Urinal holder for hospital overbed stand and the like
OwnerConrad H. Boettgerinventor
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Abstract
An open framework holder for urinals in the nature of a rack is made primarily from a single, continuous stretch of wire, bent and formed to provide a base upon which the urinal rests, a urnial-retaining front having a clearance for the handle of the urinal and a urinal-embracing top shaped to present an upper, urinal-receiving opening. Hooks at the rear of the top are used to removably attach the holder to a wall or to a supporting standard of an over bed table. An abutment at the rear of the base engages the wall or the standard.
Claims4
In combination with an upright support having at least one transversely extending mounting hole therein and an abutment surface located below said hole, a detachable holder for urinal jugs and the like comprising:
- an open framework, wire rack including a jug-supporting base, a jug-retaining top spaced above the base, and a jug-retaining front integral with and interconnecting the base and the top;
- a mount spaced rearwardly of the front attaching the top to said upright;
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- an abutment on the base spaced below the mount and spaced rearwardly of the front in engagement with said surface,
- the top having a pair of opposed, spaced apart, horizontally coplanar, arcuate sections in looped relationship to the jug when the latter is resting on the base,
- said base having a pair of straight, spaced apart, elongated, horizontally coplanar pieces converging toward the abutment,
- said front having a pair of straight, spaced apart, elongated, vertically coplanar members diverging toward the base,
- said jug being provided with a handle, the front having a pair of straight, elongated, vertical elements integral with the top and with a corresponding member, coplanar with the members and horizontally spaced, presenting a clearance therebetween for the handle when the jug is resting on the base retained by the top, the members and the elements,
- said mount including at least one hook having a horizontal portion projecting rearwardly from said top into and through said hole and a vertical portion projecting upwardly from said horizontal portion at the rear extremity thereof for releasably retaining the hook engaged with said hole,
- said hook cooperating with said hole to hingedly attach said top of the rack to the support for swinging of the rack about a transverse, horizontal axis located adjacent said hole as the rack is attached to and detached from the support,
- said abutment bearing against said surface of the support and precluding further swinging of the rack about said axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.