Combination Dispenser and Receptacle

Abstract

A wall-mounted receptacle with a sliding bottom allows removal of discarded articles without any need to manually contact the discarded articles or the interior surface or liner of the receptacle. A dispenser for plastic bags in which items to be discarded can be sealed or other single use items to be dispensed is also provided as part of the receptacle, preferably as an extended front portion. Items to be dispensed are protected from contact with contents of the receptacle by dispenser boxes and that protection can be enhanced by further sealing the volume containing the dispenser boxes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows: 
     
         1 . A receptacle for disposal of discarded articles, said receptacle comprising
 a generally rectangular container comprising a back plate and portion having a top opening and including an edge portion shaped for engaging said back plate,   a slidable bottom plate for closing a bottom portion of said generally rectangular container and being opened to allow contents of said receptacle to be emptied by gravity, and   a top cover that effectively fills said top opening in said generally rectangular container and can be opened by a weight of a discarded article.   
     
     
         2 . The receptacle as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said bottom plate is slidable for opening and closing said bottom of said receptacle. 
     
     
         3 . The receptacle as recited in  claim 2 , wherein said bottom plate is slidable on an inwardly turned flange at sides of said generally rectangular container. 
     
     
         4 . The receptacle as recited in  claim 2 , wherein said bottom plate includes at least one of a handle and a detent for retaining said bottom plate in a closed position. 
     
     
         5 . The receptacle as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said top cover is attached to said generally rectangular container by a pivot. 
     
     
         6 . The receptacle as recited in  claim 5 , wherein said pivot is formed by a flat tab extending into a rectangular aperture. 
     
     
         7 . The receptacle as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said backplate has raised lateral edges and said generally rectangular container includes flanges which engage said raised edges of said backplate. 
     
     
         8 . The receptacle as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said backplate includes an angled deflector at a bottom edge thereof. 
     
     
         9 . A combined dispenser and receptacle for disposal of articles, said receptacle comprising
 a generally rectangular container including a back plate and a portion having a top opening and including an edge portion shaped for engaging said back plate and having an extended front portion for receiving a dispenser box containing articles to be dispensed and an opening through which said articles are to be dispensed which holds said articles in said dispenser box until dispensed,   a bottom plate for closing a bottom portion of said generally rectangular container and being opened to allow contents of said receptacle to be emptied by gravity, and   a top cover that effectively fills said top opening in said generally rectangular container and can be opened by a weight of a discarded article.   
     
     
         10 . The combined dispenser and receptacle as recited in  claim 9 , wherein said bottom plate is slidable for opening and closing said bottom of said receptacle. 
     
     
         11 . The combined dispenser and receptacle as recited in  claim 10 , wherein said bottom plate is slidable on an inwardly turned flange at sides of said generally rectangular container. 
     
     
         12 . The combined dispenser and receptacle as recited in  claim 10 , wherein said bottom plate includes at least one of a handle and a detent for retaining said bottom plate in a closed position. 
     
     
         13 . The combined dispenser and receptacle as recited in  claim 9 , wherein said top cover is attached to said generally rectangular container by a pivot comprising a flat tab extending into a rectangular aperture. 
     
     
         14 . The combined dispenser and receptacle as recited in  claim 9 , wherein said backplate has raised lateral edges and said generally rectangular container includes flanges which engage said raised edges of said backplate. 
     
     
         15 . The combined dispenser and receptacle as recited in  claim 9 , wherein said backplate includes an angled deflector at a bottom edge thereof. 
     
     
         16 . The combined dispenser and receptacle as recited in  claim 9 , wherein said extended front portion has a shaped opening in at least one of a bottom and front surface. 
     
     
         17 . The combined dispenser and receptacle as recited in  claim 16 , wherein said shaped opening is crescent shaped. 
     
     
         18 . The combined dispenser and receptacle as recited in  claim 16 , wherein said extended front portion is dimensioned to receive a dispenser box having an opening corresponding to said opening in said bottom or front of said extended portion. 
     
     
         19 . The combined dispenser and receptacle as recited in  claim 9 , further including a sheet of material or a hinged door separating said extended front portion from a remainder of said combined dispenser and receptacle.