Hygienic Laundry Basket

Abstract

A sanitary laundry basket that prevents cross-contamination between dirty laundry and clean laundry by having a flexible partition shaped like half of the interior of the laundry basket, attached to the midpoint of the interior of the laundry basket, where the flexible partition can be “flipped” inside out to cover the other half of the interior of the laundry basket, so that the clean laundry never touches the same surface as the dirty laundry.

1 . A laundry basket, comprising:
 a basket body, comprising an interior, the interior being symmetrical around a plane of symmetry passing through the middle of the basket body, the interior comprising a first half, located to the left of the plane of symmetry, and a second half, located to the right of the plane of symmetry;   a flexible partition attached to the interior of the basket body approximately at the plane of symmetry by at least one mount, the flexible partition being shaped in such a way as to cover the first half of the interior of the basket body without appreciably reducing the volume of the interior of the basket body;   wherein the flexible partition can be flipped while still attached to the at least one mount in such a way as to cover the second half of the interior of the basket body without appreciably reducing the volume of the interior of the basket body.   
     
     
         2 . The laundry basket of  claim 1 , wherein the flexible partition is made of one of the following: silicone, natural rubber latex, synthetic rubber. 
     
     
         3 . The laundry basket of  claim 1 , wherein the flexible partition is anchored to the interior of the basket body by at least one fastener at a location distinct from the at least one mount. 
     
     
         4 . The laundry basket of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the basket body and the flexible partition comprise a germicidal material. 
     
     
         5 . The laundry basket of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the basket body and the flexible partition comprise an odor-resistant material. 
     
     
         6 . The laundry basket of  claim 1 , wherein the laundry basket body comprises a rectangular bottom side and four lateral sides, comprising a mount attached to the bottom side and one mount attached to each of two lateral sides. 
     
     
         7 . The laundry basket of  claim 1 , wherein the laundry basket body comprises a round bottom side and a circular lateral side, comprising a mount attached to the bottom side and two mounts attached to the circular lateral side. 
     
     
         8 . The laundry basket of  claim 1 , wherein the laundry basket body comprises an oval bottom side and an oval lateral side, comprising a mount attached to the bottom side and two mounts attached to the oval lateral side. 
     
     
         9 . The laundry basket of  claim 1 , wherein the mount is such as to allow the flexible partition to rotate with respect to the interior of the basket body. 
     
     
         10 . The laundry basket of  claim 1 , wherein the mount is adhesive. 
     
     
         11 . The laundry basket of  claim 1 , wherein the first half of the interior is a different color from the second half of the interior. 
     
     
         12 . The laundry basket of  claim 1 , wherein the flexible partition comprises a first side and a second side, wherein the first side is a different color from the second side. 
     
     
         13 . The laundry basket of  claim 1 , wherein the flexible partition comprises at least one handle. 
     
     
         14 . The laundry basket of  claim 1 , wherein the flexible partition comprises at least one hole. 
     
     
         15 . The laundry basket of  claim 1 , wherein the basket body is collapsible.