Patent ID: 8505769

Claim:
A lid for covering an interior of a medical waste receptacle base, said lid comprising: a cover sized and shaped for covering the interior of the medical waste receptacle base, the cover having an opening sized for passing medical waste therethrough; a chute extending below the cover opening for directing medical waste into the interior of the medical waste receptacle base; a closure sized for blocking the opening operatively connected to the cover for movement between an open position, in which the closure is at least partially out of alignment with the opening to allow medical waste to pass through the opening toward the interior of the medical waste receptacle base, and a closed position, in which the closure is aligned with the opening to block the opening to prevent medical waste from passing through the opening; and a skirt operatively connected to the closure, said skirt sweeping medical waste on the chute toward the waste receptacle base interior as the closure moves from the closed position to the open position, the skirt being separable from the chute as the closure moves from the open position to the closed position to pass over medical waste positioned on the chute.