Plastic refuse container
AssigneeWaste Management of North America, Inc.
InventorBrian G. Parker
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Abstract
A large plastic refuse container including a floor, a front wall, a rear wall, a first end wall, a second end wall and a floor. The plastic refuse container including two attached and opposing side fork pockets to enable the lifting of the container with a fork lift device.
Claims11
A plastic container having a molded plastic body including a floor, a front wall, a rear wall, a first end wall, and a second end wall, the combination thereof defining an open topped plastic container, the container further including a rim defining the perimeter of the open top, a side fork pocket secured to the first end wall and a side fork pocket secured to the second end wall, each side fork pocket including a lift tube, and a side fork pocket housing having a plurality of bolt pockets, with one or more bolt pocket including at least one pillar abutting the rim.
The plastic container of claim I wherein each side fork pocket includes four bolt pockets.
The plastic container of claim I wherein each side fork pocket includes four pairs of opposing bolt pockets.
The plastic container of claim I wherein each bolt pocket includes two parallel pillars integral to a pillar rail that abuts the rim.
A plastic container having a molded plastic body including a floor, a front wall, a rear wall, a first end wall, a second end wall, the combination thereof defining an open topped plastic container, the container further including a rim defining the perimeter of the open top, a side fork pocket secured to the first end wall, and a side fork pocket secured to the second end wall, each side fork pocket including a lift tube and a side fork pocket housing having four upper bolt pockets and four lower bolt pockets, with each upper bolt pocket including two parallel pillars integral to a pillar rail that abuts the rim.
A side fork pocket for use on a plastic container comprising:
- a housing including a lift tube recess, a first lift tube aperture, a second lift tube aperture, and a plurality of bolt pockets, each bolt pocket including a bolt pocket aperture;
- a lift tube located in the lift tube recess having a first open end complementary to the first lift tube aperture, a second open end complementary to the second lift tube aperture, a short face that abuts an inner dimension of the side fork pocket housing and a long face;
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- one or more tube retainers complementary to the long face of the lift tube and secured to side fork pocket housing each tube retainer further including an angled shim for securing the lift tube in the lift tube recess.
A side fork pocket for use on a plastic container comprising:
- a housing including a lift tube recess, a first lift tube aperture, a second lift tube aperture, a plurality of upper bolt pockets, and a plurality of lower bolt pockets each bolt pocket including a bolt pocket recess including a bolt pocket aperture,
- a lift tube secured in the lift tube recess;
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- a stacking perch associated with at least one lower bolt pocket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.