US2409326A

US2409326A - Garbage can holder

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Publication number: US2409326A
Application number: US626666A
Authority: US
Inventors: Wargo Stephen
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1945-11-05
Filing date: 1945-11-05
Publication date: 1946-10-15
Anticipated expiration: 1963-10-15

Description

Filed Nov7 5, 1945` l2 sheets-sheet;

lou. 15, 1946. s WAR@ 2,409,326

GARBAGE GAN HOLDER Filed NOV. 5, 1945 2 Shee'cs-Sheell 2 Patented Oct.. 15, 1946 UNITED STATES# PATENT OFFICE" amasar; i" i GAnBAGE CAN- HOLDER Stephenv Wargo, Streaton, Ill. Application Ndveinber 5, 1945,se1-ia1Nq.62c,tes

This invention relates to the official class of supports and more particularly garbage can supports.

The primary object of this invention resides'in the` provision of a support for garbage cans adapted to retain and lock the covers thereof so as to prevent dogs, cats and other roving animals from upsetting or removing the same and thereby spread the garbage over the adjacent area.

Another object of this invention resides inthe provision of a support for a garbage can adapted to be adjusted to accommodate cans of different heights.

A further` object of this invention resides in the particular construction of the standard.

A still further object of this invention resides in the particular construction of the garbage can supporting platform.

Aside from the aforesaid objects this invention resides inthe particular construction of the stabilizing yoke for engaging the upper portion of garbage cans.

Among the many objects of this invention is the particular construction of the garbage can cover retaining arm.

One of the salient features of this invention resides in the particular combination of elements for removably supporting garbage cans and locking the covers thereon.

With these and other objects in view', this invention resides in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of elements to be hereinafter more particularly set forth in the specication, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims and, although this disclosure depicts my presentconception of the invention, the right is reserved to resort to such departures therefrom as come within the spirit of the invention. i

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application;

Fig. 1 is a side View of the garbage can support.

`ig. 2 is a plan View thereof.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the garbage can support.

Fig. 4 is a `perspective View of the standard.

5 is a perspective view of the platform.

6 is a perspective view of the stabilizing yoke.

Fig. '7 .is a perspective view of the arm for locke support adapted to be disposed in the back yards of residences or other elected places from which Y i l2 claims.- (c1. 24e-14e) garbageA is `collected `and preferably consists of an angle iron standard B, a substantially circular platform I of skeleton construction, a substantially semi-circular yoke 8 for retaining a gar-` bage can in upright position on the platform, and an arm Qswingably secured to the standard'for horizontal movement' over the garbage can cover'.

The standard 6 consists of upper and Alower sections Iii and II connected by a similarly shaped plateV l2 having elongated vertical Vslots I3"thereinto accommodate bolts I3 passing through apertures I4 in said sections toretain them in adjustable relation through the instrumentality of nuts I5 or the like screwed thereon.

Welded or otherwise secured tothe lower sec-l tion I0 and extending at right angles therefrom is a platform 1 which consists of a strap of metal having its inner portion bent at right angles as indicated by the numeral I6 to seat in the lower section E for secure welding thereto with its outer portion or arms II indicated by the numeral I8 continuing fro-m the aforesaid right angle portions thereof on arcuate lines to provide a substantially circular flange above the garbage can supporting straps I9 welded or otherwise secured to the lower edges thereof in spaced relation to one another. Said arms I'I have their outer or free ends spaced as indicated by the numeral 20 to permit grasping of the lower outer edge of a garbage can to lift it off the straps I9 a suflicient distance to clear the upper edges of the arms.

The aforesaidyoke 8 has its inner portion 2| shaped similarly to the inner end of the platform for seating the same in the upper section and welding it thereto while its outer portions 22 are of arcuate shape with their free ends bent outwardly as indicated by the numeral 23 to permit the upper portion of a garbage can to rest therebetween so as to hold it erect on the platform and yet permit easily removal therefrom.

Secured within the angular portion of the yoke, asby welding or otherwise, is an elongated sleeve 23 having itsbore 24 preferably disposed in a perpendicular plane to accommodate a trunnion 25 formed on the inner end of an arm 26 which is adapted to swing on a horizontal plane closely over or in contact with the cover of a garbage can seated on the platform so as to prevent dogs and the like from removing the same or dislodging the garbage can from the platform. -Said trunnion is provided with a flange 2I adapted to rest on the upper end of thesleeve and, in order to retain it in operative position in the sleeve, a cotter-pin 28 is inserted in an aperture 29 ad- .jacent the lower end thereof.

Although the lower end of the standard is sharpened as indicated by the numeral 30 for driving the same into the ground, it is within the purview of this invention to lx the standard to a support with any well known means capable of supporting the same for carrying out the functions of the invention with the elements recited.

With this invention fully set forth, it is manifest that means are provided for both supporting a garbage can in secure position above the ground and retaining its cover thereon against removal by clogs, cats and other roaming animals and, through the particularassemblage of cooperative elements, the support can be manufactured cheaply and sold at a nominal price.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In a garbage can support comprising a standard of angle iron configuration, a platform I approximately through the center of a circle upon which the outer portions of the yoke are drawn, a sleeve secured within the angular portion of the yoke and having its bore disposed in a perpendicular plane, a garbage can cover locking arm, and means securing the arm to the sleeve yfor swinging movement on a horizontal plane over the cover of a. garbage can seated on the base.

2. In a garbage can support, comprising a standard consisting of aligned upper and lower sections of angle iron, an angle iron plate having elongated slots therein connecting the aforesaid upper and lower sections of the standard, bolts passing through the opposed end portions of the sections and slots in the plate, nuts on the ends of the bolts, a substantially circular platform including can supporting straps secured to the lower section of the standard and disposed horizontally at right angles thereto, a substantially semi-circular yoke secured to the upper section of the standard and disposed horizontally at right angles thereto above the platform with its free ends bent outwardly in opposite directions, a sleeve secured within the yoke at its inner end with the opposite ends thereof terminating above and below the upper and lower edges thereof and its bore dispo-sed in a perpendicular plane, a garbage can cover` locking arm, a trunnion formed on the inner end of the arm at right angles thereto to dispose in the bore of the sleeve for swingably supporting the arm on a horizontal plane in close relation to the cover of a garbage can seated on the platform, a collar formed on the trunnion and resting on the upper surface of the sleeve, and fastening means rotatably securing the trunnion within the bore of the sleeve.

STEPHEN WARGO.