN-4.
20. A method for storing information in a photosensitive layer comprising the steps of:
exposing a first portion of said photosensitive layer to a first dose of radiation corresponding to a first information; and
exposing a second portion of said photosensitive layer to a second dose of radiation different from said first dose and corresponding to a second information.
21. A method according to claim 20, wherein said step of exposing said first portion of said photosensitive layer impart a first orientation in said first portion of said photosensitive layer, and said step of exposing said second portion of said photosensitive layer, said method further comprising the step of:
bringing liquid crystal material in contact with said first and second portions of said photosensitive material, first molecules of said liquid crystal material in contact with said first portion of said first information, and second molecules of said liquid crystal material in contact with said second portion of said photosensitive material being arranged in a second direction corresponding to said second information.
22. A method according to claim 20, wherein said information is includes binary information.
23. A method according to claim 20 further comprising the steps of:
directing a beam of energy to said first portion of said photosensitive alignment layer to deliver said first energy dose;
directing said beam of energy to said second portion of said photosensitive alignment layer; and
varying said beam of energy to deliver said second energy dose.
24. A method for controlling an alignment direction in LC cell, comprising the steps of:
subjecting a photosensitive alignment layer formed on a substrate to a first energy dose to impart a first alignment direction; and
subjection said photosensitive alignment layer to a second energy dose to shift the first alignment direction to a second alignment direction.
25. The method for controlling an alignment direction according to claim 24, wherein said first energy dose is different than said second energy dose.
26. The method for controlling an alignment direction according to claim 24, wherein said first alignment direction is substantially perpendicular to said second alignment direction.
27. The method for controlling an alignment direction according to claim 24, wherein said energy dose includes a linearly polarized ultraviolet light.
28. The method for controlling an alignment direction according to claim 24, wherein said photosensitive alignment layer includes a material selected from the group of PSCN-1, PSCN-2, PSCN-3 and PSCN-4.