Apparatus and Method for Storing Articles in a Healthcare Environment

A method for storing a portable urinal, said method comprising

• a. Providing a urinal holder, wherein said urinal holder is comprised of 4 walls, a base, a top opening, and a plurality of attachment features wherein the attachment features are permanently fixed to one of the walls and the 4 walls, the base, and the top opening form a compartment of an appropriate volume to hold a standard portable urinal;
• b. Providing a slide mount, wherein said slide mount is comprised of an anterior surface, a posterior surface, a plurality of attachment receivers, and a plurality of fastening receivers wherein said attachment receivers are permanently fixed to said anterior surface and said fastening receivers are permanently attached to said posterior surface;
• c. Providing a fastening strap, wherein said fastening strap is comprised of a plurality of raised grooves along the length of the strap, a locking piece, and a release tab;
• d. Sliding the fastening strap into the fastening receiver on the universal slide mount;
• e. Wrapping said strap around a surface in a healthcare environment;
• f. Tightening and securing said strap to the surface by sliding the locking mechanism over the grooves until the locking mechanism locks in place behind the groove;
• g. Sliding the attachment features of the urinal holder into the attachment receivers of the slide mount to reversibly attach the urinal holder to the slide mount.

A method for storing equipment in a healthcare environment, said method comprising

• a. Providing a plurality of storage attachments representing a variety of shapes and sizes, said storage attachments each having at least one side, said side having one or more protruding rails;
• b. Providing a universal mounting apparatus wherein said universal mounting apparatus has an anterior surface, said anterior surface having at least one elongated slot, said elongated slot being particularly molded to couple with the protruding rail of the storage attachment;
• c. Placing an article of health-related equipment into one of the storage attachments;
• d. Reversibly securing the universal mounting apparatus to a surface in the healthcare environment;
• e. Reversibly attaching the storage attachment to a universal mounting apparatus by sliding the rail of the storage attachment into the slot of the universal mounting apparatus.