An automated carting assembly includes a cart that has a plurality of garbage containers each being positioned thereon. The cart has a slidably adjustable length for accommodation a varying number of the garbage containers. A pair of rear wheels is each rotatably coupled to the cart for rolling on a support surface and each of the front wheels is steerable on the cart. A pair of front wheels is each rotatably coupled to the cart for rolling along the support surface. A pair of steering actuators is each coupled to a respective one of the front wheels for steering the cart. A pair of drive motors is each rotatably coupled to a respective one of the front wheels for driving the cart between a storage point and a pickup point.

A centralized hub system for improving automatic waste transport and collection using a self-driving robot, which allows for self-driving and efficient collection of waste in densely populated areas, such as apartment complexes and residential neighborhoods, and areas with a floating population by using robots with built-in artificial intelligence software and hardware and self-driving waste collection and driving functions and an integrated management server for monitoring these robots, and which helps to put information together in this process and use it as base data for the efficient operation of future waste policies and the corresponding systems. The centralized hub system for improving automatic waste transport and collection using a self-driving robot comprises self-driving inlet robots, an integrated management server, and a self-driving vehicle robot.

The apparatus is a grappling device that allows multiple trash bins or material movers to be linked together so that all can be moved simultaneously to the curb and removed after emptying. The apparatus is a removable connector that is coupled to a vehicle at one end and engages a handle of a bin or suitable material mover at the other. Additional refuse/recycle bins can be linked into the train configuration with robust tie-downs, such as bungee cords, EPDM Trucker's cords, and the like.

Disclosed is a trash management system comprising at least one container, the at least one container when in operation is operable to manage trash, the system comprising: an imaging arrangement to capture one or more images of an environment of the at least one container; a database arrangement coupled to the imaging arrangement, wherein the database arrangement is configured to store the one or more images; and a first data processing arrangement coupled to the imaging arrangement and the database arrangement, wherein the first data processing arrangement is configured to: receive the trash in one or more sub-chambers inside the at least one container, at a first location; move the at least one container from the first location to a second location based on a set of instructions, wherein the second location is a trash storage site; transfer the trash from the at least one container to the trash storage site; and move the at least one container from the second location to the first location.

A trailer hitch mounted recycling, transporting, and even a waste container transporting apparatus includes a tubing connector, that secures with the trailer hitch of a vehicle, and having a support plate, that mounts a lifting tube permanently thereon. A pivot rod pivotally secures to the upper end of the lifting tube, and the pivot rod connects with a lifting lever, which when pivoted from a vertical to a horizontal position, allows for movement of a container either onto or off of the ground, in preparation for its transport, or removal from this apparatus. A lifting hook slidably engages with the lifting tube, and connects with a lifting bracket at its upper end, which connects with a short lever, that provides a sliding movement to the lifting hook either upwardly with respect to the lifting tube, or downwardly therefrom, so that its hook device can secure to the container to provide for its lifting, transport, and lowering, after it has been moved to a distant location.

The present invention provides a dog feces collection container including a first case (20) having a feces collection aid embedded therein and a second case (30) coupled to the first case (20) and in which a feces collection space portion configured to hold feces is disposed, wherein an upper support pin (UP) and a lower support pin (LP) are disposed inside the first case (20), the feces collection aid is provided as a roll product that is wound in a roll shape, and the roll product wound in a roll shape is fitted to the upper support pin (UP) and the lower support pin and embedded in the first case (20).

The present invention provides a waste receptacle comprising an outer bag having a flexible construction forming an opening at a top side and at least a pair of upper straps capable of attaching the receptacle to a rail, a lid attached at a top of bag to close the opening. The receptacle having an inner bag having a backbone circumferentially disposed around the inner bag to help maintain the inner bag in a generally cylindrical shape, the inner bag insertable through the opening of the outer bag and a pull string to disposed at the top of the inner bag being capable to cinch the top of the inner bag closed and a bouyant float member disposed in the outer bag.

A trash barrel receptacle includes a detached lid having a predetermined depth, which is held down with an elastic lid retainer. The garbage can and lids use no physical locks or canvas straps, but include the elastic lid retainer, which avoids the need for a pivotable handle located near the top of the garbage can, to lock the lid over the garbage can. The lid has a raised central rib with a concave groove or channel to retain the bungee cord within, to prevent the lid from sliding off laterally off of the refuse barrel. At the inside ends of the central rib are convex bosses molded to fit in grooves at the top of upper skirt of the refuse collection barrel. These bosses align the bungee cord with the retaining proximal and distal securement fasteners and put the cover lid in positional registration with the refuse collection barrel.

A debris barrel comprising: a bottom of the barrel, where the bottom of the barrel has a circular shape, such that the barrel can be rolled about its bottom; a barrel wall extending from the bottom, the barrel wall and bottom forming a container; a top of the barrel located at the top of the barrel wall, where the top of the barrel comprises a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, where the first side is parallel to the third side, the second side is parallel to the fourth side, the first side is orthogonal to the second side and fourth side, the second side is orthogonal to the third side, and the third side is orthogonal to the fourth side; a bottom cap removeably attached to the bottom of the barrel and a portion of the barrel wall; and a handle means located near the top of the barrel. A barrel bottom cap configured to attach to a bottom of a barrel and a portion of a barrel wall, the bottom cap comprising: a generally planar circular surface, the generally planar circular surface having an outer perimeter; a circular opening located in the center of the generally planar circular surface; a circular wall extending upward from the outer perimeter of the circular surface, the circular wall generally at an obtuse to right angle with the circular surface; a first catch member extending upward from the circular wall, the first catch member comprising: a first catch orifice, where the first catch orifice is configured to lock with a first tongue member located on an outer surface of a barrel wall when the barrel bottom cap is slid onto the bottom of the barrel.

A battery operated trash can carrier (100) for holding and transporting one or more containers is provided. The trash can carrier (100) includes a frame (102) having a laterally facing ramp (106) defining an entry means adapted to slidably receive one or more containers on a platform (104). The trash can carrier (100) includes a wheel base, where the wheel base includes a pair of wheels on one axle (108-1) and another pair of wheels on second axle (108-2). The trash can carrier (100) further includes a detachable power drive (110), battery compartment (130), ramp control (124), electronics control module (126) and a steering control (128). The detachable power drive (110) coupled to the wheel base, to power the pair of wheels on the one of the axle (108-2) and to steer the pair of wheels on the other axle (108-2) to transport carrier from one place to another.