Trash receptacle mountable on a columnar support

A trash receptacle for the receipt and storage of trash, said trash receptacle being configured for mounting on a column, the column having a pedestal base and a service connection protruding radially from the column adjacent the pedestal base, said trash receptacle comprising:

• a pair of outer baskets, each of said pair of outer baskets being of generally half-cylindrical shape and having a half-cylindrical outer wall, a generally flat inner wall and an upwardly facing opening;
• each inner wall of said outer baskets being provided with a recessed mounting channel;
• each of said recessed mounting channels being of varying transverse dimension relative to the longitudinal axis thereof, and having a first portion with a first transverse dimension substantially equal to the transverse dimension of the column and a second portion with a transverse dimension at least as great as the transverse dimension of the column plus the radially protruding service connection;
• a pair of inner baskets, each of said inner baskets being dimensioned and configured to nest within one of said outer baskets, and each of said inner baskets also having a generally half-cylindrical outer wall, a generally flat inner wall and an upwardly facing opening;
• each of said inner baskets also being provided with a recessed channel dimensioned to nest with the recessed mounting channel provided on the corresponding outer basket;
• at least one handle grip formed on each of said inner baskets;
• at least a pair of placard chambers formed on said outer walls of said outer baskets, said placard chambers being evenly spaced about a substantially circular periphery formed by said outer walls of said outer baskets;
• clamping means for clamping said generally flat inner walls of said outer baskets together, said clamping means comprising at least one pair of bolt holes passing through both of said inner walls of said outer baskets, said recessed mounting channels being disposed between said bolt holes;
• locking means for locking said inner baskets in their nested positions within said outer baskets, said locking means comprising a series of apertures, one each of said apertures being provided in each of said inner baskets and each of said outer baskets, and said series of apertures being substantially aligned when said inner baskets are nested within said outer baskets, and a padlock for passing through said series of substantially aligned apertures;
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• a hood, said hood comprising a pair of pitched semicircular hood members, a bracket attached to each of said hood members and clamp means for clamping said brackets and said attached hood members about the column.

A trash receptacle for mounting on a column, comprising:

• a pair of separate and discrete trash containers;
• each of said trash containers having a chamber for the deposit of trash therein;
• a recessed channel formed on an inner surface of each of said trash containers;
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• clamping means for clamping said pair of trash containers together, such that the column is disposed between said pair of trash containers and accommodated within each of said recessed channels;
• each of said chambers has an upwardly facing opening;
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• wherein said trash receptacle further comprises:
• a hood;
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• means for mounting said hood on the column at a position above said upwardly facing openings.