Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Assembling or joining
Patent
1986-09-10
1987-11-24
Moon, Charlie T.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Assembling or joining
24339, 24346, 24 725, 24298, 248 742, 248 744, B23P 1102
Patent
active
047079061
ABSTRACT:
A tube holder for hospital tubing comprises an elongated strip with opposing upper and lower faces formed as a plurality of side-by-side, open-ended sleeve like receptacles of varying enclosed cross-sectional area. In one embodiment, the strip is a spring metal piece with a reverse bend forming upper and lower legs with undulating surfaces formed in at least one of the legs, but preferably both of the legs, so that oppositely facing undulations on the upper and lower legs cooperate to form the spaced apart receptacles. Each receptacle has an entrance opening formed by a portion of the upper face being spaced from the lower face by a minimum distance. The entrance opening to each receptacle has a smaller dimension than the maximum dimension of its corresponding receptacle. Each receptacle is movable, say by prying apart the upper and lower legs to increase the spacing at the entrance openings for allowing tubing to slip sideways into any one of the receptacles. A releasable fastener, such as a spring loaded clip, is secured to an end of the strip for holding the tube holder in a fixed position on a bed, sheets, bedclothes, instruments or the like. Hospital tubing of a standard size can be slipped into the larger sized receptacle for confining the tubing but for allowing the tubing to move freely lengthwise through the receptacle. The same tubing can be inserted in the smaller sized receptacle which clamps onto opposite sides of the tubing for securely holding the tubing in place.
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