Patent ID: 7306273

Claim:
An attachment apparatus for a container, comprising: a guide member having at least two guide rails disposed a distance from each other, said guide member having a front edge, and a rear edge adapted to be connected to the container, said container adapted to include an area adapted to hold materials comprising waste materials, debris, bulk materials, finished products, parts, or components and be transported by a transport vehicle utilizing the attachment apparatus, said guide rails each having a slotted track having a comb configuration, said slotted track having a height adjustment slot having a slot length and at least two arm slots connected to and extending outwardly a predetermined distance away from the height adjustment slot and away from the rear edge of the guide member; and a connector member operatively connected to and movable in the slotted track of each said at least two guide rails, the connector member extending between the at least two guide rails and through the slotted track in the at least two guide rails, the connector member having an end element connected to each end of the connector member at a location outside of the at least two guide rails to prevent selective removal of the connector member from the guide member, wherein each arm slot is connected to the height adjustment slot so that the connector member is movable between the height adjustment slot and each arm slot, wherein each arm slot terminates at an end portion within the guide rail toward a front edge of the guide member, and wherein the connector member is adapted to be engaged by a hook or attachment element of a container retrieving hoist mechanism of the transport vehicle at the end portion of the arm slot located toward the front edge of the guide member and away from the rear edge of the guide member so that the attachment apparatus can be moved.