Patent ID: 7883310

Claim:
An adapter device for use with a roll-off truck, said device comprising a support structure, said support structure having a pair of rails, said rails oriented longitudinally and substantially parallel to each other, wherein said rails are suitably adapted to engage with rollers integrated with a tilt bed of the roll-off truck such that the support structure may be moveably engaged upon the tilt bed of the roll-off truck; and a plurality of cross-supports, each said cross-support having a first end and a second end, with the first end of each said cross-support fixedly attached to one of the rails and the second end of each said cross-support fixedly attached to the other of the rails; a lift structure, said lift structure fixedly attached to the support structure proximate to a first end of the support structure such that said lift structure is oriented at an angle to and in fixed relationship with said support structure, said lift structure having a lift cross member; and a pair of substantially parallel lift forks fixedly attached to and depending from the lift cross member, said lift forks oriented at an angle to and in fixed relationship with the support structure, wherein the lift forks are adapted to engage with a pair of lift fittings of a front-load container; and an engagement structure, said engagement structure fixedly attached to the support structure proximate to a second end of the support structure, said engagement structure suitably adapted to be engaged by a hoist mechanism of the roll-off truck such that the hoist mechanism may be used to position the adapter device on the tilt bed of the roll-off truck when the hoist mechanism is engaged with the engagement structure.