Special receptacle or package – For a tool – Body treatment
Patent
1988-11-07
1991-09-10
Fidei, David T.
Special receptacle or package
For a tool
Body treatment
206365, 206370, 220908, 220346, 220348, B65D 8310
Patent
active
050466135
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention lies within the field of containers and its object more precisely is a box for the gathering of refuse and small dangerous and discardable objects such as, in particular, small instruments and hospital refuse.
Containers are known for the gathering of miscellaneous refuse such as for instance, used glassware, these containers having means for preventing the removal of the object once it has been placed therein; such containers are generally provided on their upper face with a swivel opening and on their bottom with a slide trap in order to be able to effect the emptying thereof.
From U.S. Pat. No. 3,240,373 a safety closure for bottles is known in which a slide trap is closed after an opening is locked; the edge of the opening is not provided with notches and the locking is not irreversible.
From U.S. Pat. No. 4,375,849 a box is also known which comprises over its lid a rotary part provided with an opening which is intended, by rotation of the cover, to come opposite a hole provided with projections in the lid; the projections of the hole act in the manner of a key to permit the unscrewing of the needle; no irreversible locking means for the lid are provided.
Finally, from U.S. Pat. No. 3,792,803 a bottle closure is known of the same type as in the first patent mentioned, in which the slide is urged into closed position by an elastic means; the edge of the opening has no notches and there are no means to assure the irreversible nature of the closure.
None of said devices is applied for the extraction of attached needles which can be withdrawn by pulling. Now the problems which the present invention is directed at solving are the following: First of all, it is a question of being able irreversibly to close the box when the latter is full of needles in order to bring it to an incinerator, for example; secondly, it is directed at providing the main component elements of this box, namely receptacle and lid, with a conformation which makes it possible for them to be transported and stored in a minimum amount of space.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
More precisely, the object of the present invention is to propose a gathering-box structure which can be used in hospitals, clinics, laboratories, pharmacies and, in general, anywhere that it is desired to conveniently discard, in reliable manner, small objects of refuse such as injection needles, blades, tampons, empty samples or ampules, etc.
In accordance with the present invention, a box for the gathering of dangerous products or small objects is characterized, in particular, by the fact that, being formed of an upper part, referred to as the lid, and of a lower part, referred to as the receptacle, the lid is provided on its upper face with a opening which can be covered over by a closure, and is of frusto-pyramidal or similar shape, which makes it possible to nest several lids one within the other, while the receptacle also is of a frusto-pyramidal shape, which makes it possible to nest several receptacles in each other, the lid and the receptacle being provided along their open edge with irreversible lock means which prevent their separation after they have been assembled.
The closure of the lid is preferably a slide closure formed of a slide and a pair of slideways, the slide being constantly urged into closed position above the opening by an elastic means.
One edge of the opening preferably has three rectangular and/or semi-circular notches intended for the disengagement of the injection needles or the removal of different sections; the lid advantageously comprises, on both sides of the slide, a pair of notches intended to be grasped by one's fingers.
The bottom of the receptacle is preferably curved inwards to form a recess which fits the upper part of the lid and thus confers a certain stability to a stack of boxes.
Preferably, finally, the essential component parts, namely the lid, the receptacle and the closure, are made of plastic material; said plastic material may suitably be a polypropylene.
The present
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Baudry Jean-Paul
Bourg Joelle
Centre Specialities Pharmaceuticals
Fidei David T.
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