Dust pan and refuse container

A portable dust pan and refuse container for collecting and transporting refuse material in a disposable open-mouthed, elongated, flexible collection bag comprising:

• a bag support platform for supporting the bottom of the bag and having a front edge and a rear edge;
• a front bag support wall and a rear bag support wall respectively connected to the front and rear edges of the bag support platform and extending generally perpendicularly therefrom in spaced apart relation from one another to define lateral side openings through which a bag filled with refuse may be removed therefrom;
• a bag support chute mounted on the front bag support wall and the rear bag support wall and spaced from the platform at a distance generally equal to the height of the disposable bag;
• means for releasably securing a bag on the bag support chute with the open-mouth of the bag extended and registered with the bag support chute for entry of refuse material therein;
• first and second bag restraining means extending respectively between the front bag support wall and the rear bag support wall intermediate the bag support platform and the bag support chute to provide effective lateral side restraint of the bag within the bag nesting area between the front and back bag support walls, at least one of said bag restraining means being releasable to enable subsequent removal of the filled refuse bag through the lateral opening;
• a pair of spaced ground contacting wheels rotatably mounted on the container about an axis generally adjacent the leading edge of the bag support platform to permit selective rotational repositioning of the container about said axis from a first substantially vertical refuse transporting position to a second substantially horizontal refuse collecting position;
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• a dust pan carried by the container and projecting outwardly from the bag support chute and operating to abut the ground when the container is in the refuse collecting position whereby refuse material may be swept into the disposable bag.