Container lifting means and method

Claim 1

A CONTAINER LIFT AND STORAGE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A FIRST PAIR OF SEPARABLE STRANDS FOR SUPPORTING ONE END OF A CONTAINER, A SECOND PARI OF STANDS FOR SUPPORTING THE OTHER END OF A CONTAINER, EACH FIRST STRAND BEING IN THE SHAPE OF A TRIPOD, SAID TRIPOD BEING DEFINED BY TWO DIVERGINGLY LONGITUDINALLY INNER AND OUTER SPACED LEGS TO DEFINE A GENERALLY INVERTED V-SHAPED STRUCTURE AND A THIRD OUTER LEG LATERALLY SPACED OUTWARDLY OF THE STRUCTURE, EACH TRIPOD LEG HAVING A FREE END PORTION AND FEET MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID LEG END PORTION FOR ALLOWING PIVOTING OF THE TWO LEGS ABOUT THEIR FEET, EACH OF THE LEGS MERGING INTO AN APEX PORTION HAVING PIN MEANS FOR ENGAGING THE CORNERS OF THE CONTAINER, AND OVERTRAVEL STOP BEING MOUNTED ON SAID INNER LEG FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UNDER SIDE OF THE CONTAINER, SAID SECOND PAIR OF STANDS HAVING LATERAL BRACE MEANS INTER-CONNECTING ONE STRAND WITH THE OTHER STAND TO DEFINE A UNIFIED STRUCTURE, EACH REAR STAND BEING IN THE FORM OF A G ENERALLY INVERTED VSHAPED FRAME AND HAVING A PAIR OF DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING INNER AND OUTER INTER-CONNECTED SUPPORTS THAT MERGE UPWARDLY TO DEFINE AN APEX SUPPORT PORTION, FEET PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE FREE END OF THE INNER SUPPORT, EACH APEX SUPPORT PORTION HAVING PIN MEANS FOR ENGAGING THE CORNERS OF THE CONTAINER, MEANS FOR COUPLING THE FIRST AND SECOND STANDS TOGETHER COMPRISING AN EXTENDIBLE AND CONTRACTABLE UNIT HAVING FREE ENDS, SAID OUTER LEG OF THE SAID FIRST STAND HAVING A COUPLE MEANS APPROXIMATE ITS LOWER END AND SAID APEX SUPPORT PORTION HAVING A COUPLED MEANS COOPERATIVE WITH SAID FIRST NAMED COUPLE MEANS IN RECEIVING THE FREE ENDS OF SAID EXTENDIBLE AND CONTRACTABLE UNIT WHEREBY UPON CONTRACTION OF SAID EXTENDIBLE AND CONTRACTABLE UNIT THE INNER SUPPORTS OF THE SECOND PAIR ORF STANDS AND SAID OUTER LEGS OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF STANDS ARE ALLOWED TO PIVOT BUT THEIR RESPECTIVE FEET ATTENDANT TO INCREASING THE VERTICAL EXTENT THEREOF FOR RAISING THE CONTAINER.