Patent ID: 7753203

Claim:
A sharps handling device comprising: a cushion configured to receive one or more sharp or pointed objects therein; a holder defining a cavity, the cushion being positioned within the cavity, the holder comprising a support wall having a sharps contact surface and being positioned at a non-perpendicular angle with respect to a support surface to guide a sharp or other pointed object to the cushion within the cavity of the holder, wherein at least a portion of the sharps contact surface is adjacent to the cavity; and a base comprising a casing wall having an interior surface, wherein the interior surface of the casing wall defines at least a portion of a containment volume, wherein the holder is pivotally coupled with the base, allowing a user to selectively rotate the base relative to the holder between a stand configuration and a container configuration, and wherein when the base is positioned relative to the holder in a stand configuration, the base supports the holder in a raised orientation such that the support wall of the holder extends upwardly relative to the base and such that the sharps contact surface is configured to deflect one or more sharps or pointed objects downwardly toward the cavity of the holder, and wherein when the holder is configured to be coupled with the base in the container configuration, the holder substantially encloses the containment volume defined by the base and in which the holder is locked to the base so as to inhibit the holder from transitioning out of the container configuration once the base is secured in the container configuration relative to the base.