Patent ID: 7004514

Claim:
A locking device for a dumpster container, said dumpster container being movable between an upright storing position and a tilted dumping position, said locking device comprising: a main locking device selectively moveable between an engaged position, where said main locking device engages the dumpster container to retain the dumpster container in the upright storing position, and a disengaged position, where said main locking device disengages the dumpster container to permit movement of the dumpster container into the tilted dumping position; a blocking plate pivotally coupled to said main locking device, said blocking plate being selectively moveable between a blocking position, where said blocking plate prevents said main locking device from moving from said engaged position to said disengaged position, and an unblocking position; an interconnecting linkage pivotally coupled at a first end to said blocking plate; and a handle linkage pivotally coupled to said main locking device and a second end of said interconnecting linkage, said handle linkage being selectively moveable to move said blocking plate between said blocking position and said unblocking position.