CA1164414A - Garbage can holder - Google Patents

Garbage can holder

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CA1164414A
CA1164414A CA000374883A CA374883A CA1164414A CA 1164414 A CA1164414 A CA 1164414A CA 000374883 A CA000374883 A CA 000374883A CA 374883 A CA374883 A CA 374883A CA 1164414 A CA1164414 A CA 1164414A
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base
axle
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Irvin Benkendorf
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65FGATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F1/00Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor
    • B65F1/14Other constructional features; Accessories
    • B65F1/1468Means for facilitating the transport of the receptacle, e.g. wheels, rolls
    • B65F1/1473Receptacles having wheels
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60BVEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
    • B60B33/00Castors in general; Anti-clogging castors
    • B60B33/04Castors in general; Anti-clogging castors adjustable, e.g. in height; linearly shifting castors
    • B60B33/06Castors in general; Anti-clogging castors adjustable, e.g. in height; linearly shifting castors mounted retractably
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65FGATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F1/00Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor
    • B65F1/14Other constructional features; Accessories
    • B65F1/1426Housings, cabinets or enclosures for refuse receptacles

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Refuse Receptacles (AREA)

Abstract

"GARBAGE CAN HOLDER"
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A garbage can holder for two, three or four cans includes a base with sides and ends extending upwardly therefrom and legs depending down from each corner. Wheels are preferably mounted on each leg and linkage means is interconnected with each wheel and an operating handle for raising the wheels so that the holder is supported upon the legs and lowering the wheels which raises the legs clear of the ground so that the holder can be wheeled from one location to another.

Description

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"GARBAGE CAN HOLDER"
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to new and useful improve-ments in garbage can holders, particularly holders for a plurality of cans which preferably includes wheel means which can be raised or lowered relative to the holder so that the holder is supported upon the supporting surface by means of the legs or, alternatively, by means of the wheels thus enabling the holder together with any garbage cans which may be supported therein, to be moved from one loca-tion to another readily and easily.
Garbage can holders are known which are either supported upon legs or upon wheels. When supported only by legs, they are difficult to move from one ]ocation to the other and when supported by wheels, the wheels have to be calked or otherwise prevented from rotating when the garbage can holder is in the desired location.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention overcomes disadvantages inherent in existing garbage can holders by providing a de-vice which is preferably provided with wheels, two of which may be castoring wheels and in which the wheels may be raised or lowered relative to the holder as desired.
In accordance with the invention there is provided a garbage can holder comprising in combination a substan-tially rectangular base frame, a base secured to said frame and spanni.ng same, a leg secured to each corner of said frame and including a downwardly depending, ground engag-ing portion for supporting said base adjacent to but spaced from the ground and an upwardly extending, rail support-ing portion, side and end rails extending between said up wardly extending portions above said base, to define, with said base, a garbage can holding container which is open above said base, said base being formed from an open grid material, four wheel assemblies, each operatively secured to the ground engaging portion of a respective one of the legs, linkage means connected to each of said wheel assem-blies and an operating handle connected to said linkage means and arranged such that the handle is movable from a first position in which each wheel is raised by said link-age means above the bottom of the respective leg to a second position in which each wheel is lowered by the link-age means to a position below the bottom of the respective leg.
Another advantage of the present invention is the ease of manoeuvering the garbage can holder from one location to the other particularly when two of the wheels are castoring type wheels.
Yet another advantage of the invention is to pro-vide a device of the character herewithin described which is simple in construction, economical in manufacture and otherwise well suited to the purpose for which it is de-signed.
With the foregoing in vlew, and other advantages as will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention relates as this specification pro-ceeds, the invention is herein described by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, which in-cludes a description of the preferred typical embodiment of the principles of ~he present invention, in which:
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is a side elevation of an embodiment without the wheels.
Figure 2 is a top plan view of Figure 1.

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Figure 3 is an end view of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing the wheel assemblies attached thereto.
Figure 5 is a fragmentary enlarged side elevational view of one of the castoring wheel assemblies.
Figure 6 is a fragmentary enlarged side elevation of one of the other wheel assemblies.
Figure 7 is an enlarged and sectional view substan-tially along the line 7-7 in Figure 4.
Figure 8 is an enlarged and sectional view substan-tially along the line 8-8 in Figure 4.
In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.
DETAILED DESC TIO
Proceeding to describe the invention in detail, re-ference should first be made to Figures 1, 2 and 3. The inven-tion collectively designated 10 comprises a substantially rec-tangular base frame 11 formed from tubing or the like and hav-ing a base collectively designated 12 spanning same, said base being preferably formed from wire which is threaded through apertures in the base. Alternatively, however, a grided base may be provided and secured to the base frame in a conventional manner so that the base spans the frame as clearly shown. Al-though a grided base 12 is illustrated, a solid base can of course be provided but the grided base is preferable for drain-age and air circulation considerations.

