Stethoscope bell cover

Claim 1

A REMOVABLE AND DISPOSABLE COVER UNIT FOR A STETHOSCOPE BELL OF THE TYPE WHICH INCLUDES A BELL BODY HAVING A HOLLOW DOME-SHAPED INNER SURFACE HAVING AN OPEN OUTER END AND HAVING A MARGINAL WALL EXTENDING AROUND AND DEFINING THE SAID HOLLOW DOME-SHAPED INNER SURFACE OF THE SAID STETHOSCOPE BELL, THE SAID REMOVABLE AND DISPOSABLE COVER UNIT COMPRISING A COVER BODY INCLUDING A DOMESHAPED HOLLOW PORTION ADAPTED TO BE REMOVABLY INSERTED AND FITTED INTO THE SAID HOLLOW DOME-SHAPED INNER SURFACE OF THE SAID STETHOSCOPE BELL, THE SAID DOME-SHAPED HOLLOW PORTION OF THE SAID REMOVABLE AND DISPOSABLE COVER UNIT INCLUDING AN ANNULAR MARGINAL EDGE PORTION ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED ADJACENT THE SAID OPEN OUTER END OF THE SAID BODY OF THE SAID STETHOSCOPE BELL, THE SAID COVER BODY OF THE SAID REMOVABLE AND DISPOSABLE COVER UNIT INCLUDING AN OUTWARDLY TAPERING PORTION DISPOSED EXTERNALLY OF THE SAID DOME-SHAPED HOLLOW PORTION THEREOF AND COOPARATING WITH THE SAID DOME-SHAPED HOLLOW PORTION AND WITH THE SAID ANNULAR MARGINAL EDGE PORTION OF THE SAID COVER BODY FOR RELEASABLY GRIPPING THE MARGINAL WALL OF T HE SAID HOLLOW BELL BODY ADJACENT THE SAID OPEN OUTER END THEREOF SO AS TO RELEASABLY ATTACH THE SAID REMOVABLE AND DISPOSABLE COVER UNIT TO THE SAID HOLLOW BODY OF THE SAID STETHOSCOPE BELL, THE SID OUTWARDLY TAPERING PORTION AND THE SAID DOME-SHAPED HOLLOW PORTION AND THE SAID ANNULAR MARGINAL EDGE PORTION OF THE SAID COVER BODY COOPERATING TO PROVIDE AN ANNULAR TROUGH-LIKE PORTION IN THE SAID REMOVABLE AND DISPOSABLE COVER UNIT FOR THE RECEPTION OF A PORTION OF THE SAID MARGINAL WALL OF THE SAID HOLLOW BELL BODY ADJACENT THE SAID OPEN OUTER END THEREOF, AND THE SAID DOME-SHAPED HOLLOW PORTION OF THE SAID COVER BODY HAVING A SOUND-CONDUCTING OPENING FORMEED THEREIN AT ITS INNER END FOR TRANSMITTING SOUND FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE DOME-SHAPED HOLLOW PORTION OF THE SAID COVER BODY INTO THE BODY OF THE SAID STETHOSCOPE BELL.