# US 2017/0361014 A1 · Hook attachment for mobile stand for use with intravenous delivery of medications > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0361014 A1 - Document ID: US20170361014A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/628,577 - Filed: 2017-06-20 - Published: 2017-12-21 - Earliest claimed: 2016-06-21 - Assignees: Pedigo Products, Inc. - Applicants: Pedigo Products, Inc. - Inventors: Randal W. Koehler; Daniel C. Graves - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170361014A1 ## CPC - A61M 5/1413: {Modular systems comprising interconnecting elements} - A61M 5/1415: {Stands, brackets or the like for supporting infusion accessories} - A61M 5/1417: {Holders or handles for hanging up infusion containers} - F16M 11/04: Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand - F16M 11/043: {Allowing translations} - F16M 11/42: with arrangement for propelling the support {stands on wheels} - F16M 13/00: Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles (heads thereof F16M11/02 {; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20} ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 {; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22}); Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles {(supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025)} - A61G 12/008: {mounted on a mobile base, e.g. on a trolley} - A61G 2203/00: General characteristics of devices - A61M 5/14: Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor - A61M 5/1414: {Hanging-up devices} - A61M 2209/084: Supporting bases, stands for equipment - B62B 5/06: Hand moving equipment, e.g. handle bars (for cycles B62K11/14, B62K21/12) - B62B 5/061: {both ends or periphery of cart fitted with handles} - B62B 5/062: {elastically mounted, e.g. for wheelbarrows} - B62B 5/063: {for low-lift hand trucks} - B62B 5/064: {adaptable for different users, e.g. by means of pivoting elements} - B62B 5/065: {by means of telescopic elements} - B62B 5/066: {Handle bars rotatable about their longitudinal axis} - B62B 5/067: {Stowable or retractable handle bars} - B62B 5/068: {Connections to the body for moving the cart, e.g. harnesses} - B62B 5/069: {Removable sleeves on handle bars, e.g. for protection against germs} - B62B 9/20: Handle bars; Handles - F16M 11/00: Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon {; Stands for scientific apparatus such as gravitational force meters} (without heads F16M13/00; easels or stands for blackboards or the like A47B97/04; show-stands A47F7/00; for workmen E04G1/32; {sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22;} supporting or suspending for lighting devices F21V21/00) - F16M 11/16: Details concerning attachment of head-supporting legs, with or without actuation of locking members thereof - F16M 2200/02: Locking means - F16M 2200/08: Foot or support base - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) - B62B: HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES (characterised by animal propulsion B62C; propulsion of sledges by driver or engine B62M) ## Abstract A hook attachment for an IV stand. The attachment has hooks attached to at least one longitudinally extending portion. The hooks are configured to position bags such that their labels are each visible from the same side of the hook attachment. The hooks may include first and second hooks coupled to first and second longitudinally extending portions, respectively. The first and second hooks are configured to have first and second bags, respectively, hung therefrom. The first and second longitudinally extending portions are sufficiently spaced apart vertically to allow the labels of the first and second bags to be visible. The hooks may include front and rear hooks connected to a longitudinally extending body portion. The front and rear hooks have first and second portions, respectively, whereat front and rear bags, respectively, are positioned when hung therefrom. The first portions are below the second portions. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hook attachment for an IV stand, the hook attachment comprising: a bag receiving side; first and second longitudinally extending portions; a plurality of first hooks coupled to the first longitudinally extending portion, the plurality of first hooks being configured to have first bags with first labels hung therefrom along the bag receiving side; and a plurality of second hooks coupled to the second longitudinally extending portion, the plurality of second hooks being configured to have second bags with second labels hung therefrom along the bag receiving side, the first bags being positioned partially in front of the second bags, the first and second longitudinally extending portions being sufficiently spaced apart vertically to allow both the first and second labels to be visible when the first and second bags are hung from the plurality of first and second hooks, respectively. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hook attachment of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of first hooks is spaced apart longitudinally from each of the plurality of second hooks. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The hook attachment of claim 1, wherein the plurality of first hooks are coupled to a first upper edge of the first longitudinally extending portion and extend upwardly therefrom, and the plurality of second hooks are coupled to a second upper edge of the second longitudinally extending portion and extend upwardly therefrom. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The hook attachment of claim 3, wherein each of the plurality of first hooks and each of the plurality of second hooks is substantially C-shaped. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The hook attachment of claim 3, wherein each of the plurality of first hooks has a hook portion that extends away from the bag receiving side and has a substantially horizontal lower edge, and each of the plurality of second hooks has a hook portion that extends away from the bag receiving side and has a substantially horizontal lower edge. