Patent ID: 8439218

Claim:
A dumpster lid opening system comprising; a container having a base plate and a front wall and a rear wall and side walls defining a chamber there between; a lid pivotably coupled to the rear wall; a pivot bar attached to the lid with a long extent attached to the lid and a short extent; an actuator housing with a trolley movable between a top position and a bottom position, a spring urging the trolley to the top position and, a plurality of wheels to move the trolley between the top position and the bottom position; a pedal coupled to the trolley adapted to be depressed by a user to move the trolley to the bottom position; and a connector having an interior end attached to the trolley and an exterior end attached to the short extent of the pivot bar whereby the depression the pedal will move the connector to raise the lid while release of the pedal will cause the spring to lower the lid; and an upper sprocket and a lower sprocket, the sprockets being rotatable in the actuator housing and including a pulley beneath the rear wall wherein the connector includes a cable extending from the pivot bar then extending vertically adjacent to the rear wall then around the pulley and then horizontal beneath the base plate, the connector including a chain coupling from the cable around the lower sprocket and then around the upper sprocket and then to the trolley.