Garbage can lid holding device

Claim 2

A garbage can lid holder comprising a vertical support member, an arcuate frame member with parallel cross bar members carrying pivotable arms, said pivotable arms being controlled by springs means secured to said arms and arcuate frame and spring clamp means upon said arms providing gripping means for said garbage can lid.

Claim 3

A garbage can lid holder, comprising a generally semicircular arcuate frame having a pair of parallel cross bars secured to opposite ends of the frame, a pair of pivotable, parallel arms being connected pivotably free at their one ends to a longitudinally intermediate portion of said cross bars, the opposite ends of said arms being both secured to a spring clamp therebetween, the longitudinally intermediate portions of said arms being attached to a fastener therebetween and to which one end of a tension coil spring is secured, the other end of the spring being attached to an intermediate portion of said arcuate frame, said clamp serving to grasp a lid of a garbage can, a mounting member on one end of said arcuate frame of said device providing securement means for said frame to a pole for being driven to the ground, said pole having plate means for for engagement with said mounting member and said mounting member being secured to said plate of said pole by a pair of suitable fasteners and said pole including a plurality of pipe sections each being externally threaded for receiving an internally threaded coupling, said couplings providing a means for collapsing said pole when desired for packaging and the lower pipe section of said pole including a projecting step member with gussets support means for rigidity, said step serving as a means for the installer to urge his foot downwards in order to urge the pointed end of said lower pipe section into the ground and said mounting member of said arcuate frame providing means for securing said arcuate frame to stands, fences, posts and the like.

Claim 4

A garbage can lid holder, comprising a generally semicircular arcuate frame having a pair of parallel cross bars secured to opposite ends of the frame, a pair of pivotable, parallel arms being connected pivotably free at their one ends to a longitudinally intermediate portion of said cross bars, the opposite ends of said arms being both secured to a spring clamp therebetween, the longitudinally intermediate portions of said arms being attached to a fastener therebetween and to which one end of a tension coil spring is secured, the other end of the spring being attached to an intermediate portion of said arcuate frame, said clamp serving to grasp a lid of a garbage can, a mounting member on one end of said arcuate frame of said device providing securement means for said frame to a pole for being driven to the ground, said pole having plate means for for engagement with said mounting member and said mounting member being secured to said plate of said pole by a pair of suitable fasteners and said pole including a plurality of pipe sections each being externally threaded for receiving an internally threaded coupling, said couplings providing a means for collapsing said pole when desired for packaging and the lower pipe section of said pole including a projecting step member with gussets support means for rigidity, said step serving as a means for the installer to urge his foot downwards in order to urge the pointed end of said lower pipe section into the ground and said mounting member of said arcuate frame providing means for securing said arcuate frame to stands, fences, posts and the like.