System and device for containing a dumpster
OwnerSteven Craig Goodeinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a novel dumpster enclosure having replaceable panels and a front gate designed with sockets positioned to allow access to a dumpster lift arm opening for removal of the dumpster front enclosure by a garbage truck without exiting the garbage truck.
Claims16
A modular enclosure for a dumpster having an arm on each of a left side and a right side comprising:
- a) a plurality of metal pole hinge pin anchors arranged in the shape of the enclosure;
- b) a plurality of flat panels mounted by their vertical edges between a pair of metal poles, each panel having a plurality of vertically aligned sockets along the vertical edges that are offset from the set on an opposite panel side such that when two planes are placed side-by-side the vertically aligned sockets of adjacent panels are interlaced and mounted on the metal poles;
- c) zero or more corner panels mounted by their vertical edges between a pair of metal poles, each panel having a plurality of vertically aligned sockets along the vertical edges that are offset from the set on an opposite panel side such that when two planes are placed side-by-side the vertically aligned sockets of adjacent panels are interlaced and mounted on the metal poles;
- d) a front gate mounted between two metal poles on a front side of the enclosure.
A front gate for the front of a dumpster enclosure having a dumpster therein, wherein the dumpster has an arm with a lift opening on each of a left side and right side the arms for lifting by a front loading garbage truck prongs and a front of the dumpster each facing the front of the enclosure the front gate comprising:
- a pair of doors, each door having a socket along an inside vertical edge of the door wherein the sockets are aligned with each of the dumpster arms such that the door does not block the arm lift opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.