Patent ID: 7398789

Claim:
A garbage container cleaning system for cleaning and deodorizing a garbage container, the system comprising: a washing assembly for mounting on a vehicle resting on a support surface, the washing assembly being capable of washing both an interior and an exterior of the garbage container; and a lifting means for lifting the garbage container from the support surface and positioning the garbage container in the washing assembly, said lifting means being mountable on the vehicle with said washing assembly; wherein said washing assembly comprises a washing bin mountable on the vehicle, said washing bin comprising a perimeter wall and a base wall collectively defining an interior space of said washing bin, an upper edge of said perimeter wall defining an upper opening of said washing bin; wherein said washing assembly comprises a plurality of nozzle assemblies for directing fluid from said fluid space onto the garbage container positioned in said washing space to clean the garbage container, said plurality of nozzle assemblies being positioned in said washing space of said washing bin; wherein a portion of said plurality of nozzle assemblies comprises a plurality of stanchion conduits being in fluid communication with said fluid space, a portion of said plurality of stanchion conduits being coupled to said perimeter wall of said washing bin for spraying water onto an exterior of the garbage container, at least one of said stanchion conduits being substantially centrally positioned in said interior space and extending upwardly from said base wall in a substantially free standing manner for spraying water in an interior of the garbage container; and a plurality of nozzles for spraying fluid into said washing space being coupled to each of said stanchion conduits such that said nozzles coupled to said stanchion conduit are in fluid communication with flow in said stanchion conduit.