Plurality of tube squeezers and holder therefor

• US 3,194,440 A
• Filed: 10/11/1963
• Issued: 07/13/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Cornelins B. Watson Jr
• Original Assignee: Cornelins B. Watson Jr
• Inventors: Watson, Cornelins B. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US04/315,650
• Time in Patent Office: 641 Days
• US Class Current: 222/93
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 35/28 for expelling contents

Claims

1. THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL TUBE SQUEEZERS EACH INCLUDING GENERALLY ELONGATED BODY ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A TUBE TO BE SQUEEZED AND HAVING A DISCHARGE END FROM WHEN END THE CONTENTS OF THE ASSOCIATED TUBES ARE DISPENSED, EACH OF SAID TUBE SQUEEZERS ALSO INCLUDING A SQEEZING MECHANISM HAVING A MANUALLY OPERABLE OPERATING MEANS LOCATED EXTERIORALLY OF AND ADJACENT ONE SIDE OF THE ASSOCIATED BODY, A HOLDER ADAPTED TO BE PLACED ON A HORIZONTAL SURFACE AND HAVING AN UPWARDLY FACING SUPPORT SURFACE FOR VERTICALLY SUPPORTING SAID SQUEEZERS, MEANS FIXED RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORT SURFACE AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID SQUEEZERS FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING SAID SQUEEZERS IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATION ON SAID SUPPORT WITH SAID DISCHARGE ENDS FACING FORWARDLY AND WITH SAID OPERATING MEANS FACING UPWARDLY, SAID SQUEEZERS BEING SEPARATE FROM ONE ANOTHER AND FROM SAID HOLDER SO THAT EACH SQUEEZER MAY BE USED EITHER WHILE RESTING ON SAID HOLDER OR MAY BE REMOVED FROM SAID HOLDER FOR USE AWAY FROM SAID HOLDER, AND MEANS ON SAID HOLDER EXTENDING A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID SUPPORT SURFACE TO SUPPORT SAID SUPPORT SURFACE ABOVE AND IN SPACED RELTIONSHIP TO SAID HORIZONTAL SURFACE TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR INSERTING A HAND OR IMPLEMENT BETWEEN THE DISCHARGE END OF ANY ONE OF SAID INDIVIDUAL SQUEEZERS AND SAID HORIZONTAL SURFACE.