IP Library Granted Patent US 7,377,780
Granted Patent B2
US 7,377,780 · App. 11/556,906 · Granted May 27, 2008

Medical/dental suction nozzle holster having a hose pinching device

Assignee: Patient Shield Concepts, LLC
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Patent No.
US 7,377,780
App. No.
11/556,906
Granted
May 27, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A suction nozzle holster whose upper rim is provided with a notch into which a suction hose can be forced in order to constrict the hose and, hence, curtail the vacuum conditions in a suction nozzle.

Claims (50)

1. A medical/dental suction nozzle holster device comprising:

a holster component having an upper rim that is provided with at least one notch that descends downwardly into the holster component and wherein said holster component is attached to a holster mounting mechanism that further comprises a keyway slot/nub receiver opening system;

a mounting channel component having

(1) a front vertical plate having a face side and a rear side,

(2) a rear vertical plate,

(3) a horizontal ledge that interconnects the front vertical plate and the rear vertical plate and serves as a base of a bottom mounting channel region of the mounting channel component,

(4) a top mounting channel region of the mounting channel component adapted and arranged to receive and hold an upper portion of a rail to which the mounting channel component is attached,

(5) a bottom mounting channel region for receiving and holding a lower portion of the rail to which the mounting channel component is attached,

(6) a right key plate that is provided with a key nub and mounted at an angle on the face side of the front vertical plate such that a bottom part of said right key plate is angled inward and downward toward a center key plate,

(7) a center key plate that is provided with a key nub and vertically mounted on the face side of the front vertical plate, and

(8) a left key plate that is provided with a key nub and mounted at an angle on the face side of the front vertical plate such that a bottom part of said left key plate is angled inward and downward toward the center key plate.

2. The medical/dental suction nozzle holster of claim 1 wherein the right key plate and the left key plate are respectively mounted at an angle from about 45° to about 65° with respect to horizontal.

3. The medical/dental suction nozzle holster of claim 1 wherein the right key plate and the left key plate are respectively mounted at an equal angle with respect to horizontal.

4. The medical/dental suction nozzle holster device of claim 1 wherein the holster component is unitary in nature owing to its being made by injection molding of a unitary holster/mounting mechanism system.

5. The medical/dental suction nozzle holster device of claim 1 wherein the mounting channel component is unitary in nature owing to its being made by injection molding of a unitary front vertical plate, horizontal ledge and rear vertical plate structure.

6. The medical/dental suction nozzle holster device of claim 1 wherein the holster mechanism further comprises a left rib, a center rib and a right rib and wherein the left rib and right rib are respectively provided with a groove for receiving a nub region in colliding contact.

7. A medical/dental suction nozzle holster device comprising:

a holster component having an upper rim that is provided with at least one notch that descends downwardly into the holster component and wherein said holster component is attached to a holster mounting mechanism that further comprises a keyway slot/nub receiver opening system;

a mounting channel component having

(1) a front vertical plate having a face side and a rear side,

(2) a rear vertical plate,

(3) a horizontal ledge that interconnects the front vertical plate and the rear vertical plate and serves as a base of a bottom mounting channel region of the mounting channel component,

(4) a top mounting channel region of the mounting channel component adapted and arranged to receive and hold an upper portion of a rail to which the mounting channel is attached,

(5) a bottom mounting channel for receiving and holding a lower portion of the rail to which the mounting channel component is attached,

(6) a right key plate that is provided with a key nub and mounted at an angle on the face side of the front vertical plate such that a bottom part of said right key plate is angled inward and downward toward a center key plate,

(7) a center key plate that is provided with a key nub and vertically mounted on the face side of the front vertical plate,

(8) a left key plate that is provided with a key nub and mounted at an angle on the face side of the front vertical plate such that a bottom part of said left key plate is angled inward and downward toward the center key plate, and

(9) a finger/thumb contact device on a lower portion of the rear vertical plate.

8. The medical/dental suction nozzle holster of claim 7 wherein the right key plate and the left key plate are respectively mounted at an angle from about 45° to about 65° with respect to horizontal.

9. The medical/dental suction nozzle holster of claim 7 wherein the right key plate and the left key plate are respectively mounted at an angle of about 60° with respect to horizontal.

10. The medical/dental suction nozzle holster device of claim 7 wherein the holster component is unitary in nature owing to its being made by injection molding of a unitary holster/mounting mechanism system.

11. The medical/dental suction nozzle holster device of claim 7 wherein the mounting channel component is unitary in nature owing to its being made by injection molding of a unitary front vertical plate, horizontal ledge and rear vertical plate device structure.

12. The medical/dental suction nozzle holster device of claim 7 wherein the holster mounting mechanism further comprises a left rib, a center rib and a right rib and wherein the left rib and the right rib are respectively provided with a groove for receiving a nub region in colliding contact.

13. A medical/dental suction nozzle holster device comprising:

an inwardly and downwardly constricted holster component having an elliptically configured top opening having an upper rim that is provided with at least one Y-shaped notch that descends downwardly into the holster component, an elliptically configured closed bottom and a holster mounting mechanism that further comprises a plate that has a left, a center and a right separation rib that attach said plate to a rear portion of the holster component and wherein said plate contains a keyway slot/nub receiver opening system;

a mounting channel component having

(1) a front vertical plate having a face side and a rear side,

(2) a rear vertical plate,

(3) a horizontal ledge that interconnects the front vertical plate and the rear vertical plate and serves as a base of a bottom mounting channel region of the mounting channel component,

(4) a top mounting channel region of the mounting channel component adapted and arranged to receive and hold an upper portion of a rail to which the mounting channel is attached,

(5) a bottom mounting channel for receiving and holding a lower portion of the rail to which the mounting channel component is attached,

(6) a right key plate that is provided with a key nub and mounted at an angle on the face side of the front vertical plate such that a bottom part of said right key plate is angled inward and downward toward a center key plate,

(7) a center key plate that is provided with a key nub and vertically mounted on the face side of the front vertical plate,

(8) a left key plate that is provided with a nub and mounted at an angle on the face side of the front vertical plate such that a bottom part of said left key plate is angled inward toward the center key plate, and

(9) a finger/thumb contact device in the form of a outwardly projecting nub on a bottom region of the rear vertical plate.

14. The medical/dental suction nozzle holster of claim 13 wherein the right key plate and the left key plate are respectively mounted at an angle from about 45° to about 65° with respect to horizontal.

15. The medical/dental suction nozzle holster of claim 13 wherein the right key plate and the left key plate are respectively mounted at an angle of about 60° with respect to horizontal.

16. The medical/dental suction nozzle holster device of claim 13 wherein the holster component is unitary in nature owing to its being made by injection molding of a unitary holster/mounting mechanism system.

17. The medical/dental suction nozzle holster device of claim 13 wherein the mounting channel component is unitary in nature owing to its being made by injection molding of a unitary front vertical plate, horizontal ledge and rear vertical plate structure.

18. The medical/dental suction nozzle holster device of claim 13 wherein the holster mounting mechanism further comprises a left rib, a center rib and a right rib and wherein the left rib and the right rib are respectively provided with a groove for receiving a nub region in colliding contact.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2006
From: WHITE, LYNN R.; SAMSON, JEFFREY T.; OSBURN, JAMES V.
To: PATIENT SHIELD CONCEPTS, LLC
Reel/Frame 018486/0302 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 1105164900 · Feb 4, 2005
Related Publication 20070057129A1 · Mar 15, 2007