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US 10,377,566 B2Granted
Trash collection assembly and method of use
AssigneeRed Letter Holdings, Inc.
InventorsAnthony F. Mullet, Bryan S. Mullet, Joshua A. Mullet, James S. Arnold
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Abstract
A trash collection assembly may include a dumpster housing which may house therein a dumpster to provide a more desirable aesthetic appeal. A garbage truck may be configured to lift the dumpster out of the dumpster housing without the need for the garbage truck driver to get out of the truck. A cover of the dumpster may open and close automatically respectively during the removal of the dumpster from the housing and return of the dumpster to the housing.
Claims16
A method comprising the steps of:
- providing a dumpster housing defining an interior chamber in which is disposed a dumpster, the dumpster having a left wall spaced apart from a left sidewall of the dumpster housing and not in contact therewith, a right wall spaced apart from a right sidewall of the dumpster housing and not in contact therewith and a weight, wherein the weight of the dumpster holds a cover of the dumpster housing in a closed position;
- lifting with a garbage truck lift the dumpster out of the interior chamber, wherein the step of lifting is performed by an operator of the garbage truck without the operator coming into contact with the dumpster housing, and the step of lifting allows the cover of the dumpster housing to move from the closed position to an open position;
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- moving the cover of the dumpster housing from the closed position to the open position.
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A method comprising the steps of:
- providing a dumpster housing defining an interior chamber in which is disposed a dumpster, the dumpster having a left wall spaced apart from a left sidewall of the dumpster housing and not in contact therewith, and a right wall spaced apart from a right sidewall of the dumpster housing and not in contact therewith;
- lifting with a garbage truck lift the dumpster out of the interior chamber, wherein the step of lifting is performed by an operator of the garbage truck without the operator coming into contact with the dumpster housing;
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- lowering with the lift the dumpster into the interior chamber;
- wherein the step of lowering causes the dumpster to engage and force downwardly a dumpster-engagement member which is operatively connected to a cover door of the housing, thereby further causing the cover door to move from an open position to a closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.