Specimen collection assembly
AssigneePlastronics, Inc.
InventorsJames G. Manschot, Lawrence A. Salvadori, Byron L. Mather
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Abstract
A specimen collection assembly comprising a cup member having a body portion and an open end closure portion. The assembly also includes a cap member having a closure portion adapted for engagement with the cup closure portion to effectuate a seal between the cap member and the cup member to thereby seal the interior of the cup body portion. The cup and cap members each have an outer protective wall thereon extending past and covering the outermost extremities of the closure portions of the cup and cap members to protect the closure portions from hand and body contact.
Claims13
A specimen collection assembly comprising:
- a cup member having a body portion and an upper end cup closure portion, said cup member further having an outer protective wall spaced from said cup closure portion and extending vertically beyond the upper edge of said closure portion;
- a cap member having a top portion and a cap closure portion, said cap member further having an outer protective wall spaced from said cap closure portion and extending vertically beyond the bottom edge of said cap closure portion;
- connection means on said cup and cap closure portions to connect said cap member to said cup member;
- and sealing means for sealing said cap member on said cup member when said cap member and said cup member are connected to each other by said connection means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.