Medical equipment device for controlling dispositions of intravenous bottles

Claim 1

Intravenous bottle retaining means comprising a. a support bracket means having pole gripping means at the inner end thereof and an intravenous bottle receiver at the outer end thereof; b. said intravenous bottle receiver comprising an open-ended generally radially flexible split sleeve consisting essentially of resilient rubber material and having means securing said split sleeve to the outer end of said support bracket means, three substantially equally arcuately spaced apart radially inwardly extending hemispherical projections of small diameter disposed adjacent the bottom edge of said split sleeve for engaging and releasably supporting an intravenous bottle in inverted upright disposition within said split sleeve and generally above said projections; and c. strap means arranged for releasable securing to opposed free edges of said split sleeve for releasably drawing said opposed free edges arcuately toward each other.