Convertible trash container carrier

A trash container carrier, which comprises:

• a platform for supporting at least one trash container and lid having a top surface, front and rear end, a downwardly extending rail secured to the sides, a rectangular opening passage through the floor of the platform adjacent to each corner, the longitudinal sides of the passages being reinforced with an L-shaped device having a vertical leg and a horizontal leg fastened to the top surface, the device further having at least one hole in the vertical leg,
• a wheel assemblage mounted within each of said passages adapted to support said platform in rolling contact with a ground surface,
• connecting means for detachably installing the wheel assemblage within each of said passages,
• a first upright member having a lower hollow end portion mounted on said floor intermediate of said sides adjacent to the rear end of said platform, and an upper solid beam portion slidably housed within the lower portion having an upper end area cut-out for a rotatable connection,
• a longitudinally stretching arm having an inner end formed into a semi-circular tube for a rotatable connection in the upper end cut-out area of the solid beam portion of the first upright member and including a pair of holes extending through the arm intermediate of the outer and inner end,
• connecting means adapted to fasten the lid to the holes in said arm so that when in rotational operation said lid encloses the open end of the trash container,
• hinge means adapted to couple the semi-circular tube end of said arm to the upper end cut-out area of the solid beam portion in cooperative rotation about the central transverse plane of said first member,
• a second upright member having a bottom end rotatably secured to said top surface adjacent to the front end of said platform in alignment with said first upright member including a slotted opening in the top end for receiving a portion of the outer end of said arm in locking engagement.

In a trash container carrier, which comprises:

• an elongated platform for supporting a plurality of trash containers and lids having a top surface, opposite ends, a pair of downwardly extending side rails, a plurality of cup-like seats impressed in the top surface for receiving the bottom rim of the trash container and a rectangular opening extending through the floor of the platform located at each corner,
• an L-shaped member having a vertical leg and a horizontal leg fastened on both sides of the openings parallel to the side rails having at least one hole in the vertical leg,
• a wheel assemblage mounted within said openings having an upper part adjustably secured to said top surface and adapted to rotatably support said platform on a ground surface,
• connecting means arranged to detachably install the wheel assemblage within said openings and provide a selective line of fastening holes in the upper part for raising or lowering said platform,
• a first upright member comprising a lower hollow rectangular portion centrally secured on said top surface having slidably contained within a pair of rectangular flat sided beams movable with respect to the other, the top of the beams being shaped to provide a cut-out area in the transverse sides for a rotatable connection,
• a pair of longitudinal extending arms having inner ends of rectangular cross section formed into a semicircular tube adapted for rotatable connection in the upper end cut-out area formed in the pair of rectangular beams, the arms being extended in opposite directions from the centrally disposed first upright member further include a pair of spaced apart holes intermediate of the opposite ends,
• connecting means adapted to attach the trash container lids to the holes in the bottom side of said arms in alignment with the top of said trash containers,
• hinge means arranged to rotate said arm singly in independent movement about the cut-out area in said centrally disposed upright member so as to enclose the top of said trash containers with said lids, and
• a pair of second upright members having a bottom end of each member being hinged to said top surface at opposite ends of said platform in longitudinal alignment with said centrally disposed first upright member, and the top ends being slotted for an opening for receiving the outer ends of said arms for locking engagement.