System for storing and temporarily relocating a trash container
OwnerThomas W. Martininventor
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Abstract
A method and system for storing and temporarily relocating a trash container so as to decongest a thoroughfare.
Claims14
A system for storing and temporarily relocating a trash container having a rectangular shape from an out-of-the-way storage location to a ground level thoroughfare location so as to relieve congestion in the thoroughfare immediately adjacent the storage location, comprising:
- an immobile thoroughfare level storage location for receiving said trash container;
- a movable apparatus having a rectangular shape and generally the same size as the container on which the trash container may be mounted, said apparatus located in the storage location with the longitudinal axis parallel to the thoroughfare and a normal direction of travel of traffic thereon;
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- means for moving said apparatus transversely relative to the normal direction of traffic along the thoroughfare to a temporary location in the thoroughfare and keeping said apparatus in constant contact with the ground level of either the thoroughfare or storage location thereby providing access for loading/unloading the container onto or from a vehicle for transportation to and from a refuse collection area and retracting the apparatus back to the storage location.
A trash handling system for storing a trash container in an elongated ground level opening adjacent, parallel and at the same level as a thoroughfare and temporarily relocating the container into the thoroughfare for loading/unloading onto a truck, the container having an elongated shape and adapted for loading/unloading onto a truck bed by means of wheels mounted on the container bottom that permits the container to roll along its longitudinal axis of a normal direction of travel on the thoroughfare, comprising:
- a storage and relocation structure including two parallel, spaced apart tracks, configured and adapted for receiving the wheels mounted on the container, such structure of substantially the same size and shape as the container,
- low-friction devices selected from the group comprising wheels, rollers, skids and tracks mounted on the bottom of said structure and in constant contact with said ground level;
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- an extendible apparatus for moving said structure transversely to its longitudinal axis which is substantially parallel with the normal direction of travel along the thoroughfare from the storage location to a position within the thoroughfare so that the longitudinal axis of the truck and container are generally parallel and aligned to allow loading and unloading of the container on to the truck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.