Patent ID: 6102343
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B65F,Y10S

Abstract:
A step and lift refuse liner removal system, said liner removal system comprising:a main housing of a vertically elongated, upstanding rectangular configuration, having an internal surface and an external surface, said main housing having an open top and a closed bottom, and generally impervious side walls, an anterior wall and a posterior wall, forming a receptacle for receiving a traditional refuse liner that holds trash or debris therein;a refuse volume formed from said bottom, side walls, anterior wall and posterior wall, said refuse volume being generally rectangular in configuration, with an opening of said refuse orifice being said open top;a support plate of generally horizontally elongated, rectangular configuration, having an upper surface, a lower surface, and four edges, said support plate being located inside of said refuse orifice, near said bottom of said main housing, and used to support said refuse liner above said bottom of said main housing; wherein said support plate functions as an artificial bottom, supporting said refuse liner above said bottom of said main housing, with a cross sectional area less than that of said bottom of said main housing, such that said support plate can slidable engage said interior surface of said side walls, anterior wall and posterior wall, as said support plate rises and lowers vertically during use, anda lift assembly, said lift assembly designed to provide vertical force against said support plate to lift said support plate and said refuse liner resting on said support plate by application of downward force of a human foot.