Suspension rack

A rack for receiving a plurality of elongated connecting lines of medical equipment, the connecting lines extending, in use, in proximity to each other and being subject to entanglement with each other, the rack arranging the connecting lines in an orderly fashion to avoid such entanglement, the connecting lines ending in terminal elements having a dimension transverse to the direction of extension of the lines greater than the thickness of the lines, said rack comprising:

• a frame (2) having fastening means (3) for securing the frame to a structure (4), said frame including an elongated bracket element (5) lying generally horizontally when the rack is in use, said frame being formed to space said bracket element from the structure;
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• a plurality of discrete side-by-side spacer elements (6) mounted at spaced intervals along said elongated bracket element (5), said spacer elements and bracket element being formed to allow the connecting lines to be received between said spacer elements for being supported by said bracket element and to extend away from the rack in an orderly fashion in a direction normal to the structure, the spacer elements extending generally vertically from said bracket element and being spaced from each other along the bracket element by a distance which exceeds the thickness of the connecting lines but is less than the transverse dimension of the terminal elements.