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A refuse container adapted for automated dumping operation comprises a pair of side-by-side container bodies joined along a portion of their respective rims by a connecting web and rigidly integrated with one another by upper and lower lifter bars affixed transversely to each container body in dispo

A refuse container adapted for automated dumping operation comprises a pair of side-by-side container bodies joined along a portion of their respective rims by a connecting web and rigidly integrated with one another by upper and lower lifter bars affixed transversely to each container body in disposition to be engageable by grasping members of an automated dumping apparatus. The refuse container is advantageously fabricated by a method wherein a unitary hollow container structure is blow molded to initially form the two container bodies in tandem end-to-end mirror-image relation joined by a continuous annular connecting portion. The connecting portion is partially removed at each rim, leaving the connecting web therebetween, whereby the two container bodies may be pivoted into side-by-side relation and rigidly joined by affixation of the upper and lower lifter bars. A hinged lid may be pivotably connected to the container proximate the connecting web. The lid will selectively cover either container body.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A method of fabricating a refuse container having dual side-by-side container bodies, comprising the steps of forming a unitary hollow container structure having a pair of container bodies each having an open end and a closed end and arranged in general alignment with one another wi

[ I claim:] [1.] A method of fabricating a refuse container having dual side-by-side container bodies, comprising the steps of forming a unitary hollow container structure having a pair of container bodies each having an open end and a closed end and arranged in general alignment with one another with the respective open ends facing one another and the respective closed ends disposed away from the other container body with a connecting web joining at least a portion of the respective open ends, moving the container bodies relative to one another while bending the connecting web therebetween to orient the container bodies in side-by-side relation with the respective open ends adjacent one another, and transversely affixing the container bodies together in the side-by-side relation.