Patent ID: 7469798

Claim:
A refuse container, comprising: a generally semi-tubular container formed from molded plastic having a closed bottom end having a substantially circular configuration and an open end having a substantially D-shaped configuration, the container having rounded side walls with a non-rectangular shaped flat side wall portion on a rear surface of the container, the flat side wall portion having a wide base portion adjacent an upper flat edge at the open end with inwardly curving convex sides which ends adjacent a bottom flat edge at the closed bottom end of the container; and a top handle molded at an apex portion of the D-shaped open end located substantially midway from the non-rectangular shaped flat side wall portion, the handle for allowing the container to be physically moved from a standing upright position to a side oriented position with container laying on the nonrectangular flat side wall so that the container can be filled with debris, and the handle for allowing the container to be easily moved back to the standing position; a plurality of parallel longitudinal indentations located solely in the flat side wall portion of the container running midway along the wide portion approximately adjacent to the D-shaped open end to an opposite portion midway along the bottom flat edge adjacent to the closed end of the container, the parallel longitudinal indentations for reinforcing and strengthening the container, and wherein the handle at the apex portion allows the container to be physically moved from a standing upright position to a side oriented position with the container laying on the flat side wall portion; and at least one wheel attached to the container for making the container mobile.