Patent ID: 8403617

Claim:
A bin handling apparatus comprising: a wheeled road vehicle chassis including a pair of spaced chassis members interconnected at their respective forward ends and are each supported by a wheel of the vehicle located intermediate the forward and rear end thereof; a hoist located at a forward portion of said spaced chassis members and supported on a pair of spaced support beams extending rearward of the hoist and each pivoted to a rear portion of a respective said chassis member, the two chassis members and support beam assemblies defining a space therebetween opening to the rear of the wheeled road chassis; two or more forklift tine-like lifting members operable by said hoist within said space; a pair of waste bins each having a selectively openable side wall, and a top loading opening, the pair of bins being locatable in side-by-side relation in said space over respective said lifting members for hoisting clear of the ground for transport, the bin being positioned with the openable side wall to the rear of the wheeled road vehicle chassis; securing means adapted to selectively secure the bins to the hoist, and tipping means operable to tip the hoist, support beams, lifting means and bins in assembly for emptying of the bins through their respective said selectively openable side walls.