Patent ID: 7014096

Claim:
A method for loading, unloading and storing laundry until its ready for laundering comprising: mounting a hamper to a wall in any desired location in a building, said hamper having a mounting surface for attachment to said wall and a front opening closed by independently movable upper and lower front doors, a lower end edge of said upper door overlapping an upper end edge of said lower door when said front opening is closed, said upper door slidably mounted to said hamper and said lower door pivotably and slidably mounted to said hamper; loading or unloading said laundry into or from said hamper by sliding said upper door upwardly to allow said lower door to pivot outwardly to an open horizontal position, sliding said lower door into said hamper in said horizontal position, sliding said upper door upwardly or downwardly to expose a desired portion of said front opening, and loading or unloading said laundry through said portion of said front opening.