Laundry area organizer disposed between a clothes washer and dryer

A laundry area organizer for use with a clothes washer and dryer, each of the clothes washer and dryer having a top surface and side walls, the laundry area organizer configured to be located between the clothes washer and dryer, the laundry area organizer comprising:

• a bin comprising a front, a back, a bottom, and first and second side walls, the first side wall of the bin being juxtaposed to and abutted with a side wall of one of the clothes washer and dryer and the second side wall of the bin being juxtaposed to and abutted with a side wall of the other of the clothes washer and dryer so that the bin is disposed between and laterally supported by the clothes washer and dryer, the front, back, and first and second side walls of the bin defining an interior chamber, the back of the bin comprising an upper back portion and a lower back portion integral with the upper back portion, the lower back portion being offset inwardly from a junction of the upper back portion with the lower back portion to a junction of the lower back portion with the bottom of the bin;
• a cover for the bin, the cover having a top surface, the cover being manipulable to an open position for providing access to the interior of the bin and, alternatively, to a closed position for precluding access to the interior of the bin;
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• a plurality of legs for the bin for vertically supporting the bin so that the top surface of the cover is at about the same height as the top surfaces of the clothes washer and dryer so that the top surfaces of the cover and the clothes washer and dryer lie approximately in a plane, a first leg being selectively attached to the bin so that a front surface of the first leg is approximately flush with the front of the bin a second leg being selectively attached to the bin so that the back surface of the second leg is offset toward the first leg due to the inward offset of the lower portion of the lower back portion of the back of the bin to accommodate connection of the clothes washer and dryer to utilities behind the bin.

A laundry area organizer for use with a clothes washer and dryer, each of the clothes washer and dryer having a top surface and side walls, the laundry area organizer configured to be located between the clothes washer and dryer, the laundry area organizer comprising:

• a bin comprising a front, a back, a bottom, first and second side walls, and an open top, the first side wall of the bin being juxtaposed to and abutted with a side wall of one of the clothes washer and dryer and the second side wall of the bin being juxtaposed to and abutted with a side wall of the other of the clothes washer and dryer so that the bin is disposed between and laterally supported by the clothes washer and dryer, the front, back, and first and second side walls of the bin defining an interior chamber;
• a cover for the bin open top, the cover having a top surface, the cover being manipulable to an open position for providing access to the interior of the bin and, alternatively, to a closed position for precluding access to the interior of the bin;
• a plurality of legs for the bin for vertically supporting the bin so that the top surface of the cover is at about the same height as the top surfaces of the clothes washer and dryer so that the top surfaces of the cover and the clothes washer and dryer lie approximately in a plane when the cover is in the closed position;
• the height of the laundry area organizer being substantially greater than the width of the laundry area organizer for convenient location of the laundry area organizer between the clothes washer and dryer to allow the clothes washer and dryer to remain in close proximity so that the transfer of clothes from the washer to the dryer is not substantially impeded, the laundry area organizer having a high center of gravity when the laundry area organizer is filled with laundering agents, the laundry area organizer relying on abutting contact of the first and second side walls of the bin with the juxtaposed side walls of the clothes washer and dryer for lateral support to overcome the instability created by the high center of gravity and high ratio of height to width, one of the legs being provided with an opening;
• a refuse container disposed in the opening in the one leg, the refuse container being manipulable between a closed position and an open position, the refuse container comprising first and second sides, a back, and a bottom;
• a holding means selectively mounted in the interior of the refuse container for holding sheet material;
• and wherein the front of the refuse container comprises a vertical slot through which the sheet material extends when the sheet material is retained by the holding means.