IP Library Granted Patent US 7,601,001
Granted Patent B1
US 7,601,001 · App. 11/185,520 · Granted Oct 13, 2009

Suction apparatus holder

Assignee: Neotech Products, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,601,001
App. No.
11/185,520
Granted
Oct 13, 2009
Kind
B1
Abstract

Apparatus for storing a suctioner and the end of a suction line after disconnection from the suctioner, comprising support means, first storage structure on the support means for storing the suctioner; and second storage structure on the support means for storing the end of the suction line and for blocking suction flow of air into the line via the end.

Claims (11)

1. Apparatus for storing a suctioner and an end of a suction line after disconnection from the suctioner, comprising in combination with said suctioner and said suction line having said end,

a) a support means,

b) a first storage structure on the support means storing said suctioner including a downwardly elongated receptacle receiving said suctioner in an upright position, the receptacle opening upwardly; and

c) a second storage structure on the support means storing said end of said suction line and blocking suction flow of air into said suction line via said end,

d) said support means comprising a base on which both storage structures are carried, in mutual proximity,

e) said suctioner having a side inlet defined by a stub tube, engaging a shoulder defined by said first storage structure to limit downward reception of said suctioner into said first storage structure

f) said shoulder configured to stabilize the positioning of the stub tube, and upright positioning of said suctioner in the receptacle.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said shoulder is upwardly concave to nest the stub tube with enhanced stabilization.

3. The combination of claim 1 wherein said second storage structure comprises a plug to fit said end.

4. The combination of claim 1 including a means on the base for attaching the base to an upright wall.

5. The combination of claim 4 wherein said means on the base for attaching the base to an upright wall comprise at least one adhesive pad affixed to the base, having a projecting tab for manipulation.

Assignments (3)
ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION - CONVERSION Recorded Apr 26, 2017
From: NEOTECH PRODUCTS, INC.
To: NEOTECH PRODUCTS LLC
Reel/Frame 042338/0989 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2017
From: NEOTECH PRODUCTS, INC.
To: ZB, N.A. DBA CALIFORNIA BANK & TRUST, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 041859/0462 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2005
From: MCCRARY, CRAIG R.; HEYMAN, ARNOLD M.; THORNBURY, THOMAS R.
To: NEOTECH PRODUCTS INC.
Reel/Frame 016802/0355 →