Bail band assembly for intravenous liquid containers

Claim 2

A bail band assembly for use on an intravenous liquid container comprising a first straight length of thin, flat, bendable band material having attaching means at its ends, a second straight length of thin, flat, bendable, bail-forming band material which is shorter than said first length superimposed thereon in parallelism, circumferentially spaced means movably connecting said band portions together for relative sliding movement in a longitudinal direction, said connecting means also providing pivots which are so spaced that when the first length has been bent to circular form with its end attaChing means joined, the connecting means between the two band portions are positioned to provide for pivotal movement of said second length to a right-angular bail-forming position with respect to said first length.

Claim 3

A combination as claimed in claim 1 in which the circumferentially spaced connecting means maintains the parts in parallelism and precludes said pivotal movement when the assembly is in straight unbent condition for shipment.

Claim 4

A combination as claimed in claim 1 in which the connecting means between the two lengths of band material comprises rivets on said first length and longitudinally extending slots in said second length which have slideable engagement with the rivets.

Claim 5

A combination as claimed in claim 1 in which there is a finger recess intermediate the length of said bail-forming band material.

Claim 6

In combination with a circular bottle having an annular recess near a bottom end, a thin, flat, bendable attaching band connected to the bottle in encircling position in said recess, a bail-forming band of lesser length than the attaching band superimposed on the latter within said bottle recess and having opposed ends, circumferentially spaced means on the attaching band and on said opposed ends of the bail-forming band for movably and pivotally connecting said band portions together, said connecting means providing for relative slideable movement whereby the bail-forming band may be pulled laterally outwardly from a stored position to a bowed position outwardly of said annular recess and bottle, and said connecting means being so positioned on the bottle as to provide for pivotal movement whereby the bail-forming band may be swung over the end of the bottle to a position at right angles to its stored position, the bottle having an annular shoulder adjacent said bottom end, with the annular recess inwardly of said annular shoulder, and all portions of the connected bands being of lesser diameter than the annular shoulder of the bottle when in stored position in the recess.

Claim 7

In combination with a circular bottle having an annular recess near a bottom end, a thin, flat, bendable attaching band connected to the bottle in encircling position in said recess, a bail-forming band of lesser length than the attaching band superimposed on the latter within said bottle recess and having opposed ends, circumferentially spaced means on the attaching band and on said opposed ends of the bail-forming band for movably and pivotally connecting said band portions together, said connecting means providing for relative slideable movement whereby the bail-forming band may be pulled laterally outwardly from a stored position to a bowed position outwardly of said annular recess and bottle, and said connecting means being so positioned on the bottle as to provide for pivotal movement whereby the bail-forming band may be swung over the end of the bottle to a position at right angles to its stored position, the bottle having an annular shoulder adjacent said bottom end, with the annular recess inwardly of said annular shoulder, and all portions of the connected bands being of lesser diameter than the annular shoulder of the bottle when in stored position in the recess.

Claim 8

In combination with a circular bottle having an annular recess near a bottom end, a thin, flat, bendable attaching band connected to the bottle in encircling position in said recess, a bail-forming band of lesser length than the attaching band concentrically superimposed on and in substantial contact throughout its length with the latter within said bottle recess and having opposed ends, circumferentially spaced means on the attaching band and on said opposed ends of the bail-forming band for movably and pivotally connecting said band portions together, said connecting means providing for relative slideable movement whereby the bail-forming band may be pulled laterally outwardly from a compactly stored concentric position to a bowed position outwardly of said annular recess and bottle, and said connecting means being so positioned on the bottle as to provide for pivotal movement whereby the bail-forming band may be swung over the end of the bottle to a position at right angles to its stored position.

Claim 9

In combination with a circular bottle having an annular recess near a bottom end, a thin, flat, bendable attaching band connected to the bottle in encircling position in said recess, a bail-forming band of lesser length than the attaching band concentrically superimposed on and in substantial contact throughout its length with the latter within said bottle recess and having opposed ends, circumferentially spaced means on the attaching band and on said opposed ends of the bail-forming band for movably and pivotally connecting said band portions together, said connecting means providing for relative slideable movement whereby the bail-forming band may be pulled laterally outwardly from a compactly stored concentric position to a bowed position outwardly of said annular recess and bottle, and said connecting means being so positioned on the bottle as to provide for pivotal movement whereby the bail-forming band may be swung over the end of the bottle to a position at right angles to its stored position.

Claim 10

A combination as claimed in claim 6 in which the connecting means comprises circumferentially extending and circumferentially spaced slots in one of the bands, and means on the other band coacting with said slots to provide for the relative sliding movement.

Claim 11

A combination as claimed in claim 6 in which the connecting means comprises circumferentially spaced, outwardly extending rivets on the attaching band, and circumferentially extending slots near the ends of the bail-forming band through which said rivets extend.

Claim 12

A combination as claimed in claim 8 in which said slots in the bail-forming band are of such length as to provide for clearing of the bottom of the bottle after the bail-forming band portion has been pulled outwardly and while it is being swung to said right-angular position.

Claim 13

A combination as claimed in claim 6 in which the bail-forming band portion has a finger recess intermediate its length.