A leg component of square cross sectional configu-ration is secured to adjacent each corner oE the base frame 11 by means of nut and bolt assemblies (not illustrated), welding, or any other conventional means. Reference to the drawings will show that the surfaces of the square cross section of these legs are situated at approximately 45 with reference to the longitudinal and transverse axes of the base frame with one planar surface 14 engaging the curved corner portion 15 of the base frame.
The legs include downwardly extending ground en-gaging portions 16 and cross bar supporting upwardly extend-ing portions 17 with the portions 16 being below the base frame 11 and the portions 17 extending thereabove.
In the present embodiment, the upper ends of the portions 17 of the legs extend over in the form of end mem-bers 18 at the upper ends thereof with cross bars 20 extend-ing between each end pair of legs 13 spaced downwardly from the portions 18 as clearly shown for example in Figure 3.
Side rails 21 extend between the upwardly extend-ing portions 17 of the legs on each side of the base frame as illustrated in Figures l and 2 thus defining an upwardly extending garbage can holder portion having an open upper side so that garbage cans may be stored therein with the bases thereof resting upon the base 12.
Rectangular plates 22 may be secured as by bolts 23 or the like, between the side rails 21 and the sides of the base frame 11 intermediate the ends thereof as shown in Figure l.

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In the preferred embodiment shown in Figures 4 through 8, a wheel assembly collectively designated 24 is pro-vided upon each side at one end 25 of the garbage can holder assembly and a further pair of wheel assemblies collectively designated 26 are provided at the other end 27 of the garbage can holder assembly.
The wheel assemblies 24 are preferably of a noncas-toring type whereas the wheel assemblies 26 are preferably castoring wheel assemblies.
Means are provided to mount the wheel assemblies 24 at said one end 25 thereof taking the form of a support plate 28 secured to each of the ground engaging leg portions 16 at the end 25 and a wheel axle 29 is journalled for partial rota-tion between the two plates28 which are in spaced and parallel relationship one with the other. This axle 29 is provided with a cranked end portion at each end thereof including a first portion 30 extending at right angles from the longitudinal axis of the main portion 31 and then extending again at right angles from the lower ends of the portions 30, to provide wheel mounting portions 32 parallel to the main portion 31 but spaced in a different plane and extending outwardly therefrom.
The wheels 33 are conventional and are journalled for rotation upon these wheel mounting portions 32 in a conventional manner.
An actuating arm 34 is secured to and extends upward-ly from the main portion 31 of the axle 29, substantially in-termediate the ends thereof.

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The o-ther wheel assemblies 26 include a wheel support-ing axle 35 journalled for partial rotation within one end 36 of a pair of mounting plates 37 which extend rearwardly from the lower ends 16 of the legs 13 situated at the other end of the garbage can holder assembly and these plates 36 are in sub-stantial alignment with the plates 28 hereinbefore described.
These plates 37 are also secured to the leg portions as by bolts, welding or other conventional means.
A castoring wheel assembly bearing sleeve 38 is secur-ed adjacent each end of the axle 35 and receives for free rota-tion, the central castoring spindle 39 of the wheel assemblies 26, said spindle carrying the wheel fork 40 between which is journalled for rotation a wheel 41 mounted upon spindles 42 in a conventional manner so that these wheel assemblies 26 are pre-ferably castoring wheel assemblies as clearly illustrated.
An actuating lever 43 is secured by one end thereof intermediate the ends of the wheel axle 35 and extends upwardly therefrom substantially parallel to the actuating arm 34 and a link 44 is pivotally connected by the ends thereof between ad-jacent the upper ends of the actuating arms 34 and 43 as clear-ly shown in Figure 4 with link 44 being adjustable in length for assembly purposes by means of one portion 44A being tele-scopically engaged within the other portion 44B and pinned in position through any one of a selection of apertures 45.
An operating handle 46 is provided at said one end 27 of the holder being pivotally mounted by the lower end 47 there-of between lugs48Awhich extend from intermediate the ends of a fixed brace 49 extending between the plates 37 as clearly shown in Figure 7. A connector link 48 extends between the handle 46 intermediate the ends thereof and the junction be-tween the operating arm 43 and the distal end portion of the link 44s as clearly shown in Figure 7, the connections between the connecting link 48 and the arm being pivotal and the con-nection between the connecting link 48 and the operating arm 43 also being pivotal.
In operation, with the handle in the position shown in full line in Figure 4, the wheels are in the lowermost posi-tion with the lower ends 49 of the portions 16 of the legs be-ing raised clear of the ground so that the assembly can readily be manoeuvered from one location to another assisted by the castoring wheel assemblies 26 and being pulled if necessary, by the handle 46.
When it is .in the desired location, the handle 46 is moved to the substantially vertical position shown in phantom in Figure 4 thus raising the wheels 24 and 26 to the position shown in phantom and thereby lowering the lower ends 49 of the legs into contact with the ground or other supporting surface thus firmly supporting the garbage can holder in this position.
Final.ly it should be noted that the wire base 12 is preferably formed in a craddle configuration with upturned end portions 12A and upturned side portions 12B as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 3.

