# US 7,744,332 B2 · System for storing and temporarily relocating a trash container > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,744,332 B2 - Document ID: US7744332B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/820,503 - Filed: 2007-06-21 - Published: 2008-12-25 - Granted: 2010-06-29 - Earliest claimed: 2007-06-21 - Inventors: Thomas W. Martin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7744332B2 ## CPC - B30B 9/3046: {Containers with built-in compactor means} - B65F 9/00: Transferring of refuse between vehicles or containers with intermediate storage or pressing (presses for baling per se B30B9/30) - B30B: PRESSES IN GENERAL (producing ultra-high pressure or ultra-high pressure and high temperature to effect modifications of a substance, e.g. for making artificial diamonds B01J3/00 ){(compressing means for refuse receptacles B65F1/1405)} - B65F: GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE (disinfecting refuse A61L; refuse disintegrators B02C; sorting refuse B03B; B07B; handcarts for transporting refuse receptacles B62B; sack holders B65B67/00; converting refuse into fertilisers C05F; converting refuse into solid fuels C10L; sewers, cesspools E03F; arrangements in buildings for the disposal of refuse E04F17/10; refuse-consuming furnaces F23G; {for surgical articles A61B50/36}) ## Abstract A method and system for storing and temporarily relocating a trash container so as to decongest a thoroughfare. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 additionally comprising means for movably supporting the apparatus and container. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2 wherein said means for movably supporting the apparatus and container is selected from the group comprising wheels, rollers, skids, tracks and other low friction devices. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the trash container is a trash compactor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4 additionally including a power source for said means for moving said apparatus from a storage to a thoroughfare location. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5 wherein said power source is hydraulic. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6 wherein the hydraulic system also powers the trash compactor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein said means for moving said apparatus comprises a multi-section telescoping device attached at one end within the storage location and attached at the opposite end to the movable apparatus on which the trash container is mounted, whereby the telescopic sections may be extended and retracted so as to relocate the position of the apparatus and container. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said apparatus includes a frame having two tracks for receiving and supporting the compactor on the apparatus. ### Claim 10 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; and 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. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10 wherein the extendible apparatus for moving said storage and relocation structure transversely to its longitudinal axis comprises a telescoping hydraulically-driven apparatus. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11 additionally including a hydraulic power source located in the opening. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the container is a compactor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the hydraulic power source is configured and adapted for operating the compactor and operating the telescoping apparatus.