Patent ID: 9585719
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A61B,B65F

Claim:
1. A container for disposing of waste, the container comprising: a receptacle; a first pivoting member having a first disposal surface and a first pair of opposing sides extending from and stationary with respect to the first disposal surface; and a second pivoting member having a second disposal surface and a second pair of opposing sides extending from and stationary with respect to the second disposal surface, wherein the second pair of opposing sides of the second pivoting member are operatively coupled to the first pair of opposing sides of the first pivoting member such that waste deposited on either the first disposal surface or the second disposal surface causes concurrent counter rotation of both the first pivoting member and the second pivoting member to dispose of the waste into the receptacle, wherein the first pivoting member includes a pair of opposing projections secured in a stationary position to the first pair of opposing sides, and the second pivoting member includes a pair of opposing apertures formed in a stationary position in the second pair of opposing sides, and wherein the opposing projections translate within the opposing apertures during the concurrent counter rotation.