Patent ID: 8083088

Claim:
A trash pail lid lock apparatus for removably securing a trash pail lid on a trash pail, having an upright peripheral wall having a top portion terminating in a rounded lip extending outwardly and down from a top portion of the peripheral wall of the trash pail, comprising: a) two spaced radial arms, having inner end portions attached together, and peripheral end portions generally extending to a peripheral edge portion of the trash pail lid; b) a sleeve member having a lateral side portion attached to the peripheral end portion of the radial arm, and having a sleeve portion thereof oriented so that an axis therethrough is upright; c) an upright J shaped member having an upright portion slidably, rotatably, and closely positioned within the sleeve portion of the sleeve member, said J shaped member having a lower end portion having an upwardly extending unattached end portion adapted to be received between an outside of the upright wall and the bent over and down lip; and, d) an engagement maintenance means to maintain the J shaped member in a lifted position wherein the unattached end portion of the J shaped member is maintained in engagement beneath the rounded lip of the trash pail.