	US 7,464,945 B2
	Apparatus for use in the storage and transportation of recyclable waste
Glynn Humphries, 2 Oak Rise, Pontefract, West Yorkshire WF8 2WD (United Kingdom); and Christopher John Jackson, Southgate, Crossways, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2BZ (United Kingdom)
Appl. No. 10/553,302 PCT Filed Apr. 19, 2004, PCT No. PCT/GB2004/001689 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 15, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/094268, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 04, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 0308932.3 (GB), filed on Apr. 17, 2003; and application No. 0319343.0 (GB), filed on Aug. 18, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2006/0197297 A1, Sep. 07, 2006
Int. Cl. B62B 1/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 280—47.26 [280/33.991; 280/33.998; 280/43.1; 280/47.131; 280/47.24; 280/47.19; 248/128; 248/129]

15 Claims

1. An apparatus for use in the storage and transportation of recyclable waste, the apparatus comprising:

a housing (10) having a bottom (16) for standing on the ground, a rear wall (20), and a pair of opposed side walls (22), the housing providing a space (48) accessible from the front of the housing and arranged to receive at least one recycling box (12) having a base (30), four side walls (32) and an open top;

supporting means (14,52,64,86) for supporting the or each recycling box in the space such that the or each recycling box can be slid into the housing from the front and such that when the or each recycling box is in the housing the front-facing side wall(s) of the recycling box(es) substantially close(s) the front of the housing and the or each recycling box is covered;

a handle (26) adjacent the top and rear of the housing: and

a pair of wheels (28) arranged to be assembled with the housing adjacent the bottom and rear of the housing such that the housing can be tipped rearwardly using the handle so that the wheels engage the ground, so that the bottom of the housing no longer engages the ground and so that the apparatus can be moved on the wheels using the handle to move it;

wherein the supporting means is arranged to be assembled with the housing; and

the housing is arranged such that, prior to assembly of the supporting means and the wheels with the housing and prior to insertion of the recycling box(es), a plurality of identical such housings can be stacked one substantially inside another so that said one housing extends into said space of said other housing.