Patent ID: 6932399

Claim:
A waste receptacle comprising: a first thin wall and a second thin wall, said first wall having a first side and a second side, said first and second sides being of substantially equal length, said second wall having a first side and a second side, the said first side of said first wall being connected to the said first side of said second wall along a fold line, the said second side of said first wall being joined with the said second side of said second wall so that said first and second walls are connected along a junction line, said first wall having a flap joined to it at a third side along a score line, said score line having an arcurate shape; said receptacle being responsive to a first application of pressure at said fold line and at said junction line to cause a space to be created between said first wall and said second wall for receipt of waste products and to cause said flap to snap into a position at least partially blocking an external opening to said space; and said receptacle being responsive to subsequent application of pressure at said fold line and at said junction line to control the position of said flap in said opening.