Receptacle assembly for storage and disposal of potentially injurious implements such as used scalpel blades, hypodermic needles and the like

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A receptacle assembly for safely storing potentially injurious implements such as hypodermic needles scalpel, blades and the like, includes a permanent receptacle member which permits the deposit therein of used implements to be discarded; a disposable receptacle member can be essentially fully contained within the permanent receptacle member for receiving and storing the used implements; the disposable receptacle member can be retained and substantially completely encased within the permanent receptacle member such that, used implements can be deposited and stored in the receptacle assembly for disposal by simply dropping them through the receiving means of the permanent receptacle member …