Special receptacle or package – For a tool – Body treatment
Patent
1992-07-28
1993-04-13
Gehman, Bryon P.
Special receptacle or package
For a tool
Body treatment
220351, 220379, 220908, 232 431, 232 44, B65D 8302
Patent
active
052014185
ABSTRACT:
A system for safely and conveniently disposing of contaminated hypodermic needles comprises a disposal container for accumulating contaminated hypodermic needles which had been disposed therein after having been initially collected within a tray containing a supply of needle-retaining material. The needle-retaining material is a soft material, similar to art gum eraser material, which is soft enough for a needle to penetrate yet sticky enough to retain the needle when the needle is released from the syringe. The tray comprises a base, a pair of side walls, a handle extending from one side wall for easy transport of the tray, and the supply of needle-retaining material. The needle-retaining material in the tray may be presented in two different forms, either as a contiguous supply of strips in the tray or as individual small cup-like depressions each containing a small amount. For a contiguous supply, the needle-retaining material may be formed of adjoining strips so that a strip may be removed when sufficiently filled with needles. Individual cup-like depressions should have tapered walls so that each cup of material may be easily removed. The cups may be either conical or pyramidal in configuration. The disposal container is adapted to be fitted with a slide-on funnel member having a pair of spring-biased doors openable downwardly into the disposal container. Preferably, the spring-biased doors are openable with the weight of a needle component placed thereon. A slide-on top cover is adapted to be held in temporary position on the bottom of the disposal container until needed to replace the funnel member to close the container for disposal.
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Gehman Bryon P.
Massa Robert E.
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