Patent ID: 7886660

Claim:
A system for compacting trash, the system comprising: a trash receptacle including an outwardly angled upstanding front panel and an opposing back panel, opposing side panels, a closed bottom panel and an opposing lid, the lid including a slidably openable door, and the front panel including a plurality of spaced actuator openings; upper and lower guide channels carried on each of the opposing side panels; a compaction ram positioned within the receptacle and extending between the opposing side panels and juxtaposed to the front panel in an open position for movement between the open position in proximity to and generally parallel with an angled inner surface of the front panel for placing trash into the receptacle through the openable door and toward a compaction position to compact trash within the receptacle; upper and lower ram connectors vertically offset from each other and carried on a forward face of the compaction ram; a satellite vehicle drivable to the receptacle and including a power unit temporarily engageable with the receptacle and the compaction ram the power unit moving the compaction ram to the compaction position to compact the trash within the receptacle, wherein the power unit comprises upper and lower actuators removably engageable with the upper and lower ram connectors, respectively, and the power unit movable vertically and laterally relative to the satellite vehicle; and drive means operable with the actuators for providing movement thereto.