Sharps disposal

A sharps disposal unit including:

• a cover having front, back, side walls, a top surface, and a drop slot in the top surface through which sharps can be dropped;
• said cover including a heated container;
• said container being filled with a liquid sealant which solidifies upon cooling;
• and
• a disposable container positioned beneath the cover;
• the disposable container having side walls, a bottom, a top, and a door formed in the top;
• the door being positioned beneath the cover drop slot and being opened when the container and cover are assembled together.

A sharps disposal unit including:

• a cover having front, back, side walls, a top surface, and a drop slot in the top surface through which sharps can be dropped;
• and
• a disposable container positioned beneath the cover;
• the disposable container having side walls, a bottom, a top, and a door formed in the top;
• the door being positioned beneath the cover drop slot and being opened when the container and cover are assembled together;
• said container door comprising a flap which flexes inwardly;
• said flap being defined by a slit in said container top surface;
• said container including a retainer to hold said flap closed;
• said container including at least one opening in said flap and at least one opening in said container top surface;
• said openings being on opposite sides of said slit and adjacent each other;
• said retainer comprising a member having ends which extend up through said holes, said ends of said retainer member cooperating with each other to hold said container flap closed;
• said member traversing said slit along a bottom of said container top surface.

A sharps disposal unit including:

• a cover having front, back, side walls, a top surface, a drop slot in the top surface through which sharps can be dropped, a baffle which slopes downwardly from an edge of said drop slot, and a member which depends from an inner surface of said cover top surface;
• and
• a disposable container positioned beneath the cover;
• the disposable container having side walls, a bottom, a top, and a door formed in the top;
• the door being positioned beneath the cover drop slot and being movable between an upper closed position and a lowered open position;
• said cover member engaging said container door when said cover is placed on said container to open said door;
• said container door defining a container baffle beneath said cover baffle which slopes downwardly into said container;
• said container baffle being beneath said cover baffle and sloping in an opposite direction of said cover baffle.

A sharps disposal unit including:

• a cover having front, back, side walls, a top surface, a drop slot in the top surface through which sharps can be dropped, a baffle which slopes downwardly from an edge of said drop slot, and a well defining a chamber;
• said chamber being heated;
• said chamber being at least partially filled with a liquid sealant which solidifies upon cooling;
• and
• a disposable container positioned beneath the cover;
• the disposable container having side walls, a bottom, a top, and a door formed in the top;
• the door being positioned beneath the cover drop slot and being movable along a hinge line between an upper closed position and a lowered open position;
• said side walls being accordioned;
• said disposable container being movable between a compressed state and an expanded state.

A sharps disposal unit including:

• a cover having front, back, side walls, a top surface, a drop slot in the top surface through which sharps can be dropped, a baffle which slopes downwardly from an edge of said drop slot;
• a disposable container positioned beneath the cover which receives sharps dropped through said drop slot of said cover;
• said disposable container being removable from said cover;
• and
• a bracket including a pair of upper arms and a pair of lower arms;
• said cover including a surface over which said bracket upper arms slide;
• said container including a surface under which said bracket lower arms slide;
• said upper and lower arms being spaced apart a distance approximately equal to the distance between said cover surface and said container surface;
• said bracket holding said cover and container together.