Medical tray having telescoping leg

1. A medical tray, comprising:

a basket having a handle assembly comprised of a carrying handle and a base with an elongated aperture in said basket, said basket further having a plurality of sidewalls, each having a top and a bottom, and a bottom wall disposed between said tops and bottoms so as to define an upper volume between said sidewall tops and said bottom wall and a lower volume defined between said sidewall bottoms and said bottom wall;

a telescoping leg comprised of a plurality of closely fitting telescope tubes that can slide relative to one another and to said elongated aperture;

means to retain said telescoping leg within said elongated aperture until released by a release force;

a release mechanism within said handle assembly for producing said release force, said release mechanism including a grip for creating a release force and a release member for selectively preventing said grip from applying said release force to said retain means;

wherein said release member is on said carrying handle;

wherein said release member sits over said grip as said release member prevents said grip from applying said release force to said retain means so that said telescoping leg is retained within said elongated aperture;

wherein said release member clears said grip as said release member allows said grip to move and to apply said release force to said retain means so that said release force allows the telescoping leg to slide out of said elongated aperture; and

wherein a user can operate said release member to allow said grip to apply said release force to said retain means.

2. The medical tray according to claim 1 wherein said release mechanism can be released using one hand.

3. The medical tray according to claim 1 wherein said telescoping leg further includes a clamp attached to said telescoping leg and at least three feet that extend from said clamp.

4. The medical tray according to claim 3 wherein each foot includes a pad.

5. The medical tray according to claim 1 wherein said release mechanism includes a mechanical stop that limits the motion of said grip and a bias member that biases said grip toward said stop.

6. The medical tray according to claim 1 further comprising a spring, said spring biases said retain means so that said retain means locks one telescopic tube in another telescopic tube within said elongated aperture.

7. The medical tray according to claim 1 wherein said basket is configured to hold medical supplies.

8. The medical tray according to claim 1 wherein said feet are retained in said lower volume when said telescoping leg is retained within said elongated aperture.

9. The medical tray according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of spring pins, each telescoping tube including a respective spring pin among the plurality of spring pins; and

wherein at least some of said plurality of spring pins fit into respective holes in at least some of said telescoping tubes as said telescoping leg is fully extended; and

wherein one of said spring pins fits into a respective hole in said basket as said telescoping leg is fully extended.

10. The medical tray according to claim 1 , wherein said sidewall bottoms define a flat bottom surface as said telescoping leg is retained within said elongated aperture.

11. A medical tray, comprising:

a basket having a handle assembly comprised of a carrying handle and a base with an elongated aperture in said basket, said basket further having a plurality of sidewalls, each having a top and a bottom, and a bottom wall disposed between said tops and bottoms so as to define an upper volume between said sidewall tops and said bottom wall and a lower volume defined between said sidewall bottoms and said bottom wall;

a telescoping leg comprised of a plurality of closely fitting telescope tubes that can slide relative to one another and to said elongated aperture;

a pin configured to retain said telescoping leg within said elongated aperture until released by a release force;

a release mechanism within said handle assembly for producing said release force, said release mechanism including a grip for creating a release force and a release member for selectively preventing said grip from applying said release force to said pin;

wherein said release member is on said carrying handle;

wherein said release member sits over said grip as said release member prevents said grip from applying said release force to said pin so that said telescoping leg is retained within said elongated aperture;

wherein said release member clears said grip as said release member allows said grip to move and to apply said release force to said pin so that said release force allows the telescoping leg to slide out of said elongated aperture; and

wherein a user can operate said release member to allow said grip to apply said release force to said pin.

12. The medical tray according to claim 11 wherein said release mechanism can be released using one hand.

13. The medical tray according to claim 11 wherein said telescoping leg further includes a clamp attached to said telescoping leg and at least three feet that extend from said clamp.

14. The medical tray according to claim 13 wherein each foot includes a pad.

15. The medical tray according to claim 11 wherein said release mechanism includes a mechanical stop that limits the motion of said grip and a bias member that biases said grip toward said stop.

16. The medical tray according to claim 11 further comprising a spring, said spring biases said pin so that said pin locks one telescopic tube in another telescopic tube within said elongated aperture.

17. The medical tray according to claim 11 wherein said basket is configured to hold medical supplies.

18. The medical tray according to claim 11 wherein said feet are retained in said lower volume when said telescoping leg is retained within said elongated aperture.

19. The medical tray according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a plurality of spring pins, each telescoping tube including a respective spring pin among the plurality of spring pins; and

wherein at least some of said plurality of spring pins fit into respective holes in at least some of said telescoping tubes as said telescoping leg is fully extended; and

wherein one of said spring pins fits into a respective hole in said basket as said telescoping leg is fully extended.

20. The medical tray according to claim 11 , wherein said sidewall bottoms define a flat bottom surface as said telescoping leg is retained within said elongated aperture.