# US 7,744,043 B2 · CPAP hose tender > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,744,043 B2 - Document ID: US7744043B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/606,697 - Filed: 2009-10-27 - Published: 2010-04-29 - Granted: 2010-06-29 - Earliest claimed: 2008-09-24 - Inventors: Sam J. Otinger - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7744043B2 ## CPC - F16L 3/02: partly surrounding the pipes, cables or protective tubing (bands or chains F16L3/14) - A61G 7/0503: {Holders, support devices for receptacles, e.g. for drainage or urine bags (hanging-up devices for infusion A61M5/1414 )} - A61M 2209/082: Mounting brackets, arm supports for equipment - F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A hose tender is provided for use with a CPAP system. The CPAP system includes a breathing mask connected to a CPAP air generator via a hose. The hose tender supports the hose above a user in a convenient and safe manner. The hose tender includes a support arm including a first end and second end. The first end of the support arm is provided with an arcuate coupling portion and the second end is provided with a hose engaging portion. The hose engaging portion includes a cantilevered section secured to the second end of the support arm such that a longitudinal axis of the cantilevered section is oriented substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the support arm; wherein the cantilevered section includes an abutment member and a return portion with an horizontal line member connected therebetween. The hose tender also includes a clamp for selectively securing the support arm to a support surface. The clamp includes an upper support arm receiving hole and a lower support arm receiving hole and the arcuate coupling portion is shaped and dimensioned to simultaneously extend through both the upper support arm receiving hole and the lower support arm receiving hole. The clamp further includes a spring having coils and the arcuate coupling portion of the support arm is shaped and dimensioned to seat within recesses defined by the coils of the spring. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hose tender for use with a CPAP system, wherein the CPAP system includes a breathing mask connected to an CPAP air generator via a hose, and the hose tender supports the hose above a user in a convenient and safe manner, comprising: a support arm including a first end and second end, the first end of the support arm is provided with an arcuate coupling portion and the second end is provided with a hose engaging portion; the hose engaging portion includes a cantilevered section secured to the second end of the support arm such that a longitudinal axis of the cantilevered section is oriented substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the support arm; a clamp for selectively securing the support arm to a support surface, the clamp includes an upper support arm receiving hole and a lower support arm receiving hole and the arcuate coupling portion is shaped and dimensioned to simultaneously extend through both the upper support arm receiving hole and the lower support arm receiving hole, and the clamp further includes a spring having coils and the arcuate coupling portion of the support arm is shaped and dimensioned to seat under pressure within recesses defined by the coils of the spring. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hose tender according to claim 1, wherein the clamp includes a first clamp member and a second clamp member, and the first clamp member and the second clamp member are pivotally connected at central pivot point which substantially bisects each of the first clamp member and the second clamp member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The hose tender according to claim 2, wherein the first clamp member includes a first clamp member upper portion and a first clamp member lower portion with a pivot protrusion extending laterally along a length of the first clamp member, and the second clamp member includes a second clamp member upper portion and a second clamp member lower portion with a pivot protrusion extending laterally along a length of the second clamp member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The hose tender according to claim 3, wherein the spring is coupled to the first clamp member and the second clamp member adjacent a pivot pin for biasing the clamp to a closed orientation where the first clamp member lower portion and the second clamp member lower portion are biased toward each other and the first clamp member upper portion and the second clamp member upper portion are biased away from each other. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The hose tender according to claim 3, wherein the second clamp member upper portion includes the upper support arm receiving hole and the second clamp member lower portion includes the lower support arm receiving hole. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The hose tender according to claim 5, wherein the lower support arm receiving hole and the upper support arm receiving hole are oriented to extended substantially transversely to a longitudinal axis of the second clamp member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The hose tender according to claim 1, wherein the cantilevered section includes an abutment member and a return portion with a horizontal line member connected therebetween. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The hose tender according to claim 7, wherein the abutment member is a 180-degree turn at a connection of the support arm to the cantilevered section and includes a vertically oriented first leg connected directly to the support arm, a vertically oriented second leg and a connecting member extending between the vertically oriented first leg and the vertically oriented second leg. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The hose tender according to claim 7, wherein the return portion of the cantilevered section includes a first member aligned with and extending from the horizontal line member, a second member oriented substantially perpendicular to the first member, and an arcuate third member that completes the return created by the return portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The hose tender according to claim 9, wherein the return portion further includes a return arm that extends from the arcuate third member. ### Claim 11 A hose tender for use with a CPAP system, wherein the CPAP system includes a breathing mask connected to a CPAP air generator via a hose, and the hose tender supports the hose above a user in a convenient and safe manner, comprising: a support arm including a first end and second end, the first end of the support arm is provided with an arcuate coupling portion and the second end is provided with a hose engaging portion; the hose engaging portion includes a cantilevered section secured to the second end of the support arm such that a longitudinal axis of the cantilevered section is oriented substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the support arm; wherein the cantilevered section includes an abutment member and a return portion with an horizontal line member connected therebetween; a clamp for selectively securing the support arm to a support surface, the clamp includes an upper support arm receiving hole and a lower support arm receiving hole and the arcuate coupling portion is shaped and dimensioned to simultaneously extend through both the upper support arm receiving hole and the lower support arm receiving hole, and the clamp further includes a spring having coils and the arcuate coupling portion of the support arm is shaped and dimensioned to seat within recesses defined by the coils of the spring. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The hose tender according to claim 11, wherein the clamp includes a first clamp member and a second clamp member, and the first clamp member and the second clamp member are pivotally connected at central pivot point which substantially bisects each of the first clamp member and the second clamp member. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The hose tender according to claim 12, wherein the first clamp member includes a first clamp member upper portion and a first clamp member lower portion with a pivot protrusion extending laterally along a length of the first clamp member, and the second clamp member includes a second clamp member upper portion and a second clamp member lower portion with a pivot protrusion extending laterally along a length of the second clamp member. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The hose tender according to claim 13, wherein the spring is coupled to the first clamp member and the second clamp member adjacent a pivot pin for biasing the clamp to a closed orientation where the first clamp member lower portion and the second clamp member lower portion are biased toward each other and the first clamp member upper portion and the second clamp member upper portion are biased away from each other. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The hose tender according to claim 13, wherein the second clamp member upper portion includes the upper support arm receiving hole and the second clamp member lower portion includes the lower support arm receiving hole. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The hose tender according to claim 15, wherein the lower support arm receiving hole and the upper support arm receiving hole are oriented to extended substantially transversely to a longitudinal axis of the second clamp member. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The hose tender according to claim 11, wherein the abutment member is a 180-degree turn at a connection of the support arm to the cantilevered section. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The hose tender according to claim 11, wherein the abutment member includes a vertically oriented first leg connected directly to the support arm, a vertically oriented second leg and a connecting member extending between the vertically oriented first leg and the vertically oriented second leg. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The hose tender according to claim 11, wherein the return portion of the cantilevered section includes a first member aligned with and extending from the horizontal line member, a second member oriented substantially perpendicular to the first member, and an arcuate third member that completes the return created by the return portion. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The hose tender according to claim 19, wherein the return portion further includes a return arm that extends from the arcuate third member.