and travel of the basket as described above is suitable for the invention many variations of the invention are possible in addition to this preferred embodiment which has been shown above additional variations includes a polytetrafluoroethylene sleeve 72 disposed around guide rail 24 as shown in fig7 also available for rolling the universal mechanism 48 and hanger 36 along the length of guide rail 24 is the wheel type roller shown in my u s pat no 4 111 506 said roller being disposed above the guide rail but having the wheel vertically aligned to ride along the very top of the guide rail nevertheless the embodiment shown in fig1 4 and 6 is preferred over such mechanisms because it allows easier movement of the carrier 38 along guide rail 24 by avoiding off axis forces which can inhibit movement of the carrier mechanism 38 in operation the invention allows the user to withdraw the actuating rod 32 only a small distance to extend the basket carrier 38 from the rear to the front of the housing thus a person sitting at a desk may move a wastebasket from a rearward position which is always out of the way to a position near the front of the desk by pulling actuating rod knob 34.