Trash container holder

Claim 1

A trash receptacle holder comprising a vertical elongate base post, an elongate upper post telescopically mounted in said base post and adjustable from a low point substantially completely enclosed in said base post to a high point with its upper end substantial height above said base post, an inverted U-shaped member secured to the top of said upper post and having downwardly extending legs outwardly spaced from opposite sides of said upper post, a threaded boss on said base post, a setscrew threaded through said boss and through said base post for releasably engaging said upper post to secure said posts in predetermined telescoped relation, a U-shaped member penetrating said base post and having upwardly directed legs outwardly spaced from said base post on opposite sides thereof, and a unitary spacer member rigidly secured to the upper end portion of said base post and having opposed, outwardly extending arms for engaging trash receptacles having their bottom edges engaged over the U-shaped member penetRating said base post and their top edges secured by the inverted U-shaped member secured to the top of said upper post with said spacer member preventing rotation of said trash receptacles about said posts, the telescopic action of said upper post in said base post providing vertical adjustment for engaging receptacles of differing height and providing the movement necessary to engage said inverted U-shaped member with the top edges of the receptacles.