US 12,421,024 B2Granted

Extension device for refuse containers

OwnerEstevam Luiz Del Nero Costa Marques, Daniel Estevam Galdino Costa Marquesinventors

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Abstract

An extension device for a refuse container includes a pair of Y-shaped sides, each having a top end and a pair of spaced apart bottom ends. Two bumpers are positioned between the spaced apart bottom ends, and a device handle is positioned between the top ends of each side. A refuse handle capture assembly is positioned between the sides of the device and includes a pair of circular arms that are rotated by a central rod to transition between a locked and an unlocked position. Each of the arms include an opening for receiving and engaging the handle of a refuse container. When secured onto a refuse container, the bumpers engage the lid and back wall of the container and the device handle is positioned diagonally outward from the container to provide an adjustable mechanical advantage for allowing a user to tilt and move the refuse container.

Claims19

Dependent claims

An extension device for a refuse container, said device comprising:

a first side member having a top end, a first bottom end, and a second bottom end;
a second side member that is positioned parallel to the first side member, said second side member having a top end, a first bottom end, and a second bottom end;
a first bumper that is positioned between the first bottom end of the first side member and the first bottom end of the second side member;
a second bumper that is positioned between the second bottom end of the first side member and the second bottom end of the second side member;
and
a refuse handle capture assembly that includes a first circular arm that is rotatably positioned along the first side member, a second circular arm that is rotatably positioned along the second side member, and a central rod that extends between the first circular arm and the second circular arm,
wherein each of the first circular arm and the second circular arm functions to removably engage a handle of a refuse container.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/216,407Filed 29 Jun 2023 · continuation in part
Priority: 14 Oct 2021
Published: US 2023/0119933 A12 Nov 2023
Granted: 23 Sep 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

B65F 1/1452
Other constructional features; Accessories: lifting, hoisting, elevating mechanisms or the like for refuse receptacles
B65F 1/1473
Means for facilitating the transport of the receptacle, e.g. wheels, rolls: receptacles having wheels
B65F 2210/148
Equipment of refuse receptacles: locking means
B65F
Gathering or removal of domestic or like refuse

Family

Application63/255,589Us provisional application · filed 14 Oct 2021
Application63/358,458Us provisional application · filed 5 Jul 2022
Application17/876,236Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 28 Jul 2022
US 2023/0348182 A1Pre-grant publication · published 2 Nov 2023
US 12,351,389 B2Related patent
US 2023/0119933 A1Published application
US 12,421,024 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.