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US3834778A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Medicine tray for cabinet drawer

Assignee: Sheldon & Co E H
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Filing: 1972-12-06
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Granted: 1974-09-10
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Expires: 1992-12-06
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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 2026-10-26 21:06
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: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 234 words
In combination, a mobile cabinet having a plurality of lockable drawers; a removable plastic liner tray received in each of said drawers and having integral perimetric side walls and a bottom wall, said tray being elongated in a first direction and including a plurality of parallel ribs in the bottom thereof, extending across the width of said tray and spaced apart to receive a plurality of patient trays in side-by-side relation; and a plurality of individual patient trays having a generally rectangular horizontal cross section with rounded corners and each adapted to be received within said sections of said liner tray to rest on the bottom thereof, each patient tray having a bottom, three upright side walls and an inclined side wall extending upwardly and outwardly from the bottom thereof and located adjacent a narrow rib when said patient trays are placed side by side in said sections of said liner tray to facilitate removal of said patient trays by rotation about the lower edge of the side wall opposing said inclined side wall without interfering with one of said ribs or an adjacent patient tray, each patient tray further including an upwardly and outwardly projecting flange forming a finger grip at the upper edge of the inclined side wall thereof to facilitate grasping of said tray when a plurality of said patient trays are aligned within said sections of said plastic liner tray.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 234 words
In combination, a mobile cabinet having a plurality of lockable drawers; a removable plastic liner tray received in each of said drawers and having integral perimetric side walls and a bottom wall, said tray being elongated in a first direction and including a plurality of parallel ribs in the bottom thereof, extending across the width of said tray and spaced apart to receive a plurality of patient trays in side-by-side relation; and a plurality of individual patient trays having a generally rectangular horizontal cross section with rounded corners and each adapted to be received within said sections of said liner tray to rest on the bottom thereof, each patient tray having a bottom, three upright side walls and an inclined side wall extending upwardly and outwardly from the bottom thereof and located adjacent a narrow rib when said patient trays are placed side by side in said sections of said liner tray to facilitate removal of said patient trays by rotation about the lower edge of the side wall opposing said inclined side wall without interfering with one of said ribs or an adjacent patient tray, each patient tray further including an upwardly and outwardly projecting flange forming a finger grip at the upper edge of the inclined side wall thereof to facilitate grasping of said tray when a plurality of said patient trays are aligned within said sections of said plastic liner 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) 1977-09-09 1978-03-11 1978-09-10 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1981-09-09 1982-03-11 1982-09-10 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1985-09-09 1986-03-11 1986-09-10 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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