Container apparatus and a container mounting collar

A lid moving actuator for use with a container apparatus, the container apparatus comprising:

• a mount;
• a lid connected to the mount by a connector;
• and
• a frame slideably connected to the mount, the frame adapted to support a waste container, wherein the frame is slideable between a first frame position, wherein an open end of the container is entirely covered by the lid, and a second frame position which is offset from the first position in a first direction,
• the lid actuator comprising:
• a base;
• an actuation part comprising a lid engager configured to abut the lid in use, the actuation part moveable relative to the base between a first actuation position and a second actuation position which is offset from the first actuation position;
• and
• a frame position detector for detecting, in use, when the frame moves from the first frame position to the second frame position,
• wherein, in use, the actuation part moves to the second actuation position when the frame position detector detects that the frame has moved from the first frame position to the second frame position,
• wherein the frame position detector comprises an abutment member which is moveable relative to the base when the frame moves from the first frame position to the second frame position, and wherein the actuation part is configured such that the lid engager moves in an opposite direction to the abutment member when the actuation part moves from the first actuation position to the second actuation position.

A lid moving actuator comprising:

• a housing;
• an actuation part slideably engaged with the housing and comprising a lid engager;
• an abutment slideably engaged with the housing;
• and
• a transmission part engaged with the abutment and the actuation part and configured such that movement of the abutment causes movement of the actuation part;
• wherein the actuation part is moveable relative to the housing between a first actuation position and a second actuation position which is offset from the first actuation position, the lid engager arranged to protrude from a plane of a first surface of the housing when the actuation part is in the first actuation position and the second actuation position, to abut the lid in use,
• wherein the actuation part is moveable to a third actuation position wherein, when in the third actuation position, a distance which the lid engager protrudes from the plane of the first surface of the housing is less than the distance the lid engager protrudes when the first actuation part is in the first actuation position or the second actuation position.