Patent ID: 8191195

Claim:
An apparatus for scratching and disposing a scratch-off coating, the scratch-off coating concealing information on a paper, the apparatus comprising: a panel comprising a base and a plurality of walls, the plurality of walls configured along a periphery of the base to form an enclosed area therebetween for accommodating the paper; wherein said panel further comprises a plurality of feet disposed on an underside of the panel, one or more scratch tools for scratching the scratch-off coating from the paper accommodated within the enclosed area of the panel, the one or more scratch tools capable of being contained within the panel, wherein scratching the scratch-off coating forms debris; a brush for sweeping the debris formed by scratching the scratch-off coating from the paper, the brush capable of being stored when not in use in a slot of a wall of the panel; and a debris unit coupled to a first wall of the plurality of walls of the panel for receiving and containing the debris formed by scratching the scratch-off coating wherein the debris unit comprises a housing and a door, the housing capable of receiving and containing the debris, the door coupled to the housing, and a movable portion of the door capable of being moved between an open position and a closed position, wherein the door comprises a curved door formed from a fixed arcuate portion that extends upwardly from a wall of the plurality of walls of the panel and from a movable arcuate portion that is disposed above the fixed arcuate portion and that may move away from the wall of the plurality of walls from which the fixed arcuate portion extends upwardly toward the base of the panel to selectively close the debris unit, and wherein the fixed arcuate portion and movable arcuate portion comprise engagement features for at least temporarily securing the door in a closed position.