30 as best seen in fig4 for ease of handling the laundry basket the side portion 32 may have one of more handles 40 formed in or added to the side portion 32 the end portion 28 in addition may have a handle 42 as best seen in fig4 formed in or added to the end portion 28 the chute 24 may have an edge portion 44 as best seen in fig2 which extends away from the chute 24 within the edge portion 44 or added to it may be another handle 46 fig5 is a cross sectional view of fig3 in the direction of arrows 5 5 it can be seen that the side portion 32 has a circular cross section which encloses the space 26 except for slit 30 in the side portion 32 the side portion 32 may alternatively have an oval cross section such as side portion 32 a in fig6 or a rectangular cross section such as side portion 32 b in fig7 the laundry basket 20 may be conveniently made by injection molding but other manufacturing processes may be used as well the laundry basket 20 may be made from any suitable material such as a plastic or polymeric material in use the user may open the door of the washing machine or dryer and place the edge portion 44 of the chute 24 on the edge of or in the washing machine or dryer the user may then tilt the end portion 28 up using anyone of the handles 40 or 42 and place a hand within the slit 30 and slide.