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A container for and medical implements comprises a plurality of wall panels to form an enclosure. The container includes a top closure hingedly joined along a top edge of a wall panel. The top closure includes a distal edge projecting into the hollow interior of the enclosure. The width of the top c

A container for and medical implements comprises a plurality of wall panels to form an enclosure. The container includes a top closure hingedly joined along a top edge of a wall panel. The top closure includes a distal edge projecting into the hollow interior of the enclosure. The width of the top closure is greater than the width of the corresponding enclosure opening to form a trough-like receiving chamber for initially receiving implements to be stored in. The implements can simply be released into the trough-like receiving chamber and thence cause to drop into the hollow interior by pushing down the top closure.

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A container for safely storing potentially injurious implements such as scalpel blades, hypodermic needles, etc., comprising a front wall panel, a back wall panel and a pair of side wall panels adjoining said front and back panels when assembled to form a box-like enclosure, a bottom wall member joi

A container for safely storing potentially injurious implements such as scalpel blades, hypodermic needles, etc., comprising a front wall panel, a back wall panel and a pair of side wall panels adjoining said front and back panels when assembled to form a box-like enclosure, a bottom wall member joined to one of said wall panels along a bottom edge thereof and residing substantially adjacent the remaining wall panels generally at their bottom edges to form a closed-bottom container having a generally hollow interior for receiving implements to be stored, and a single door-like top closure panel hingedly joined along one edge to a top edge of one of said wall panels, said top closure panel having its distal edge projecting into the hollow interior of said container to permit access into said container for implements to be stored therein, the width of said top closure panel between its hinged joinder to a wall panel and its distal edge being at least slightly greater than the corresponding depth between the wall panel to which said top closure panel is attached and its opposite wall panel, with said top closure panel extending angularly inwardly into the hollow interior of said container and its said distal edge residing substantially adjacent the wall panel opposite the wall panel to which said top panel is attached to form a trough-like receiving chamber for initially receiving implements to be stored in said container, said container also having a top tab member joined to a top edge portion of each of the two remaining wall panels, each said top tab member extending into said container and residing essentially adjacent a side edge of said top closure panel to help substantially close the top of said container adjacent said top closure panel and said container including means for resiliently biasing said top closure panel generally upwardly to urge its said distal edge against said opposite wall panel, such that when disposal of an implement is desired, the implement can simply be released into the trough-like receiving chamber and thence caused to drop into the hollow interior of said container by pushing down on said top closure panel whereafter the implement simply falls into the container by its own weight without requiring any further handling by a person after the implement is released into the trough-like chamber and the top closure panel is urged closed to reestablish said trough-like chamber for receiving another implement for disposal.