Patent ID: 8573473
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A receptacle for receiving and securing an object, comprising: a housing including a housing cover having an input opening; a hopper rotatably coupled to the housing, the hopper disposed within the housing cover, the hopper having a bottom for supporting an object placed into the hopper, the bottom having a front edge and a rear edge, the front edge being adjacent the input opening in the housing cover and the rear edge being distal to the front edge, the hopper rotatable between a fully open position in which the bottom is accessible through the input opening to place an object through the input opening onto the bottom, and a fully closed position in which the input opening is at least substantially blocked by the hopper; a flap rotatably coupled to the hopper to rotate relative thereto, the flap rotatable between an up position when the hopper is in the fully open position in which the flap forms a back wall adjacent the rear edge of the bottom and extending upward above the rear edge, and a down position when the hopper is in the fully closed position in which the flap allows an object to slide off the bottom and out of the hopper.