The 1935 Dempster-Dumpster, the first dumpster - photos and patent

[Jon]

Nowadays for new patents, they use a software that renders digit designs and makes it look vintage like that, which is not quite as impressive.

Lame! I had no idea. I love those old patent drawings. The cross-hatch shading, the fancy lawyer signatures. There is a lot of drama and bureaucratic annoyance in the patent process, but it's also the backbone of technological advancement in a society. Dempster was homeless in The Great Depression, and grew wealthy by virtue of the value he provided to society with his inventions. Literally - he was a hobo.

All good people love COE trucks!

[skibo]

That's a cool old bucket truck ("Dempster Dumpster") must of been the start of what is called a Lugger Truck today! I remember seeing my first Lugger truck when I worked at Weyerhaeuser Pulp mill in 1968, I drove them a lot of years up until I retired!