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The hook attachment of claim 1, wherein the first and second longitudinally extending portions each have a central portion flanked by first and second free ends, and the first and second longitudinally extending portions each curve inwardly and downwardly from the central portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The hook attachment of claim 1, wherein the first and second longitudinally extending portions are spaced apart vertically by at least 9 inches. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The hook attachment of claim 1, wherein the first and second longitudinally extending portions are sufficiently spaced apart vertically to allow both the first and second labels to be visible when viewed from a first direction, and the first longitudinally extending portion positions the first hooks in front of the second hooks along a second direction, the second direction being opposite the first direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The hook attachment of claim 1, wherein the first and second longitudinally extending portions are sufficiently spaced apart vertically to allow both the first and second labels to be visible when viewed from a first direction, and the first longitudinally extending portion positions the first hooks in front of the second hooks along a second direction, the second direction being opposite the first direction. ### Claim 10 A hook attachment for an IV stand, the hook attachment comprising: a body portion configured to be connected to the IV stand; at least one front hook connected to the body portion, each of the at least one front hook being configured to have hung therefrom a front bag with a front label, each of the at least one front hook having a first portion whereat the front bag is positioned when hung from the at least one front hook; and at least one rear hook connected to the body portion, each of the at least one rear hook being configured to have hung therefrom a rear bag with a rear label, each of the at least one rear hook having a second portion whereat the rear bag is positioned when hung from the at least one rear hook, the first portion of the at least one front hook being positioned below the second portion of the at least one rear hook such that the front label of the front bag hung from each of the at least one front hook hangs lower than the rear label of the rear bag hung from each of the at least one rear hook. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The hook attachment of claim 10, wherein the at least one front hook is longer than the at least one rear hook. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The hook attachment of claim 10, wherein the at least one front hook faces a first direction, and the at least one rear hook faces a second direction opposite the first direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The hook attachment of claim 10, wherein the first portion is positioned below the second portion by a predetermined vertical distance of about 3 inches to about 4.5 inches. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The hook attachment of claim 10, wherein the first portion is positioned in front of the second portion by a predetermined lateral distance. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The hook attachment of claim 14, wherein the predetermined lateral distance is within a range of about 3 inches to about 4.5 inches. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The hook attachment of claim 10, wherein the at least one front hook spaced apart longitudinally from the at least one rear hook by a predetermined longitudinal distance. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The hook attachment of claim 16, wherein the predetermined longitudinal distance is within a range of about 2.25 inches to about 2.75 inches. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The hook attachment of claim 10, the first portion is positioned below the second portion by a predetermined vertical distance, the first portion is positioned in front of the second portion by a predetermined lateral distance, and the first portion is spaced apart from the second portion by a predetermined longitudinal distance. ### Claim 19 A hook attachment for an IV stand having a front side, the hook attachment comprising: a body portion extending along a longitudinal dimension and configured to be connected to the IV stand; a plurality of front hooks each connected to the body portion at a different longitudinal position, the plurality of front hooks being configured to have hung therefrom a plurality of front bags, a different one of the plurality of front bags being hung from each of the plurality of front hooks; and a plurality of rear hooks each connected to the body portion at a different longitudinal position, each of the plurality of rear hooks being spaced apart longitudinally from each of the plurality of front hooks, the plurality of rear hooks being configured to have hung therefrom a plurality of rear bags, a different one of the plurality of rear bags being hung from each of the plurality of rear hooks, each of the plurality of rear bags having a rear label, the rear label of each of the plurality of rear bags being viewable in between adjacent ones of the plurality of front hooks from the front side. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The hook attachment of claim 19, wherein the plurality of front hooks are offset vertically from the plurality of rear hooks. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The hook attachment of claim 19, wherein the plurality of front hooks are offset laterally from the plurality of rear hooks. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The hook attachment of claim 19, wherein each of the plurality of front hooks has a first bent portion whereat one of the plurality of front bags is positioned when hung from the front hook, each of the plurality of rear hooks has a second bent portion whereat one of the plurality of rear bags is positioned when hung from the rear hook, the first bent portion is offset vertically from the second bent portion by a predetermined vertical distance, and the first bent portion is offset laterally from the second bent portion by a predetermined lateral distance.