Patent ID: 8998031
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: A61B,B65F

Abstract:
1. A container for disposing of waste, the container comprising: a receptacle; a first pivoting member functionally associated with the receptacle and having a first disposal surface, a hood merging with the first disposal surface, and a pair of opposing sides adjoining the hood with the first disposal surface; and a second pivoting member functionally associated with the receptacle and having a second disposal surface, wherein the second pivoting member is operatively coupled to 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 one of the first pivoting member and the second pivoting member includes a pair of opposing projections, and the other of the first pivoting member and the second pivoting member includes a pair of apertures, and wherein the opposing projections translate within the opposing apertures during the concurrent counter rotation, and wherein a portion of the second pivoting member extends into a space defined between the hood and the pair of opposing sides of the first pivoting member during at least a portion of the counter rotation and the hood is configured to be selectively latched to the receptacle in a closed position.