Surgical drain bag and support therefor

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A SURGICAL DRAIN BAG AND SUPPORT MEANS THEREFOR, SAID DRAIN BAG BEING FORMED OF FLEXIBLE, WATER IMPERVIOUS SHEET MATERIAL AND HAVING FRONT, REAR, AND SIDE WALLS, SAID BAG BEING CLOSED AT THE BOTTOM AND OPEN AT THE TOP THEREOF, SAID SHEET MATERIAL EXTENDING CONTIGUOUSLY ABOVE THE FRONT WALL THEREBY PRESENTING AN APRON LEADING INTO THE OPENING AT THE TOP OF SAID BAG, MEANS DEFINING A TUNNEL EXTENDING FROM SIDE TO SIDE OF SAID APRON, SAID SHEET MATERIAL EXTENDING CONTIGUOUSLY ABOVE THE REAR WALL OF SAID BAG AND THEREBY PRESENTING A SPLASH SURFACE LEADING INTO THE OPENING AT THE TOP OF SAID BAG OPPOSITE SAID APRON, MEANS PRESENTING A POCKET ON THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID SPLASH SURFACE, SAID POCKET OPENING DOWNWARDLY AND BEING CLOSED ALONG THE SIDES AND TOP THEREOF, SAID SUPPORT MEANS COMPRISING, AN ELONGATED MEMBER INSERTED THROUGH SAID TUNNEL FROM SIDE TO SIDE OF SAID APRON, BRACKET MEANS RECEIVING THE ENDS OF SAID ELONGATED MEMBER, A BAIL HAVING A U-SHAPED PORTION AND LEGS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE LIMBS OF SAID U-SHAPED PORTION, SAID U-SHAPED PORTION HAVING A SHAPE AND DIMENSIONS CORRESPONDING TO THE INTERIOR OF SAID POCKET, SAID U-SHAPED PORTION BEING INSERTED INTO SAID POCKET, PIVOT MEANS JOURNALLING THE LEGS OF SAID BAIL FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLEL TO SAID ELONGATED MEMBER, MEANS LIMITING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID BAIL ABOUT SAID AXIS SUCH THAT SAID BAIL NORMALLY RESTS UNDER GRAVITY IN AN ATTITUDE HOLDING SAID BAG OPEN, FRAME STRUCTURE SUPPORTING SAID BRACKET MEANS, STRUCTURE SUPPORTING SAID PIVOT MEANS, SAID ELONGATED MEMBER AND BAIL RESPECTIVELY SUPPORTING SAID APRON AND SPLASH SURFACE IN PLANES INCLINING DOWNWARDLY TO THE OPENING AT THE TOP OF THE BAG PENDANT THEREBELOW.