Patent ID: 8141743
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: B65F,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A dumpster lid support system for holding open access to a dumpster thereby allowing a person to use two hands while disposing of trash and like objects, the holding open being done safe, reliable, convenient and economical manner, the system comprising, in combination: a dumpster including a container in a generally rectilinear configuration, the container having a rectangular horizontal bottom, the container also having upwardly extending rectangular front and rear walls and upwardly extending side walls, the walls and the rectangular horizontal bottom forming a chamber for receiving trash and like objects, the side walls being higher at the rear wall than at the front wall, the walls having a peripheral upper edge defining a rectangular upper opening in a plane at about 30 degrees with respect to the bottom; the dumpster also including a lid in a rectangular configuration slightly larger than the opening, the lid having an upper edge with a hinge pivotably coupling the upper edge of the lid to the upper edge of the rear wall, the lid being movable to a raised orientation to allow disposing of trash and like objects into the chamber of the container, the lid being movable to a lowered orientation to close the dumpster with the lid in overlapping contact with the upper edge of the container; a tube assembly having a main body portion in a cylindrical configuration with an upper end and a lower end, the main body portion having an exterior diameter of about 0.75 inches and an interior diameter of about 0.50 inches, the main body portion having a central axis with a length of about 37 inches, the main body portion being essentially rigid and fabricated of polyvinyl chloride; the tube assembly including an upper component in a generally Z-shaped configuration, the upper component having a cylindrical downwardly extending section received within the upper end of the main body portion with an upper shoulder in contact with the upper end of the main body portion, the downwardly extending section having a length of about 1.25 inches with a central axis coextensive with the central axis of the tube assembly, the upper component having a cylindrical upwardly extending section having a diameter of about 0.75 inches and a length of about 3 inches with a central axis parallel with but offset from the central axis of the downwardly extending section, the upper component having a cylindrical transitional section having a diameter of about 0.75 inches and a length of about 2.125 inches and coupling the upwardly extending section and the downwardly extending section, the transitional section having a central axis perpendicular to the central axes of the upwardly and downwardly extending sections; the tube assembly including a lower component in a geometric configuration, the lower component having a cylindrical upwardly projecting section received within the lower end of the main body portion, the upwardly projecting section having a length of about 0.75 inches with a central axis coextensive with the central axis of the main body portion, the lower component having rectilinear downwardly projecting sections with parallel axes offset from the axis of the upwardly, projection section, the lower component having a rectilinear intermediate section with opposed ends coupled to the downwardly projecting sections and a center coupled to the upwardly projecting section, the downwardly projecting sections and the intermediate section forming a recess in a second geometric configuration with the axis of each downwardly projecting section being about 2 inches from the axis of the upwardly projecting section, all of the axes being in a common plane, the upper and lower components being molded from acrylonitrile butadiene styrene and initially molded in two similarly configured halves split along their axes, an adhesive coupling the two halves of the upper component, an adhesive coupling the two halves of the lower component, an adhesive securing the downwardly extending section of the upper component to the upper end of the main body portion, an adhesive securing the upwardly extending section of the lower component to the lower end of the main body portion; an elastomeric cap positioned over the upwardly extending section of the upper component, the cap adapted to contact and frictionally engage the lid of the dumpster while holding the lid in a raised orientation; and a tape having an adhesive interior surface for securing the tape to the recess of the lower component, the tape having an exposed abrasive exterior surface positionable against the upper edge of the container above the front wall so as to abate slippage when holding the lid in a raised orientation.