Patent ID: 9233793
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: B65D,B65F

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus to aid in the lifting and closing of a lid to a residential trash receptacles and maintaining said lids in the open position, said apparatus comprising: a trash receptacle having a main body, a lid with a front end from which said lid opens, a back end that connects said lid to said trash receptacle via a hinge that keeps said lid and said receptacle affixed, a left side and a right side; a first base member having a corresponding first end and a second end; a second base member substantially parallel to said first base member having a corresponding first end and a second end; a first connecting member connecting said first base member and said second base member at said corresponding first end of said first base member and said corresponding first end of said second base member wherein said connecting member is affixed to said lid of said receptacle at said corresponding first end of said first base member and said corresponding first end of said second base member; a second connecting member attached to said first base member at said corresponding second end; a third connecting member attached to said second base member at said corresponding second end wherein said second connecting member and said third connecting members are substantially parallel and extend from said first base member and said second base members at an upward obtuse angle; a handle portion connecting said second connecting member and said third connecting member; a first slightly fanned lifting arm slide that rests on said left side of said trash receptacle and a second slightly fanned lifting arm slide that rests on said right side of said trash receptacle and wherein said first slightly fanned lifting arm slide is attached to said second end of said second base member and said second slightly fanned lifting arm slide is attached to said second end of said first base member.