Solution bottle holder

Claim 1

An apparatus removably attachable to a wheeled patient carrier for supporting on said carrier a bottle of solution being delivered to a patient, the bottle having a suspending element associated therein for permitting it to be suspended in an inverted position, the combination comprising: an elongated rigid rodlike support member; means releasably attaching said support member to the carrier in an upright position wherein said support member projects upwardly from the carrier; hanger means fixed on the upper end of said elongated member and engageable with said suspending element for suspending said bottle in an inverted position; bracket means releasably secured to said elongated support member at a location spaced downwardly from said hanger means and being adjustable lengthwise of said support member, said bracket means including an angled bar having two flat plate-like parts which extend at an angle relative to one another and define a shallow V-shaped recess for receiving said bottle; flexible strap means connected at one end to said bar adjacent an outer edge of one of said flat parts, said strap means being extendible around said bottle and connectible with said bar adjacent an outer edge of the other flat part whereby said bottle is held firmly within said V-shaped recess against said bar, said strap means being flat and having two sections connected end-to-end, said sections having coacting and interengageable fastening means on the same sides thereof; and said bracket means having a slot in one end of said bar whereby said strap means may be passed through said slot and folded back onto itself to adjustably selectively engage said fastening means at various positions to maintain said bottle snugly against said bar.

Claim 2

An apparatus removably attachable to a wheeled patient carrier for supporting on said carrier a bottle of solution being delivered to a patient, the bottle having a suspending element associated therein for permitting it to be suspended in an inverted position, the combination comprising: an elongated rigid rodlike support member; means releasably attaching said support member to the carrier in an upright position wherein said support member projects upwardly from the carrier; hanger means fixed on the upper end of said elongated member and engageable with said suspending element for suspending said bottle in an inverted position; bracket means releasably secured to said elongated support member at a location spaced downwardly from said hanger means and being adjustable lengthwise of said support member, said bracket means including an angled bar having two flat plate-like parts which extend at an angle relative to one another and define a shallow V-shaped recess for receiving said bottle; flexible strap means connected at one end to said bar adjacent an outer edge of one of said flat parts, said strap means being extendible around said bottle and connectible with said bar adjacent an outer edge of the other flat part whereby said bottle is held firmly within said V-shaped recess against said bar, said strap means being flat and having two sections connected end-to-end, said sections having coacting and interengageable fastening means on the same sides thereof; and said bracket means having a slot in one end of said bar whereby said strap means may be passed through said slot and folded back onto itself to adjustably selectively engage said fastening means at various positions to maintain said bottle snugly against said bar.