US 12,168,569 B2
Residential container guides for a front end loader
Eric Evans, Fort Payne, AL (US); Tracy Mason, Mentone, AL (US); and Bryan Stewart, Chattanooga, TN (US)
Assigned to The Heil Co., Chattanooga, TN (US)
Filed by The Heil Co., Chattanooga, TN (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/460,268.
Application 18/460,268 is a division of application No. 17/448,177, filed on Sep. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,787,629.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/081,194, filed on Sep. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406618 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B65F 3/04 (2006.01); B65F 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65F 3/041 (2013.01) [B65F 2003/0223 (2013.01); B65F 2003/0279 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of securing a refuse collection device in a working position at a front of a refuse collection vehicle, the method comprising:
adjusting a position of at least one fin coupled to a lift assembly of the refuse collection vehicle from a first position to a second position by rotating the at least one fin at least 30 degrees with respect to a crossbar of the refuse collection vehicle; and
coupling the refuse collection device to the lift assembly of the refuse collection vehicle,
wherein the at least one fin is configured to prevent movement of the refuse collection device in a first direction parallel to an axis extending along the crossbar of the lift assembly.