Lid lifting device

An apparatus to aid in the lifting a lid of a commercial trash dumpster, said trash dumpster having a closed bottom, a front side, a back side, a right side, a left side and an open top coverable by said lid and maintaining said lid in the open position comprising:

• an arm body that is angled in an L-shap having a first arm and a second arm said second arm being substantially perpendicular to said first arm in an X-Y plane;
• a single support bracket for attachment to the left or right side of said top of said trash dumpster, said single support bracket being provided for securing said arm body with a fastening bolt and providing a stop for said arm in order to keep said arm from rotating past the top of said commercial trash dumpster;
• a movable nut that connects and affixes said first arm of said main body to said single support bracket that allows said first arm of said arm body to rotate in a radial direction to said stop and no further;
• a lifting piece to lift and support said commercial dumpster lid, said lifting piece being attached to said second arm of said arm body that is substantially perpendicular to said second arm and extending outward and under said commercial dumpster lid;
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• a handle attached and angled outward to said second end of said first arm of said arm body on the side opposite of said second arm thereby preventing a user from touching the outer edge of said commercial dumpster when lifting said commercial dumpster lid wherein said handle is accessible when said lid is in the closed position above the top of said commercial trash dumpster.