Retainer assembly for stabilizing container having a removable lid member

An assembly for securing container means in a free upstanding position wherein the container means has a removable lid member, said assembly comprising:

• a) mounting means for securing rigid outwardly projecting means defining a stabilizing configuration for disposition adjacent the container means at a height location intermediate the top and bottom of the upstanding container means,
• b) said stabilizing configuration being effective to maintain the container means in a stabilized upright position,
• c) the projecting means being adapted to connect first and second flexible tie-down lines at an outer free end line-coupling section of the projecting means,
• d) the first flexible tie-down line having a length effective to extend around an outer periphery of the upstanding container means and including first coupling means for connecting the first flexible line to firmly maintain the container means in said upright position adjacent the stabilizing configuration,
• e) the second flexible tie-down line having a length effective to extend over the lid member and including second coupling means for connecting the second flexible line to firmly maintain the lid member on the container means,
• f) the stabilizing configuration defines a plurality of juxtaposed container stabilizing positions for firmly maintaining a plurality of upstanding container means in an upright position along a horizontally extending surface,
• g) the mounting means includes bracket means and rod means having two outer ends,
• h) said bracket means is effective to fix the rod means in a horizontally disposed position,
• i) the projecting means is located intermediate the two outer ends of the rod means and defines a container stabilizing position on opposing sides of each projecting means,
• j) the rod means includes at least one elongated rod member,
• k) the bracket means includes a plurality of hanging support bracket members each having two free end bracket-attaching sections, rod-connecting means, and at least one fastening member for attaching the mounting means to vertically disposed mounting support means that extends upwardly from a horizontally disposed container supporting surface,
• l) the fastening member is for securing one bracket-attaching end section to the vertically disposed mounting support means,
• m) the rod-connecting means secures the elongated rod member to the other bracket-attaching end section so that the rod member is at a spaced distance outwardly from the vertically disposed mounting support means, and
• n) the projecting means includes bracing means having an inner bracing end section coupled to the elongated rod member and carrying said outer free end line-coupling section.

An assembly for securing container means in a free upstanding position wherein the container means has a removable lid member, said assembly comprising:

• a) mounting means for securing rigid outwardly projecting means defining a stabilizing configuration for disposition adjacent the container means at a height location intermediate the top and bottom of the upstanding container means,
• b) said stabilizing configuration being effective to maintain the container means in a stabilized upright position,
• c) the projecting means being adapted to connect first and second flexible tie-down lines at an outer free end line-coupling section of the projecting means,
• d) the first flexible tie-down line having a length effective to extend around an outer periphery of the upstanding container means and including first coupling means for connecting the first flexible line to firmly maintain the container means in said upright position adjacent the stabilizing configuration,
• e) the second flexible tie-down line having a length effective to extend over the lid member and including second coupling means for connecting the second flexible line to firmly maintain the lid member on the container means,
• f) the mounting means includes horizontally disposed rod means,
• g) the projecting means includes bracing means having an inner bracing end section coupled to the rod means and carrying the outer free end line-coupling section.
• h) the bracing means includes at least one bracing structure having an inner bracing end section fixedly connected to the rod means and projecting substantially perpendicularly outwardly from the rod means,
• i) the bracing structure includes the means for connecting one end of each flexible tie-down line to the outer free end line-coupling section,
• j) each bracing structure includes a pair of identically shaped brace elements each having a free outer brace end section and an inner brace end section fixedly connected to the rod means, and
• k) said means for connecting each flexible tie-down line includes an outer end linking member that joins the free outer brace end sections of each pair of brace elements to form a unified rigid bracing structure.

An assembly for securing container means in a free upstanding position wherein the container means has a removable lid member, said assembly comprising:

• a) mounting means for securing rigid outwardly projecting means defining a stabilizing configuration for disposition adjacent the container means at a height location intermediate the top and bottom of the upstanding container means,
• b) said stabilizing configuration being effective to maintain the container means in a stabilized upright position,
• c) the projecting means being adapted to connect first and second flexible tie-down lines at an outer free end line-coupling section of the projecting means,
• d) the first flexible tie-down line having a length effective to extend around an outer periphery of the upstanding container means and including first coupling means for connecting the first flexible line to firmly maintain the container means in said upright position adjacent the stabilizing configuration,
• e) the second flexible tie-down line having a length effective to extend over the lid member and including second coupling means for connecting the second flexible line to firmly maintain the lid member on the container means,
• f) the mounting means includes fastening means for attaching the mounting means to vertically disposed mounting support means extending upwardly from a horizontally disposed container supporting surface,
• g) the vertically disposed mounting support means is selected from the group consisting of a wall, a mesh fence, and a plurality of support posts,
• h) the mounting means includes bracket means and rod means having two outer ends,
• i) said bracket means fixes the rod means in a horizontally disposed position with the projecting means defining a plurality of container stabilizing positions along the container supporting surface.

An assembly for securing container means in a free upstanding position wherein the container means has a removable lid member, said assembly comprising:

• a) mounting means for securing rigid outwardly projecting means defining a stabilizing configuration for disposition adjacent the container means at a height location intermediate the top and bottom of the upstanding container means,
• b) said stabilizing configuration being effective to maintain the container means in a stabilized upright position,
• c) the projecting means being adapted to connect first and second flexible tie-down lines at an outer free end line-coupling section of the projecting means,
• d) the first flexible tie-down line having a length effective to extend around an outer periphery of the upstanding container means and including first coupling means for connecting the first flexible line to firmly maintain the container means in said upright position adjacent the stabilizing configuration,
• e) the second flexible tie-down line having a length effective to extend over the lid member and including second coupling means for connecting the second flexible line to firmly maintain the lid member on the container means,
• f) each projecting means includes a pair of identically shaped brace elements and a U-shaped link member for connecting the brace elements, and
• g) said link member providing the means for connecting the first and second flexible tie-down lines.