Aspirator

Claim 1

A PORTABLE ASPIRATOR FOR USE IN ASPIRATING FLUIDS FROM THE MOUTH COMPRISING: A FOOT-OPERABLE BELLOWS PUMP, A RECEPTACLE FOR ASPIRATED FLUIDS, CONDUIT MEANS INTERCONNECTING THE RECEPTACLE AND THE SUCTION SIDE OF THE PUMP, AND A CARRIER MEMBER, THE RECEPTACLE HAVING A FLEXIBLE TUBE EXTENDING THEREFROM AND ADAPTED FOR INSERTION INTO THE MOUTH, THE CARRIER MEMBER BEING FORMED OF A UNITARY SHEET OF METAL AND HAVING A BASE RUN, AN UPSTANDING SPACER RUN EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM AN END OF THE BASE RUN, A SUPPORT RUN GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE BASE RUN AND EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER EDGE OF THE SPACER RUN OVER A PORTION OF THE BASE RUN, AND AN UPSTANDING HANDLE RUN EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE EDGE OF THE SUPPORT RUN WHICH OVERLIES THE BASE RUN, THE SUPPORT RUN BEING APERTURED TO ACCOMMODATE THE RECEPTACLE FOR ASPIRATED FLUIDS, SAID RECEPTACLE BEING POSITIONED TO REST ON THE BASE RUN OF THE CARRIER AND PROTRUDE UPWARDLY THROUGH THE APERTURE IN THE SUPPORT RUN, WHEREBY THE APERTURE PROVIDES FOR POSITIONING OF THE RECEPTACLE WITH RESPECT TO THE CARRIER AND FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE RECEPTACLE IN UPRIGHT POSITION, SAID BELLOWS PUMP BEING MOUNTED ON THE BASE RUN ON THE PORTION THEREOF NOT OVERLAID BY THE OTHER RUNS OF THE CARRIER MEMBER, THE HANDLE RUN EXTENDING UPWARDLY BEYOND THE UPPER END OF THE BELLOWS PUMP IN POSITION TO PROTECT THE RECEPTACLE FROM CONTACT WITH THE FOOT OF AN OPERATOR DURING PUMPING OPERATION OF THE PUMP, AN APERTURE IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE HANDLE RUN OF THE CARRIER MEMBER, WHICH APERTURE IS LARGE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE A FINGER GRIP FOR CARRYING THE ASPIRATOR, AT LEAST ONE OF THE SPACER, SUPPORT AND HANDLE RUNS BEING PROVIDED WITH A SLOT EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM AN EDGE THEREOF AND ADAPTED TO ACCOMMODATE A PLURALITY OF FOLDS OF THE TUBE MANUALLY WEDGED THEREIN, A REPRESENTATION OF A HUMAN FOOTMARK ON THE TOP SURFACE OF THE BELLOWS PUMP, AND A REPRESENTATION OF A HUMAN FACE ON THE RECEPTACLE, WHICH FACE IS POSITIONED SO THAT THE TUBE PROTRUDES FROM THE RECEPTACLE AT THE POINT ON SAID FACE AT WHICH THE MOUTH WOULD NORMALLY APPEAR.