Patent ID: 7431246

Claim:
A refuse container holder system for holding a container stationary with respect to the ground below the holder, comprising: a) a container having an open end and a handle adjacent the open end, and also having a bottom separated from the open end, b) a vertical element, adapted to be rendered vertical and stationary with respect to the ground below the holder, and having a hook adapted to selectively engage the handle of the container, and c) a horizontal element attached to the vertical element, parallel to and adjacent the ground below the holder, and having an upper surface and an adjacent upper edge, adapted so that the bottom of the container may sit upon the upper surface, while the hook engages the handle, wherein the vertical element includes a vertical base element adapted to be rendered vertical and stationary with respect to the ground below the holder and having an exposed surface, and a rigid plastic vertical element casing adapted to slide over and cover all exposed surfaces of the vertical base element, said vertical element extending only up to the intersection between the vertical element and the horizontal element, and wherein the vertical element includes two opposed openings that define a channel through the vertical element and through which the horizontal element can slide.