Special receptacle or package – For a tool – Body treatment
Patent
1999-10-07
2000-09-26
Gehman, Bryon P.
Special receptacle or package
For a tool
Body treatment
29240, 604110, B65D 8524, B65D 8310, B23P 1900, A61M 500
Patent
active
061231932
ABSTRACT:
A sharps cup for receiving and storing a plurality of needles against accidental dislodgement, includes a plastic cup defining a bottom, a top, a sidewall connecting the bottom and the top, and a vertically extending central post disposed within and horizontally spaced from the sidewall. A resilient disc is disposed within the cup and defines a plurality of slots and segments, the segments being intermediate the slots, and each segment having a free end spaced from the post. A plastic cover for the cup defines a plurality of needle-receiving passageways therethrough adjacent the post and communicating with spaces between the post and the segment free ends. Each segment free end is individually deflectable toward the bottom adjacent the post by insertion of a needle downwardly through one of the passageways and then into the space intermediate the post and the segment free end. The disc is of a harder material than the needle so that the segment resists withdrawal of the needle by biting into the needle as the segment free end attempts to return from its deflected orientation during withdrawal of the needle.
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Lape William H.
Vojtasek William J.
Arrow International Inc.
Gehman Bryon P.
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