Patent ID: 8646384

Claim:
A manual compactor comprising: a wheel base having an upper surface and a lower surface; a trash can disposed atop the wheel base, the trash can having an outer side surface, a bottom surface, and an upper perimeter; a pair of side handles attached to the outer side surface of the trash can; a lid of the trash can, the lid having an upper surface and a lower surface; a top handle attached to the upper surface of the lid; an outer ring engaging the upper perimeter of the trash can; a pair of slide locks disposed on the outer ring on opposite sides thereof; a pair of slots disposed within the lid on opposite sides thereof; wherein each slide lock engages the respective slot in a locked position and disengages from the respective slot in an alternate unlocked position; wherein the lid lockingly engages the outer ring in both of the locked position and the alternate unlocked position; and wherein the lid engages the outer ring when moved to the locked position and alternately disengages the outer ring when in the alternate unlocked position to move downward to compact garbage material in the trash can.