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A pencil box includes a tray for holding pencils, a lid pivotally attached to the tray, at least one pencil sharpener mounted in the lid, and a receptacle for pencil shavings mounted on the lid and having a normally closed door thereon openable to an exposed exterior surface of the lid when the lid

A pencil box includes a tray for holding pencils, a lid pivotally attached to the tray, at least one pencil sharpener mounted in the lid, and a receptacle for pencil shavings mounted on the lid and having a normally closed door thereon openable to an exposed exterior surface of the lid when the lid is closed on the tray. The pencil box allows a method of sharpening pencils which includes the following steps: providing a pencil box having a lid and a pencil sharpener integrally mounted therein with a door for dumping shavings opening to the exterior of the box, inserting a pencil into the sharpener, sharpening the pencil so as to generate shavings, and opening the door when necessary to discard the shavings without opening the box.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A container for sharpenable utensils comprising:a bottom shell having a top opening;a lid mounted to the bottom shell so as to selectively cover the top opening, the lid having an exterior surface which is exposed when the lid is closed, more than one access hole through

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A container for sharpenable utensils comprising:a bottom shell having a top opening;a lid mounted to the bottom shell so as to selectively cover the top opening, the lid having an exterior surface which is exposed when the lid is closed, more than one access hole through the exterior surface of the lid being adapted to receive sharpenable utensils, whereby at least two of the access holes are of different sizes to receive sharpenable utensils of different sizes;more than one sharpener mounted on the lid and in communication with the access holes so as to receive sharpenable utensils for sharpening, the sharpeners being adapted to remove shavings from the sharpenable utensils, whereby at least two of the sharpeners are of different sizes to fit sharpenable utensils of different sizes; anda shavings container disposed within the lid and in communication with the access holes so as to receive the shavings, the shavings container having a door accessible from the exterior surface of the lid for emptying the shavings from the shavings container.