Patent ID: 7494098

Claim:
A waste container holding system comprising: a magnetic grid including at least two, spaced, elongate magnetizable metal bar units fixed to or in a ground surface, each elongate magnetizable metal bar unit comprising at least one elongate metal bar having a length of at least two feet and at least two magnets positioned adjacent to each elongate metal bar in each elongate magnetizable metal bar unit and spaced along the length of each elongate bar, said elongate metal bar units being spaced from each other when mounted in one of the ground, asphalt or concrete with a desired spacing between said at least two elongate metal bar units, and a magnetizable plate fixed at or to a flat bottom surface of at least one waste container or in the bottom of the waste container closely adjacent to the bottom surface of the waste container and said at least one waste container being held to said magnetic grid against ambient wind by the magnetic force between said plate and said magnetic grid.