Garbage can holder

Claim 1

A GARBAGE CAN HOLDER COMPRISING, A BASE MEMBER OF CONCRETE MATERIAL HAVING A CENTRAL OPENING FORMED THERETHROUGH, A LENGTH OF ANGLE IRON HAVING ONE FLANGE EXTENDING ALONG THE PERIPHERAL OUTER EDGE AND THE OTHER FLANGE EXTENDING ALONG THE ADJACENT BOTTOM SIDE OF SAID EDGE, SAID ANGLE IRON TERMINATING IN A PAIR OF PARALLEL END PORTIONS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY OF ONE SIDE EDGE OF SAID CONCRETE MEMBER, AT LEAST TWO ROD MEMBERS EXTENDING ACROSS SAID OPENING BELOW THE TOP SURFACE OF SAID CONCRETE MEMBER, SAID ROD MEMBERS BEING EMBEDDED IN SAID CONCRETE MATERIAL AT THE SIDES OF SAID OPENING AND SECURED AT THEIR ENDS TO SAID LENGTH OF ANGLE IRON; AN UPRIGHT PIPE STANDARD SECURED AT ONE END BETWEEN SAID PAIR OF PARALLEL END PORTIONS, THE BOTTOM END OF SAID STANDARD BEING IN SUPPORTING ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OF THE OTHER FLANGES OF SAID END PORTIONS; MEANS CLOSING THE UPPER END OF SAID PIPE, A LID SUPPORT ARM ADAPTED TO HAVE ONE END SECURED TO A GARBAGE CAN LID, THE OTHER END OF SAID ARM EXTENDING THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE UPER END OF SAID PIPE MEMBER WHERE IT IS PIVOTALLY SECURED TO AND DISPOSED AT ALL TIMES WITHIN SAID PIPE MEMBER; A FOOT LEVER EXTENDING THROUGH ONE SIDE OF THE LOWER END OF SAID PIPE MEMBER WHERE IT IS PIVOTALLY SECURED TO AND DISPOSED AT ALL TIMES WITHIN SAID PIPE MEMBER; A LINKAGE ARM EXTENDING WITHIN SAID PIPE MEMBER BETWEEN SAID LID SUPPORT ARM AND SAID FOOT LEVER, ONE END OF SAID LINKAGE ARM PIVOTALLY CONNECTED WITHIN SAID PIPE TO SAID FOOT LEVER BETWEEN ITS PIVOTAL CONNECTION TO SAID PIPE AND ITS FREE END, THE OTHER END OF SAID LINKAGE ARM PIVOTALLY CONNECTED WITHIN SAID PIPE TO THE OTHER END OF SAID SUPPORT ARM ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF ITS PIVOTAL CONNECTION TO SAID PIPE FROM SAID FIRST SUPPORT ARM AND, WHEREBY UPON MOVING THE FREE END OF SAID FOOT LEVER DOWNWARDLY A LID MAY BE RAISED FROM A GARBAGE CAN, AND SAID FIRST END OF SAID SUPPORT ARM HAVING MEANS FOR ENGAGING A GARBAGE CAN LID AT POINTS ON THE PERIPHERY OF SAID LID WHICH ARE DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE EACH OTHER, AND MEANS CARRIED CENTRALLY OF SAID FIRST END OF SAID SUPPORT ARM FOR ENGAGING A CENTRALLY POSITIONED HANDLE ON A GARBAGE CAN LID, EACH OF SAID FIRST MENTIONED MEANS INCLUDING A BOLT SECURED TO SAID SUPPORT ARM AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM, EACH OF SAID BOLTS BEING PROVIDED WITH A PAIR OF PERPENDICULAR SPACED APART CLIPS ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE UPPER AND LOWER PERIPHERY OF A GARBAGE CAN LID, AND SAID CLIPS BEING ADJUSTABLE ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID BOLTS; AND SAID FIRST END OF SAID SUPPORT ARM BEING BENT CENTRALLY THEREOF AND HAVING ITS ADJACENT PORTIONS ON EACH SIDE THEREOF EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM TO CONFORM TO THE ROUNDED TOP FACE OF A GARBAGE CAN LID.