Patent ID: 6379099
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B65F

Abstract:
A manually operated lifting and rotating apparatus attached to a garbage dumpster for supporting and positioning a waste collection container for waste material transfer to a dumpster, said lifting and rotating apparatus comprising:a bracing member including a pair of legs, each of said legs including a bracket having a hole formed therein, each of said legs further having a releasable clamp adapted for frictional engagement over an upper edge of a garbage dumpster to prevent displacement of said bracing member adjacent to the side of a dumpster; each of said legs including upper and lower telescopically arranged portions variously configurable for accommodating leg-length adjustment; an angular displacement structure including a pair of arms each having a first end opposite a second end, there being a support platform connected between said first ends of said arms, each of said second ends having an orifice formed therein; and a pivot bar inserted through each said hole in said legs and each said orifice at said second end of said pair of arms such that said angular displacement structure pivots relative to said bracing member and a side of a garbage dumpster during manual application of force to raise and rotate a waste collection container on said platform sufficient to discharge waste material into the dumpster.