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Since various modifications can be made in my inven-tion as hereinàbove described, and many apparently widely dif-ferent embodiments of same made within the spirit and scope of the claims without depar~ing from such spirit and scope, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specifi~
cation shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

Claims

CLAIMS:
(1) A garbage can holder comprising in combina-tion a substantially rectangular base frame, a base secured to said frame and spanning same, a leg secured to each corner of said frame and including a downwardly depending, ground engaging portion for supporting said base adjacent to but spaced from the ground and an upwardly extending, rail supporting portion, side and end rails extending be-tween said upwardly extending portions above said base, to define, with said base, a garbage can holding container which is open above said base, said base being formed from an open grid material, four wheel assemblies, each opera-tively secured to the ground engaging portion of a respec-tive one of the legs, linkage means connected to each of said wheel assemblies and an operating handle connected to said linkage means and arranged such that the handle is movable from a first position in which each wheel is rais-ed by said linkage means above the bottom of the respective leg to a second position in which each wheel is lowered by the linkage means to a position below the bottom of the respective leg.
(2) The invention according to Claim 1 in which said wheel assemblies include a pair of castor wheel as-semblies at one end of said garbage can holder and a pair of noncastoring wheels at the other end thereof.
(3) The invention according to Claim 1 which includes means mounting the wheel assemblies at one end of the holder for said raising and lowering, said means includ-ing a wheel axle journalled for rotation between the ground engaging portion of the legs at said one end of said holder, crank portions on each end of said axle, said wheels being journalled for rotation upon the lower ends of said crank portions and an actuating arm secured to and extending from said axle intermediate the ends thereof, operatively con-nected to said linkage means.
(4) The invention according to Claim 1 which includes means mounting the wheel assemblies at the other end of said holder, said means including a wheel axle journalled for rotation between the ground engaging portion of the legs at said other end of the holder, wheel mount-ing portions secured to and extending downwardly from ad-jacent each end of the wheel axle and an actuating arm se-cured to and extending from said axle intermediate the ends thereof, said operating handle being operatively connect-ed to said actuating arm.
(5) The invention according to Claim 3 which includes means mounting the wheel assemblies at the other end of said holder, said means including a wheel axle journalled for rotation between the ground engaging portion of the legs at said other end of the holder, wheel mount-ing portions secured to and extending downwardly from ad-jacent each end of the wheel axle and an actuating arm se-cured to and extending from said axle intermediate the ends thereof, said operating handle being operatively connected to said actuating arm, said linkage means including a link extending between said actuating arms and being pivotally secured thereto.
(6) The invention according to Claim 4 or 5 which includes a fixed brace extending between the ground engaging end of the legs at said other end of said holder, said operating handle being pivotally secured by one end thereof to said brace intermediate the ends thereof, and a connecting link extending between said operating handle and said actuating arm extending upwardly from said axle at said other end of said holder, said connecting link be-ing pivoted by one end thereof to the upper end of said last mentioned actuating arm, and by the other end thereof to intermediate the ends of said handle.
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Cited By (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0559940A1 (en) * 1990-09-13 1993-09-15 Hoskins Limited Supporting appliance

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0559940A1 (en) * 1990-09-13 1993-09-15 Hoskins Limited Supporting appliance

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