Method of Forming a Medical Waste Disposal System
AssigneeTyco Healthcare Group LP
InventorRobert Joseph Panek
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Abstract
A carrier is configured to hold a container having a door mounted for reciprocation between opened and closed positions. The carrier includes a body adapted to receive the container as well as an extension coupled for reciprocal movement with respect to the body. The extension is adapted for engagement with the door of the container, and the reciprocal movement of the extension is adapted to reciprocate the door of the container between the opened and closed position. A container system including a container and the carrier is also provided.
Claims15
A method of making a carrier configured to hold a medical waste container, said method comprising:
- rotationally molding a body portion of the carrier sized to accommodate the container and having a substantially hollow wall portion;
- rotationally molding a hood portion of the carrier sized to extend over at least a portion of the container when the container is accommodated in the carrier and to have a substantially hollow portion;
- attaching the hood portion to the body portion for pivotal movement with respect to the body portion, and
- extending a flexible member through the substantially hollow portion of the hood portion and the body portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.