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US 5,527,513 AGranted
Collection assembly
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorJames A. Burns
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Abstract
The present invention is a collection assembly useful for collecting small quantities of blood. The assembly comprises a container with an integral lip for facilitating collection of the blood and a cap suitable for enclosing the container. The assembly further comprises a sealing arrangement for securing the cap with the container and a cam follower within the cap that interacts with the integral lip of the container to unsecure the cap from the container.
Claims10
A collection assembly comprising
- a cap comprising a top and a bottom, an outer skirt extending from said top to said bottom and having an inner surface, an inverted recessed skirt surrounded by said outer skirt and extending from said top toward said bottom with a space between said inverted recessed skirt and said outer skirt, and a cam follower integral with said outer skirt and said inverted recessed skirt and extending from said top into said space;
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- a container comprising an open top, a closed bottom, and an integral lip extending from said open top and having an inner surface and a top surface, said top surface of said integral lip having a receiving edge that forms a cam surface having a shape that interacts with said cam follower in said cap to facilitate removal of said cap from said container upon rotation of said cap.
A collection assembly comprising:
- a container comprising an open top, a closed bottom, a sidewall extending from said top open to said closed bottom and having an inner surface and an outer surface, an integral lip extending from said open top to a receiving edge that forms a cam surface, a cap seating flange extending from said outer surface of said sidewall, a trough contained in the said cap seating flange, and a locking ring located between said integral lip and said cap seating flange;
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- a cap comprising a top and a bottom for abutting with said cap seating flange when said cap is locked on said open top of said container, an outer skirt extending from said top to said bottom and having an inner surface, an inverted recessed skirt surrounded by said outer skirt with a space between said outer skirt and said inverted recessed skirt for receiving said integral lip when said cap is placed over said open top of said container, and a cam follower integral with said outer skirt and said inverted recessed skirt and extending from said top into said space that contacts said cam surface on said integral lip of said container when said cap is placed over said open top of said container,
- said cam follower within said cap interacting with said cam surface of said integral lip of said container to remove said cap from said container when said cap is rotated on said container.
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