Lid locking apparatus and method for trash container
AssigneeHodge Products, Inc.
InventorAnthony A. Hodge
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Abstract
A trash container lid locking apparatus, comprising a pivot device comprising a mounting plate including a front mounting section and a side mounting section configured to be secured to both a front and a side of a trash container, a pivot arm having a first end pivotally coupled to the mounting plate and a second end, the second end having an attachment portion to couple to an elongated bar which is longer than the front of the trash container, and wherein the side mounting section of the mounting plate forms a spacer section to space the pivot arm a predetermined, consistent, fixed distance from the front of the trash container.
Claims12
A trash container lid locking apparatus, comprising:
- a pivot device comprising
- a mounting plate including a stop plate with an aperture, a longitudinally elongated spacer section having one end extending from the stop plate and a front mounting section extending from an opposed end;
- a pivot arm having a locking plate with an aperture, a first end pivotally coupled to the mounting plate, and a second end, the second end having an attachment portion to couple to an elongated bar which is longer than the front of a trash container;
- a lock mechanism configured to be received within the stop plate aperture and the locking plate aperture configured to lock the pivot arm to the mounting plate;
- whereby the pivot arm is rotatable between an unlocked position in which the lock mechanism is unlocked, the bar extends across the front of the container, and a hinged container lid can be freely opened and closed, and a locked position in which the lock mechanism locks the bar in position over the top of the container lid when is within the apertures, and
- wherein the front mounting section is mountable to a front of the trash container and the spacer section is mounted to the side of the trash container and spaces the pivot arm relative to the front mounting section in order to space the pivot arm a predetermined, consistent, fixed distance from the front of the trash container to ensure consistent mounting of the trash container lid locking apparatus to the trash container.
A trash container lid locking apparatus, comprising:
- a pivot device comprising
- a mounting plate including a longitudinally elongated spacer section having and terminating in a front mounting section;
- a pivot arm having a first end pivotally coupled to the mounting plate, and a second end, the second end having an attachment portion to couple to an elongated bar which is longer than the front of the trash container;
- a box configured to be mounted to the spacer section and operatively receives the pivot arm;
- a lock mechanism provided within the box and configured to lock the pivot arm to the mounting plate;
- whereby the pivot arm is rotatable between an unlocked position in which the lock mechanism is unlocked, the bar extends across the front of the container, and a hinged container lid can be freely opened and closed, and a locked position in which the lock mechanism locks the bar in position over the top of the container lid, and
- wherein the front mounting section is mountable to a front of the trash container and the spacer section is mounted to the side of the trash container and spaces the pivot arm relative to the front mounting section in order to space the pivot arm a predetermined, consistent, fixed distance from the front of the trash container to ensure consistent mounting of the trash container lid locking apparatus to the trash container, and the lock mechanism is a member from the group consisting of a key-operated lock mechanism, a combination lock mechanism, an electronic locking mechanism actuated by RFID and a sensor, an electronic locking mechanism actuated by a wireless mobile electronic computing device, and an electronic locking mechanism actuated by a FOB.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.