Patent ID: 6955274

Claim:
A laundry hamper comprising: a base frame for application to a support surface, said base frame including a front section and a back section each having feet and opposite ends; a pair of legs for each of said sections, said legs being applicable to the respective front and back sections to extend upwardly therefrom and being detachable from said sections; a top bar unit for each of said sections applicable to the legs of the respective front and back sections and detachable from said legs; a pair of springs arranged to detachably extend between the opposite ends of said front section and said back sections on opposite sides of the hamper, said springs having normal positions extending between said opposite ends in a generally straight condition to hold said bar units adjacent to one another in a closed position of the hamper and said springs flexing to bowed shapes to pull bar units away from one another in an open position of the hamper when one of said sections is depressed.