Ergonomic numbered connector to hold tubes with improved cap
A lab consumable having a surface to display identifiers connected by a bridge encloses a tube. A specific sealer made up of hard and soft material is used close the tube. The connector for the sealer is made up of flexible, hard and various other material combinations. The surface where the identification is displayed has different surfaces and identifier. The identifier comprise of a number, alpha numerical, alphabets, symbol, barcode, customized sign, markings, hand written markings and a combination thereof.
1. A lab consumable, comprising:
multiple tubes in the form of a hollow vessel with an edge portion as an opening, wherein the opening has a smooth surface;
a connector to connect and hold the multiple tubes consisting of a bridge connecting rings holding the multiple tubes together, each one of the rings having a raised surface to host a marking and a conical surface, wherein the conical surface has a wider part and a narrower part, wherein the narrower part is inclined and shaped narrower than the wider part to accommodate the tube and the wider part houses the raised surface; and
a strip cap connector which has a bridge to form strips of caps and each cap having a sealer for each of the multiple tubes wherein each sealer has many layered rings of at least one of the same circumference and different circumference and made up of a soft material to provide flexibility and a hard material to provide rigidity to the sealer when used for covering the multiple tubes, wherein the layered rings have an outer edge ring that is made up of the soft material and an inner support ring, wherein the bridge of the strip cap connector has a serrated part and a flexible bridge each of the serrated part and flexible bridge each separately connecting the multiple caps together.
2. The lab consumable of claim 1 , wherein the strip cap connector is made of at least one of a material one, material two and combination of material one and two.
3. The lab consumable of claim 1 , further comprising;
the raised surface of the connector has at least one of a hollow and raised portion.
4. The lab consumable of claim 1 , wherein the raised surface of the connector displays at least one of a number, alpha-numeric, barcode, customized sign, markings, hand written markings and a combination thereof.
5. The lab consumable of claim 1 , wherein the bridge on the strip cap connector is made up of polypropylene, or thermoplastic elastomer.
6. The lab consumable of claim 1 , wherein the outer edge ring accommodates the tube and holds the tube in a secure position when a user is performing their lab testing, wherein the strip cap is at least one of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 24, 36, 48, 96, 108 and 364 cap configuration.
7. The lab consumable as in claim 1 , wherein the bridge on the strip cap connector is made of at least one of a single material or dual material.
8. The lab consumable as in claim 1 , wherein the sealer on the cap used to seal the tube is made up of the soft material.
9. The lab consumable as in claim 8 , wherein the outer part of the layered rings is an extension of an inner support ring to close the tube, wherein the outer part the layered rings is made up of the soft material, wherein the strip cap is at least one of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 24, 36, 96, 108 and 364 cap configuration.