Tube lock

• US 3,288,136 A
• Filed: 01/07/1964
• Issued: 11/29/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Douglas W. Lund
• Original Assignee: Douglas W. Lund
• Inventors: Lund, Douglas W.
• Application Number:
  US04/336,176
• Time in Patent Office: 1,057 Days
• US Class Current: 604/180
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/0226 specifically adapted for the nose
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/026 where the straps are releasably secured, e.g. by hook and loop-type fastening devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/02 Holding devices, e.g. on the body
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/26 Cannula supporters
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/27 including readily dissociable fastener having numerous, protruding, unitary filaments randomly interlocking with, and simultaneously moving towards, mating structure [e.g., hook-loop type fastener]

Claims

1. A MOUNTING AND LOCKING DEVICE FOR USE WITH A TUBULAR STRUCTURE COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS, SAID FIRST MEMBER INCLUDING PAD MEANS HAVING CLOTH-LIKE MATERIAL ON AT LEAST ONE SURFACE AND AND ADHESIVE COATING ON ANOTHER SURFACE OF SAID PAD MEANS, SAID SECOND MEMBER INCLUDING A FLEXIBLE SLEEVE ADAPTED TO BE SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID TUBULAR STRUCTURE, A RELATIVELY SOFT RESILIENT DEFORMABLE SLEEVE DISPOSED ABOUT SAID FLEXIBLE SLEEVE, SAID DEFORMABLE SLEEVE BEING OF FORAMINOUS CONSTRUCTION OF AN EASILY DEFORMED MATERIAL WHICH WILL RETAIN THE DEFORMED SHAPE, AND A HOUSING HAVING HOOKFORMING PILE THREADS ATTACHED TO SAID DEFORMABLE SLEEVE, WHEREBY SAID SECOND MEMBER CAN BE POSITIONED ON SAID TUBULAR STRUCTURE AND PRESSURE EXERTED THEREON TO CAUSE THE FLEXIBLE SLEEVE AND THE DEFORMABLE SLEEVE TO BE DEFORMED AND CLAMPINGLY ENGAGE THE TUBULAR STRUCTURE AND THEREAFTER WHEN THE FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS ARE JOINED, THE HOOK-FORMING PILE THREADS OF THE SECOND MEMBER WILL RELEASABLY ENGAGE THE CLOTH-LIKE MATERIAL OF THE FIRST MEMBER TO PREVENT LENGTHWISE MOVEMENT OF THE TUBULAR STRUCTURE.