Refuse container for rear end loader

Claim 2

A refuse container comprising a rectangular housing having an access opening through which refuse may be introduced into the housing, a horizontally disposed handle means fixedly secured to a first side wall of the housing for receiving a lifting cable, a side wall on said housing opposite said first side wall being substantially planar and lacking any structure to facilitate lifting the housing, a coupling bar supported by brackets on a second wall of said housing movable between an operative and inoperative position, said second wall being generally perpendicular to said first wall, said brackets supporting said bar for reciprocation in a horizontal direction, a stationary pivot bar secured to said second wall, and means on the coupling bar for blocking said pivot bar when said coupling bar is in inoperative position.

Claim 3

A refuse container in accordance with claim 1 wherein said coupling bar includes a latch thereon, one of said brackets including a bayonet slot for receiving the latch, said coupling bar being supported for rotation about its longitudinal axis by said brackets.

Claim 4

A refuse container in accordance with claim 2 including a pivotable cover for said opening, and said housing being mounted on wheels.

Claim 5

A refuse container in accordance with claim 1 including a second housing juxtaposed to said first-mentioned housing, a bracket on said second housing, said coupling bar being received in said last mentioned bracket adjacent the interface between said housings, and a wall of said second housing remote from said interface having theReon a horizontally disposed stationary pivot bar, the horizontally disposed pivot bars on said first and second housings being at the same elevation and including means for coupling said pivot bars together.

Claim 6

A refuse container in accordance with claim 1 including a second housing adjacent said first-mentioned housing, a bracket on said second housing being coupled to said coupling bar, said coupling bar being in operative position when received in said last mentioned bracket wherein said blocking means does not block said pivot bar.

Claim 7

A refuse container comprising first and second rectangular housings each having an access opening at the top thereof through which refuse may be introduced into the housings, each housing having a planar side wall juxtaposed to a planar side wall of the adjacent housing at an interface, a side wall of each housing remote from and parallel to the interface having thereon a handle to receive a hoisting cable, each housing having a second wall which is perpendicular to the interface, a coupling bar supported on the second wall of one of said housings, a mating bracket supported on the other housing, said coupling bar being at the same elevation as said bracket on its respective housing, means for removably interconnecting the end of the coupling bar into the bracket, a stationary pivot bar on each housing second wall, means for preventing the coupling bar from being removed from its housing, said coupling bar being supported on its housing for limited reciprocal movement wherein an end portion of said bar may obstruct free access to one of said stationary pivot bars.

Claim 8

A refuse container comprising first and second rectangular housings each having an access opening at the top thereof through which refuse may be introduced into the housings, each housing having a planar side wall juxtaposed to a planar side wall of the adjacent housing at an interface, a side wall of each housing remote from and parallel to the interface having thereon a handle to receive a hoisting cable, each housing having a second wall which is perpendicular to the interface, a coupling bar supported on the second wall of one of said housings, a mating bracket supported on the other housing, said coupling bar being at the same elevation as said bracket on its respective housing, means for removably interconnecting the end of the coupling bar into the bracket, a stationary pivot bar on each housing second wall, means for preventing the coupling bar from being removed from its housing, said coupling bar being supported on its housing for limited reciprocal movement wherein an end portion of said bar may obstruct free access to one of said stationary pivot bars.

Claim 9

A refuse container in accordance with claim 6 wherein said means for interconnecting said coupling bar to said bracket is integral with said coupling bar and includes a tubular portion which extends across said interface.

Claim 10

A refuse container in accordance with claim 7 wherein the housings are square and said coupling bar and bracket are coaxial.

Claim 11

A refuse container in accordance with claim 6 wherein said one housing includes two bars on opposite facing walls, the other housing includes brackets on opposite facing walls for telescopically receiving said bars when said housings are interconnected.