Tube holder and method of using the same

An elongated adhesive strip having a plurality of extension tube holders fixed to said strip, each of said holders having a base for attachment to a surface, means for attaching said base to a surface, said base having a pair of upstanding elongated spaced-apart resilient tube grasping members inclined toward one another, the opposed surfaces of said members defining a spacing for receiving a tube therebetween, wherein said members are generally C-shaped and disposed back to back and wherein each of said tube grasping members has aligning means for camming a tube to cause it to rotate into alignment with the longitudinal axis of said holder, one of said C-shaped members having its aligning means being sufficiently elongated along its longitudinal axis and of a sufficiently large radius of curvature greater than the spacing between said C-shaped members at their closest proximity to one another to provide a curved cam surface to urge one side of the tube into proper alignment with said spacing, and the other one of said C-shaped members being sufficiently elongated along its longitudinal axis and of a sufficiently large radius of curvature greater than the spacing between said C-shaped members at their closest proximity to one another to provide another cam surface to urge the opposite side of the tube into said proper alignment so that a torque is applied by the cam surfaces to the tube to impart a rotation to it about an axis of an applied force directed to the tube to urge it into opposition between the members, each one of said C-shaped members having a top edge in its side view extending in a smoothly curvilinear manner between an apex and terminating at its ends substantially at said base, to impart rotational forces during a camming operation from said top edge toward said base in a smooth helical path of travel, so that the tube can be moved into said spacing to be held securely therewithin and flat against said base.