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US 2016/0113343 A1Published application
Sharps Protector
OwnerRosemary M. Politeinventor
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Abstract
A sharps protector is formed of a hard, pierce-resistant shell filled with a receptor material. One or two ends of the shell provide entry, and a center or end wall is a pierce-resistant barrier limiting pin push-through. The receptor material is set back at each entry end, thereby establishing a pre-entry pocket that prealigns the pin for accurate entry. Exterior surfaces of the protector are coded to indicate entry positions and barrier positions, using visual or tactile coding. Glow-in-the-dark or reflective material on the surface of the shell aids recovery of dropped protectors.
Claims20
A sharps protector comprising:
- a body portion defining a side periphery configured as a longitudinally elongated shell and with first and second opposite ends disposed transversely to the direction of elongation, wherein at least said first end of the body portion is open to receive, in use, an inserted pin;
- a fill material occupying said shell behind said first end for receiving and retaining, in use, a pin inserted through the first end;
- wherein at least at said first end, said shell is configured with a transverse flange partially closing the first end and retaining said fill material against extraction, in use, by withdrawal of an inserted pin from the first end.
A sharps protector comprising:
- a body portion defining a side periphery configured as a longitudinally elongated shell and with first and second opposite ends disposed transversely to the direction of elongation, wherein at least said first end of the body portion is open to receive, in use, an inserted pin;
- a fill material occupying said shell behind said first end for receiving and retaining, in use, a pin inserted through the first end;
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- a barrier wall at least partially contained within said shell at a preselected longitudinal position and oriented transversely to said direction of elongation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.