Multi-part disposable handle for hospital surgery room light fixture
First Claim
1. A sterilizable multi-part handle for attachment to a handle receiving fitting on a medical surgery room light fixture, said handle comprising:
- a handle body having a body grip portion and a head portion to engage said fitting;
a disc separate from said handle and having a central aperture within a surrounding annular web; and
connecting means associated with said handle body head portion and said disc aperture for mounting said disc to said handle body preparatory to mounting said handle to said light fixture.
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Abstract
A sterilizable multi-part handle for attachment to a handle receiving fitting of a hospital surgery room light fixture is made of light weight, inexpensive molded plastic parts which are disposable after use, the handle including a handle body having a body grip portion and a threaded head portion to engage the fixture fitting and a disc separate from the handle which is provided with a central aperture via which the disc is assembled to the handle in a snap on fit connection between the handle body and disc. The exemplary connecting means includes a plurality of detents provided on the inner periphery of the disc aperture which snap into and seat within a disc receiving groove provided in the handle body head portion adjacent a disc seating flange against which the disc seats when the handle is turned into tight engagement with the associated light fixture fitting. A sterilized kit of handle parts is disclosed wherein a pair of nested handle bodies seat in side by side relation upon a pair of stacked disc with a retainer strap thereabout to hold the array in such preassembled compact relation within a sterilized peel back type package.
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17 Claims
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1. A sterilizable multi-part handle for attachment to a handle receiving fitting on a medical surgery room light fixture, said handle comprising:
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a handle body having a body grip portion and a head portion to engage said fitting; a disc separate from said handle and having a central aperture within a surrounding annular web; and connecting means associated with said handle body head portion and said disc aperture for mounting said disc to said handle body preparatory to mounting said handle to said light fixture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A sterilized package kit of easily assembled multi-part light weight plastic molded handles for use with a medical surgery room light fixture having a handle receiving fitting, said kit being provided within a sterile package and comprising:
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a pair of discs in stacked relation, one on top of the other; a pair of handle bodies in side by side relation and resting on said one of said discs; and a retainer strap wound about and holding said handle bodies and discs in a compact array thereof prior to their removal from said package and assembly of said discs to said handle bodies to provide assembled handles. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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