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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Autry O DeBusk, Powell, TN (US);
Assignee:
DeRoyal Industries, Inc., Powell, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53467 ; 53468 ; 53474 ; 53492 ; 206520 ; 220254 ; 220355 ; 220404 ; 220908 ; 414403 ; 414411 ; 414786 ; 588205 ; 588261 ;
Abstract
A system for the delivery, storage and disposal of medical supplies including a lidded receptacle for receiving the supplies and facilitating their delivery to a use site, such lidded container subsequently being employed in the collection and ultimate disposal of waste medical supplies. The preferred receptacle includes lid means that serves to temporarily close the receptacle when unused medical supplies are held within the receptacle, and that serves the further subsequent function of lockingly closing and sealing the receptacle when waste medical supplies are contained in the receptacle.