Tissue container and waste tissue receptacle
OwnerRobert L. Giovineinventor
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Abstract
A receptacle for the selective removal of tissue and the storage of soiled tissue comprising a container having a first opening and a second opening, said openings being disposed in opposite walls of the container, a movable partition positioned within said container, fresh clean tissues positioned between said movable partition and one of said openings and a waste receptacle positioned between said movable partition and said second opening, the waste receptacle positioned to expand to receive soiled tissues as fresh tissues are selectively removed from the first opening and thence deposited through the second opening into the waste receptacle.
Claims1
A receptacle for the selective removal of tissues and storage of soiled tissues comprising an enclosed container having opposing first and second surfaces with said opposing surfaces being secured together by a circumferential sidewall, said first opposing surface having an aperture therethrough;
- a movable partition disposed in said container, said movable partition substantially parallel to said first and second opposing surfaces;
- a plurality of unused tissues disposed between said movable partition and said first opposing surface, said tissues selectively removable through said aperture of said first surface;
- an expandable receptacle positioned between said movable partition and said second opposing surface, said expandable receptacle comprising a plastic envelope, said plastic envelope having a longitudinal aperture slit coincident with a longitudinal aperture positioned in said second opposing surface, said plastic envelope and said longitudinal aperture providing a deformable seal, for receipt of soiled tissues, said expandable plastic envelope, expanding to occupy the void left from the depletion of unused tissues, said soiled tissues being positioned within said expandable plastic bag receptacle, through said deformable seal, said soiled tissues thereby disposing said movable partition towards said first opposing surface for the further selective removal of unused tissues.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.