Patent ID: 7744332

Claim:
A system for storing and temporarily relocating a trash container having a rectangular shape from an out-of-the-way storage location to a ground level thoroughfare location so as to relieve congestion in the thoroughfare immediately adjacent the storage location, comprising: an immobile thoroughfare level storage location for receiving said trash container; a movable apparatus having a rectangular shape and generally the same size as the container on which the trash container may be mounted, said apparatus located in the storage location with the longitudinal axis parallel to the thoroughfare and a normal direction of travel of traffic thereon; and means for moving said apparatus transversely relative to the normal direction of traffic along the thoroughfare to a temporary location in the thoroughfare and keeping said apparatus in constant contact with the ground level of either the thoroughfare or storage location thereby providing access for loading/unloading the container onto or from a vehicle for transportation to and from a refuse collection area and retracting the apparatus back to the storage location.