Easy use needle protector sheath

A medical needle protector sheath which comprises a body having a top wall, a bottom wall, side walls, an open first end, and a slot formed in each side wall to receive a needle and hub having a wing extending through each of said slots;

• said slots extending from said first end toward a second end opposed to said first end, said slots terminating in said side walls at end points spaced from said second end, first portions of said slots being adjacent to said second end, said protector sheath also having an end wall defined at said second end, said end wall extending from the vicinity of said top wall downwardly to a position above said bottom wall, whereby a needle and hub may be held in the sheath at an acute angle to said top wall by abutment with said end wall, with the needle of said needle and hub pointing toward said top wall.

A medical needle protector sheath which comprises a body having a top wall, side walls, an open first end, and a slot formed in each side wall to receive a needle hub wing extending through each of said slots;

• said slots extending from said first end towards a second sheath end opposed to said first end, said slots terminating in said side walls at end points spaced from said second end, first portions of said slots adjacent to said end points sloping away from said top wall as said slots extend towards said second end, at least most of the length of said slots positioned between said first slot portion and the first end each defining a forward slot portion sloping toward said top wall as said slots extend towards said second end;
• said slots each defining a second portion, positioned between said forward slot portion and said first portion and nearer to the first end than said first portion, said second portion being angled to said first portion and defining a greater slot width than said first portion to permit a degree of free vertical rotation of wings of a medical needle occupying said second slot portions.