Patent ID: 7537426

Claim:
A dump hopper cart comprising: a hopper structure constructed out of resilient material for withstanding heavy-duty handling of removed roofing material; further comprising: an inwardly sloping hopper sump with a top portion and a bottom portion for receiving said removed roofing material; a releasable false bottom hingedly connected to said bottom of said inwardly sloping hopper sump for the gravitational removal of said removed roofing material; and, a hinged lid connected to said top portion of said inwardly sloping hopper sump for retaining said removed roofing material within said hopper sump, said lid having a lid handle; at least four upstanding telescopic posts, each post fixedly connected at an upper end to the exterior of said hopper structure and each post further comprising: a first hollow post slidably engaged within a second hollow post and retained therein with a coupling, adjustment holes drilled therethrough both said first hollow post and said second hollow post, said first hollow post is fixedly connected to an exterior surface of said hopper structure at an upper end and said second hollow post is fixedly connected to a wheeled support structure at a lower end; height adjustment means wherein a locking pin is inserted said adjustment holes when said adjustment holes of said first hollow post and second hollow post are aligned; and, a handle attached to said first hollow post for assisting the vertical adjustment of said telescopic post assembly; said wheeled support structure, further comprising; two horizontal support frames running parallel to an inwardly sloping long side of said hopper structure, wherein said horizontal support frames are fixedly connected on an upper surface to said bottom end of said telescopic post assembly; and, a wheel assembly comprising a wheel mount and a wheel, wherein said wheel assembly is removably attached to each end of said horizontal support frame at said wheel mount; wherein said wheeled support structure allows said hopper structure to be capable of straddling a refuse container with said false bottom positioned above an interior of said refuse container, thereby allowing said removed roofing material to be emptied therein said interior of said refuse container; and, wherein said dump hopper cart comprises a manual operating means, such that a single user can operate and manipulate said dump hopper cart without power assist means.