Recessed garbage can container

A concealed garbage can container, comprising:

• an upwardly open housing having end walls, a bottom wall and a
• hinged lid;
• platform means within said housing normally disposed adjacent
• the bottom wall for supporting at least one refuse container;
• means including a winch for vertically moving said platform;
• guide means for maintaining said platform parallel with said
• bottom wall during vertical movement,
• said guide means including a pair of spaced-apart upright
• parallel standards secured to said housing bottom
• wall,
• a cross brace extending between the upper limit of said
• standards,
• guide means on said platform engaging said standards for
• guiding said platform during vertical movement,
• block and tackle means extending between said brace and
• the platform, and,
• a motor driven winch connected with the block and tackle means;
• and,
• link means for raising and lowering said lid in response to vertical movement of said platform,
• said link means including an arm pivotally connected at one end with one of said end walls adjacent the hinged connection of said lid and projecting toward the opposite limit of said lid,
• a wheel journalled by the other end portion of said arm, and,
• a leg extending between and pivotally connected at its respective end portions with said arm and said platform.