Patent ID: 8870520

Claim:
A method for unlatching a latch on a container comprising the steps of: providing a lifting arm for lifting a latched container; moving the latched container from a first position to a second position with the lifting arm; unlatching the container by flexing the latch on the latched container by moving the latched container from the first position to the second position; providing a moving member along the lifting arm, the moving member moving from a third position to a fourth position as a function of moving the latched container from the first position to the second position; engaging the latch on the latched container to flex the latch with the moving member as the moving member moves from the third position to the fourth position; wherein the latch includes a first member adapted to be pivotably mounted to a lid, a second member adapted to selectively engage a projection on a body of the latched container, and an arch member connecting the first member to the second member, and a handle extending in the direction opposite to the direction in which the arch member extends; and further comprising the step of deflecting the handle by movement of the moving member to flex the latch.