US 2024/0162658 A1 · Cord Restraint for Electrical Cords and Medical Tubing Restraint for Medical Tubing

Abstract

A device and method for holding an electrical cord or medical tubing, such as a cellular phone charging cord or intravenous tube, so that the electrical cord or medical tubing is easily restrained, located and retrieved. The device may be constructed of a flexible body that may be in any desirable shape. The body is provided with a slit that extends some distance, and in some embodiments, approximately halfway through the body. An electrical cord or medical tubing can be inserted through the slit. At the center of the body, the slit is enlarged to form a channel for receiving the electric cord or medical tubing. With the electric cord or medical tubing secured within the channel in the body, the electric cord or medical tubing is easily located and less likely to fall off a surface where the electric cord or medical tubing is placed.

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Dependent claims

A medical tubing restraint for medical tubing having a diameter, the medical tubing restraint comprising:

a flexible foam body having a diameter, wherein the flexible foam body forms a channel having a diameter that is substantially uniform in diameter and that is adapted for circumferentially receiving the medical tubing, the channel formed through the flexible foam body;
and
wherein the flexible foam body has a longest dimension and the channel is co-extensive with the longest dimension of the flexible foam body;
wherein the flexible foam body circumferentially engages the medical tubing in the channel via surface friction;
and
wherein the ratio of the diameter of the medical tubing restraint to the diameter of the flexible foam body is substantially greater than the diameter of the medical tubing.

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A medical tubing restraint for medical tubing having a diameter, the medical tubing restraint comprising:

a flexible foam body having a diameter and forming a channel having a diameter that is substantially uniform in diameter and that is adapted for circumferentially receiving the medical tubing;
wherein the flexible foam body has a longest dimension and the channel is co-extensive with the longest dimension of the flexible foam body and restrains the medical tubing therein without looping the medical tubing;
and
wherein the ratio of the diameter of the flexible foam body is substantially greater than the diameter of the medical tubing.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Cord Restraint for Electrical Cords and Medical Tubing Restraint for Medical Tubing

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Cord Restraint for Electrical Cords and Medical Tubing Restraint for Medical Tubing

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Abstract

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