Patent ID: 7063205

Claim:
A refuse collection system for use in combination with a transport vehicle, said system comprising: a refuse container for said transport vehicle, said container having a length and including two lengthwise extending side walls, a front wall, a rear door, and a bottom with a frame having at least two cross members and at least two slat-bearing bars extending across and mounted on said cross members; a platform attached to and mounted on the frame and having at least two elongated slats each engaged with one of the at least two slat-bearing bars such that the at least two elongated slats are spaced apart from one another so as to permit liquid refuse to seep between and through the at least two elongated slats; a drive means attached to the at least two elongated slats so as to move them between a first position and a second position in a lengthwise direction relative to the slats, the drive means situated distal from the platform out of the path of the liquid refuse; and an elongate tray extending in a lengthwise direction relative to said container, attached to the frames and situated beneath the platform and said at least two slat-bearing bars so as to catch the liquid refuse that seeps between and through the at least two elongated slats.