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A STORAGE APPARATUS FOR STORING AT LEAST ONE MEDICAL SHARPS PRIMARILY CONSISTING OF AND ADVANTAGEOUSLY TROCARS, SYRINGES, SCALPELS, SURGICAL NEEDLES AND THE LIKE COMPRISES OF A CONTAINER (12) AND A LID (14) AND OPTIONALLY A HANDLE. THE CONTAINER (12) INCLUDES A TUBULAR BODY (16) OF LENGTH TO MARGINALLY LONGER THAN TROCARS AND WITH AN OPENING (18) AT ONE OF ITS TERMINAL ENDS AND OPTIONALLY A PLURALITY OF REINFORCEMENT RIBS (22) EXTENDING ON THE SURFACE OF THE TUBULAR BODY (16). THE LID (14) COMPRISES OF A CAP (24), A COVER (26) AND A PLURALITY OF FLEXIBLE RESTRAINING MEANS (28), AND WHEREIN ONE OF THE TERMINAL END PORTION OF THE SAID FLEXIBLE RESTRAINING MEANS (28) IS INTEGRALLY MOULDED TO THE CAP (24) WHILE THE OTHER TERMINAL END PORTIONS ARE FREE ENDS. THE FREE ENDS OF THE RESTRAINING MEANS (28) ARE TAPERED TO FORM A CONE SO AS TO PREVENT THE MEDICAL SHARPS INTRODUCED INTO THE CONTAINER FROM BEING REMOVED. WHEN THE STORAGE APPARATUS IS IN USE, THE CAP (24) IS SECURED ONTO THE OPENING (18) AND THE COVER (26) IS OPENED TO RECEIVE THE MEDICAL SHARPS FOR STORAGE AND WHEREIN ONCE ONE OR MORE MEDICAL SHARPS ARE STORED THEREIN, THE COVER (24) IS LOCKED CLOSED.
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