US 5,961,272 A · Waste receptacle transport device

Abstract

A vehicle mounted carrier for lifting and securing in an elevated position waste receptacles and other articles for transport. A housing including a pair of side plates, a rear plate and a bottom plate having aperatures for mounting to a conventional trailer tow hitch assembly or to a vehicle bumper. A pair of lever arms terminate at one end in a channel for receiving the article of transport and are pivotably connected to the housing at the opposite end. A latch assembly is provided for securing the article of transport in an elevated position and for selectively releasing allowing the user to controllably lower and disengage the article of transport. The latch assembly includes a latch bar operably secured to one of the lever arms and a spring secured to the latch bar and to a lever handle. A pair of lever arm stop elements are secured to the housing and limit the rotation of the lever arms.

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Dependent claims

A carrier for carrying waste receptacles, comprised:

a housing, said housing having a bottom plate, a rear plate, and a pair of side plates;
a right lever arm and a left lever arm, said right and left lever arms being joined to each other by and terminating at one of their ends in a receiving channel carrying a waste receptacle;
said right and left lever arms being rotatably secured to respective ones of said pair of housing side plates to rotate about a lever arm rotation axis;
a latch having a recess;
said latch mounted to said housing;
a latch bar pivotally secured to one of said lever arms;
a spring, said spring being secured to said latch bar and to a lever handle pivotally mounted to said one of said lever arms;
the tension in said spring rotating said latch bar into engagement with the recess of said latch upon rotation of said right and left lever arms from a loading/unloading position into a latched transport position;
and
means for mounting said housing to a vehicle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Waste receptacle transport device

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