Patent ID: 9611095
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B65B,B65F

Claim:
1. A refuse container system comprising: a rigid walled refuse container having a closed bottom, an open end with a rim and, a rigid wall extending from the closed bottom to the open end; a connection bracket for attaching an inclined shaped pivotal ramp threshold to the rim; the connection bracket comprising: a vice clamp directly attached to the rim of the refuse container; a hinged panel directly attached to the vice clamp, wherein the hinged panel is movable from an open position to a closed position to adjust for the rim diameter or straight section of the rim; a first elongated cylindrical axle having a first length, wherein the first axle is directly attached to the hinged panel at one end of the first length, and the first axle is directly attached to a second panel at the opposite end of the first length; a first U shaped axle holding arm, where the first axle holding arm is directly attached to the first axle with a connection means located at the bottom of the first axle holding arm, wherein the first axle holding arm extends outward from the first axle, and wherein the first axle holding arm is rotatable about the first axle; a second U shaped axle holding arm, where the second axle holding arm is directly attached to the first axle with a connection means located at the bottom of the second axle holding arm, wherein the second axle holding arm extends outward and upward from the refuse container wall, and wherein the second axle holding arm is rotatable about the first axle; a second elongated cylindrical axle having a second length, wherein the second axle is directly attached to the top of the first axle holding arm at one end of the second length, and the second axle is directly attached to the top of the second axle holding arm at the opposite end of the second length; the refuse container system further comprising: an inclined shaped pivotal ramp threshold having a thin end and a thicker opposite end, where the thick end is directly attached to second axle, wherein the ramp threshold is rotatable about the second axle; wherein the threshold extends along the rigid wall when the pivotal ramp threshold is in a first position, and wherein the axle holding arms rest on a top surface of the rim, and the pivotal ramp threshold extends past the rim and away from the rigid wall when the inclined ramp threshold is in a second deployed position.