MEDICINE TRAY FOR CABINET DRAWER
First Claim
1. In combination, a removable plastic liner tray adapted to be received in a cabinet drawer and having integral parametric side walls and a bottom wall, said tray being elongated in a first direction and including a relatively wide separating ribs dividing said liner tray into a first compartment having a plurality of sections adapted to receive patient trays and a second compartment adapted to receive a hypodermic needle tray, said bottom further including first and second raised ribs extending transverse of said relatively wide first rib and placed to engage the bottom of a hypodermic tray and to prevent the same from sliding when a hypodermic tray is received in said second compartment, and a plurality of laterally spaced relatively thin second ribs extending transverse of the direction of elongation of said liner tray and spaced laterally apart to provide said plurality of sections for receiving patient trays;
- a plastic hypodermic needle tray having an integral serrated bottom providing a plurality of adjacent troughs for receiving hypodermic needles having a saw-tooth shape and cross section, adjacent converging surfaces of said troughs being generally planar and spaced apart at the line of convergence; and
a plurality of individual patient trays having a generally rectangular horizontal cross section and each adapted to be received within said sections of said first compartment to rest on the bottom thereof, each patient tray having an inclined side wall extending upwardly and outwardly from the bottom thereof and located adjacent a narrow rib when said patient tray is placed in said first compartment to facilitate removal of said patient tray by rotation about the lower edge of the side wall opposing said inclined side wall without interfering with one of said second ribs or an adjacent patient tray, each patient tray further including an upwardly and outwardly projecting flange forming a handle at the upper edge of the inclined wall thereof to facilitate grasping of said tray when a plurality of said patient trays are aligned within said sections of said first compartment of said plastic liner tray.
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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.
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1. In combination, a removable plastic liner tray adapted to be received in a cabinet drawer and having integral parametric side walls and a bottom wall, said tray being elongated in a first direction and including a relatively wide separating ribs dividing said liner tray into a first compartment having a plurality of sections adapted to receive patient trays and a second compartment adapted to receive a hypodermic needle tray, said bottom further including first and second raised ribs extending transverse of said relatively wide first rib and placed to engage the bottom of a hypodermic tray and to prevent the same from sliding when a hypodermic tray is received in said second compartment, and a plurality of laterally spaced relatively thin second ribs extending transverse of the direction of elongation of said liner tray and spaced laterally apart to provide said plurality of sections for receiving patient trays;
- a plastic hypodermic needle tray having an integral serrated bottom providing a plurality of adjacent troughs for receiving hypodermic needles having a saw-tooth shape and cross section, adjacent converging surfaces of said troughs being generally planar and spaced apart at the line of convergence; and
a plurality of individual patient trays having a generally rectangular horizontal cross section and each adapted to be received within said sections of said first compartment to rest on the bottom thereof, each patient tray having an inclined side wall extending upwardly and outwardly from the bottom thereof and located adjacent a narrow rib when said patient tray is placed in said first compartment to facilitate removal of said patient tray by rotation about the lower edge of the side wall opposing said inclined side wall without interfering with one of said second ribs or an adjacent patient tray, each patient tray further including an upwardly and outwardly projecting flange forming a handle at the upper edge of the inclined wall thereof to facilitate grasping of said tray when a plurality of said patient trays are aligned within said sections of said first compartment of said plastic liner tray.
- a plastic hypodermic needle tray having an integral serrated bottom providing a plurality of adjacent troughs for receiving hypodermic needles having a saw-tooth shape and cross section, adjacent converging surfaces of said troughs being generally planar and spaced apart at the line of convergence; and
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2. The combination of claim 1 wherein each of said patient trays further comprises interior side wall ribs for retaining a patient identification card;
- and a plurality of pairs of spaced integral ribs for receiving removable dividers for forming compartments within each patient tray.
Specification
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Current AssigneeLewis C. Wyman, Robert B. Morrison
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Original AssigneeLewis C. Wyman, Robert B. Morrison
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InventorsMorrison, Robert B., Wyman, Lewis C.
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Primary Examiner(s)Gilliam, Paul R.
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Application NumberUS05/109,823Time in Patent Office707 DaysField of Search312/209 211/126,184 206/72US Class Current312/209CPC Class CodesA47B 2210/03 Drawers with profiled bottomsA47B 88/90 Constructional details of d...A47B 88/994 in the form of trays or ins...A61J 7/0069 Trays for holding or distri...
