Patent ID: 7090092

Claim:
A laundry hamper device for removably receiving a plurality of clothes items, said device comprising: a container including a bottom wall and a peripheral wall being attached to and extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said peripheral wall having an upper edge defining an opening extending into said container; a plurality of guides being attached to an inner surface of said peripheral wall, each of said guides being vertically orientated; a panel being positioned in said container, said panel having a top side, a bottom side and a peripheral edge, said panel being mounted on said plurality of guides such that said panel may be selectively moved between said bottom wall and said upper edge; a lid being hingedly coupled to said upper edge for selectively closing or opening said container; at least one biasing member being mounted in said container for biasing said panel away from said bottom wall; wherein said panel moves downwardly as additional clothes are positioned on said panel and said panel moves upwardly as clothes are removed from said panel; wherein said peripheral wall has a generally rectangular horizontal cross sectional shape with a pair of side wall portions and a pair of end wall portions; and wherein each of said guides includes a pair of elongate members spaced from each other, each of said guides being positioned closely adjacent to one of said side wall portions and being spaced from each of said end wall portions, and said at least one biasing member including a plurality of biasing members, each of said biasing members being positioned between a pair of elongate members.