Patent ID: 8863951

Claim:
A system for the efficient distribution and storage of new and used sharps, the system comprising: a first container having at least one repositionable wall portion, said repositionable wall portion having a first position and a second position, wherein when the repositionable wall portion is in the first position, the first container defines an opening large enough to permit the removal of a quantity of sharps, said sharps selected from pen needles, hypodermic needles, and syringes with attached hypodermic needles, from the first container, further wherein when the repositionable wall portion is in the second position, said opening is closed; the first container also defining a first aperture which comprises an associated one-way mechanism for conveying a used sharp from the exterior of the first container to the interior of the first container, wherein said sharp is selected from pen needles, hypodermic needles, and syringes with attached hypodermic needles; the repositionable wall portion and the first container cooperatively defining a nonreversible locking mechanism for securing said repositionable wall to the first container when the repositionable wall is in the second position thereby forming a complete enclosure and thereby prohibiting any sharps from exiting the complete enclosure; and a second container, having a collapsed distribution configuration and an expanded storage configuration sized to hold and dispense the quantity of new sharps which may be contained within the first container, wherein the second container resides within the first container when the second container is in the collapsed distribution configuration and resides outside the first container when the second container is in the expanded storage configuration, wherein the quantity of unused sharps resides within the first container when the second container is in the collapsed distribution configuration and resides within the second container when the second container is in the expanded storage configuration.