US 4,053,280 AGranted

Instrument tray and soak basin combination

AssigneeAmerican Hospital Supply Corporation

InventorThomas E. Salisbury

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Abstract

An instrument tray and basin for use in soaking, rinsing, and draining urological instruments and other instruments prior to use, and for supporting such instruments during transit and storage. The plastic tray is generally rectangular and compartmented, and has openings or perforations through its bottom wall. The basin is substantially deeper than the tray which it receives and is dimensioned so that when the tray is oriented in one direction it may rest on the bottom of the basin, with the soak solution in the basin covering all of the instruments carried by the tray, and when oriented in a second position at right angles to the first it may be suspended by the basin with the tray's apertured bottom wall above the liquid level. Support shoulders are provided for suspending the tray in its second position, and stop means limit the extent of relative lateral movement of the tray in either of its positions. The basin includes means for restraining wave development and for reducing the possibilities of splashing and spilling should the basin be moved with liquid therein.

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Dependent claims

In combination, a generally rectangular instrument tray having a bottom wall and having side and end walls upstanding from said bottom wall, at least one of said walls having apertures so positioned therein to provide for the substantially complete drainage of fluid from said tray;

said tray having a length, measured from one upstanding end wall to the other, substantially greater than its width, measured from one upstanding side wall to the other;
and a soak basin having bottom, side, and end walls defining a chamber for removably receiving said tray;
said chamber having a depth substantially greater than the height of the upstanding walls of said tray and being both longer and wider than said length of said tray;
whereby, said tray is selectively receivable in said chamber in a first position wherein the length of said tray extends longitudinally of said basin and in a second position wherein said length of said tray extends transversely of said basin;
support means provided by said basin for supporting said tray in a fluid drainage and instrument storage position with its bottom wall spaced a substantial distance above the basin's bottom wall when said tray is in its second position;
stop means provided by said basin and engagable with said tray for preventing relative horizontal movement of said tray without restraining relative vertical upward movement of the tray when said tray is in its second position;
and flanges projecting outwardly from the top of said end walls of said tray;
said support means comprising shoulders provided by said side walls of said basin;
said shoulders being engagable with said flanges for supporting said tray in its elevated second position.

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said tray having a length, measured from one upstanding end wall to the other, substantially greater than its width, measured from one upstanding side wall to the other;
and a soak basin having bottom, side, and end walls defining a chamber for removably receiving said tray;
said chamber having a depth substantially greater than the height of the upstanding walls of said tray and being both longer and wider than said length of said tray;
whereby, said tray is selectively receivable in said chamber in a first position wherein the length of said tray extends longitudinally of said basin and in a second position wherein said length of said tray extends transversely of said basin;
support means provided by said basin for supporting said tray in a fluid drainage and instrument storage position with its bottom wall spaced a substantial distance above the basin's bottom wall when said tray is in its second position;
and stop means provided by said basin and engageable with said tray for preventing relative horizontal movement of said tray without restraining relative vertical upward movement of the tray when said tray is in its second position;
said stop means comprising pairs of spaced upstanding opposing surfaces provided along each side wall of said basin;
said opposing surfaces being spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the width of said tray at each end thereof for limiting horizontal movement of said tray upon engagement with the side walls of said tray.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.