Patent ID: 8070234

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a wheeled vehicle; a container support platform on the vehicle adapted for supporting a container thereon; wherein the platform has an upwardly facing container support surface; a pair of container lifts respectively mounted on the vehicle on opposed sides of the container support platform and movable between a loading position adapted for placing the container on the platform and an unloading position adapted for placing the container at an unloaded position behind the vehicle; each lift comprising: a pivot arm pivotally mounted on the vehicle at a pivot on the vehicle located lower than the container support surface and forward a rear end of the support surface; a telescoping arm telescopically mounted on the pivot arm; and a container engaging support member mounted on the telescoping arm and adapted to engage and support the container so that the container is hanging in the air from the container lifts and is maintained in a substantially horizontal position as the container is moved to and from the platform; wherein the container engaging support member includes an upward facing lift channel adapted to cooperate with a downward facing container channel on the container to engage and lift the container; and wherein the container channel is located at a top lateral edge of the container and extends from a front to a rear of the container.