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US3708709A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Medicine tray for cabinet drawer

Assignee: Sheldon & Co E H
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Filing: 1971-01-26
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Granted: 1973-01-02
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Expires: 1991-01-26
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Abstract

Abstract A plastic liner tray is removably carried in a nurse''s cabinet cart and is provided with integral raised and spaced ribs supporting individual patient medicine trays and a hypodermic needle tray.

Inventors

  • 👤 R Morrison
  • 👤 L Wyman

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 21:58
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61J; A61J7/00; A61J7/0069; A47; A47B; A47B88/00; A47B88/90; A47B88/969; A47B88/994; A47B2210/00; A47B2210/03

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 342 words
In combination, a removable plastic liner tray adapted to be received in a cabinet drawer and having integral parametric side walls and a bottom wall, said tray being elongated in a first direction and including a relatively wide separating ribs dividing said liner tray into a first compartment having a plurality of sections adapted to receive patient trays and a second compartment adapted to receive a hypodermic needle tray, said bottom further including first and second raised ribs extending transverse of said relatively wide first rib and placed to engage the bottom of a hypodermic tray and to prevent the same from sliding when a hypodermic tray is received in said second compartment, and a plurality of laterally spaced relatively thin second ribs extending transverse of the direction of elongation of said liner tray and spaced laterally apart to provide said plurality of sections for receiving patient trays; a plastic hypodermic needle tray having an integral serrated bottom providing a plurality of adjacent troughs for receiving hypodermic needles having a saw-tooth shape and cross section, adjacent converging surfaces of said troughs being generally planar and spaced apart at the line of convergence; and a plurality of individual patient trays having a generally rectangular horizontal cross section and each adapted to be received within said sections of said first compartment to rest on the bottom thereof, each patient tray having an inclined side wall extending upwardly and outwardly from the bottom thereof and located adjacent a narrow rib when said patient tray is placed in said first compartment to facilitate removal of said patient tray by rotation about the lower edge of the side wall opposing said inclined side wall without interfering with one of said second ribs or an adjacent patient tray, each patient tray further including an upwardly and outwardly projecting flange forming a handle at the upper edge of the inclined wall thereof to facilitate grasping of said tray when a plurality of said patient trays are aligned within said sections of said first compartment of said plastic liner tray.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 342 words
In combination, a removable plastic liner tray adapted to be received in a cabinet drawer and having integral parametric side walls and a bottom wall, said tray being elongated in a first direction and including a relatively wide separating ribs dividing said liner tray into a first compartment having a plurality of sections adapted to receive patient trays and a second compartment adapted to receive a hypodermic needle tray, said bottom further including first and second raised ribs extending transverse of said relatively wide first rib and placed to engage the bottom of a hypodermic tray and to prevent the same from sliding when a hypodermic tray is received in said second compartment, and a plurality of laterally spaced relatively thin second ribs extending transverse of the direction of elongation of said liner tray and spaced laterally apart to provide said plurality of sections for receiving patient trays; a plastic hypodermic needle tray having an integral serrated bottom providing a plurality of adjacent troughs for receiving hypodermic needles having a saw-tooth shape and cross section, adjacent converging surfaces of said troughs being generally planar and spaced apart at the line of convergence; and a plurality of individual patient trays having a generally rectangular horizontal cross section and each adapted to be received within said sections of said first compartment to rest on the bottom thereof, each patient tray having an inclined side wall extending upwardly and outwardly from the bottom thereof and located adjacent a narrow rib when said patient tray is placed in said first compartment to facilitate removal of said patient tray by rotation about the lower edge of the side wall opposing said inclined side wall without interfering with one of said second ribs or an adjacent patient tray, each patient tray further including an upwardly and outwardly projecting flange forming a handle at the upper edge of the inclined wall thereof to facilitate grasping of said tray when a plurality of said patient trays are aligned within said sections of said first compartment of said plastic liner tray.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 43 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein each of said patient trays further comprises interior side wall ribs for retaining a patient identification card; and a plurality of pairs of spaced integral ribs for receiving removable dividers for forming compartments within each patient tray.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1976-01-02 1976-07-03 1977-01-02 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1980-01-02 1980-07-03 1981-01-02 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1984-01-02 1984-07-03 1985-01-02 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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