Surgical protective tool positioning apparatus

• US 7,666,157 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Issued: 02/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jeff Win
• Original Assignee: Jeff Win
• Inventors: Win, Jeff
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown; Michael A.
• Application Number:
  US11/980,707
• Publication Number:
  US 20090163843A1
• Time in Patent Office: 846 Days
• Field of Search: 602/5, 602/23, 602 27- 29, 128/882
• US Class Current: 602/23
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/0195 Shoe-like orthopaedic devices for protecting the feet against injuries after operations

Abstract

A surgical protective tool positioning apparatus includes a base, and two symmetric connecting bases disposed on the base, each having a containing groove formed by enclosing a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall. The second sidewall has a latch hole for interconnecting a containing space above the containing groove and the base for inserting a support stand downwardly into the containing groove. Each support stand has a latch lump latched to and protruded from the latch hole, such that each support stand is protected completely by the first sidewall, second sidewall, third sidewall and fourth sidewall of each connecting base to provide a better structural strength for connecting the support stand and the connecting base, and achieve the advantages of better durability and safety to the protective tool.

Claims

1. A surgical protective tool positioning apparatus, comprising:

a base, having a vertical connecting base separately disposed on both left and right symmetric sides, and a containing space extended forward and backward between the connecting base and the base, and each connecting base having a first sidewall facing the exterior of the containing space and a second sidewall facing the interior of the containing space, and each connecting base having a third sidewall facing the front side of the base and a fourth sidewall facing the rear side of the base, and a containing groove being defined by enclosing the first sidewall, second sidewall, third sidewall and fourth sidewall, and each containing groove having an insert opening disposed at the top of each connecting base, and the second sidewall of each connecting base having a latch hole, and each containing groove being interconnected with the containing space through each latch hole;

two support stands, whose bottom having an inserting section of the containing groove of the connecting base inserted into the base, and a protruding section extended outwardly and parallelly with both lateral edges of the bottom of each inserting section, and the ends of the two protruding sections being connected by a connecting section for enclosing a pressing space, and an extended portion being extended from the connecting section towards the pressing space, and the extended portion having a latch lump protruded from a latch hole of the containing groove and corresponding to each connecting base of the base for latching into the latch hole, and the first sidewall and the second sidewall of each connecting base being connected to both left and right lateral surfaces of the inserting section of each support stand respectively, and the third sidewall and the fourth sidewall of each connecting base being connected to other two lateral surfaces of the inserting section of each support stand, which are both front and rear lateral surfaces of the inserting section for securing and positioning each support stand into the containing groove of each connecting base.

2. The surgical protective tool positioning apparatus of claim 1, wherein the latch lump of each extended portion forms an aslant guiding surface at a position proximate to the connecting section, and when each aslant guiding surface is inserted into and contacted with an internal edge of the second sidewall at the position of the insert opening of each connecting base, and the aslant guiding surface of each latch lump is provided for guiding and inserting the inserting section of each support stand into each containing groove.

3. The surgical protective tool positioning apparatus of claim 1, wherein each connecting base includes a positioning concave portion concavely disposed at the top of the first sidewall and the second sidewall, and each support stand includes a positioning protrusion separately disposed at a position of the positioning concave portion corresponding to the first sidewall and the second sidewall, such that each positioning protrusion and each positioning concave portion are pressed and connected with each other.

4. The surgical protective tool positioning apparatus of claim 3, wherein the positioning concave portion of each second sidewall includes a guide slot disposed at a center position and towards each latch hole, and the latch lump of the extended portion of each support stand is protruded to and guided by the guide slot.

5. The surgical protective tool positioning apparatus of claim 4, wherein the latch lump of each extended portion forms an aslant guiding surface at a position proximate to the connecting section, and each aslant guiding surface is in contact with an internal edge of the second sidewall at the bottom of each guide slot during an insertion.

6. The surgical protective tool positioning apparatus of claim 4, wherein each connecting base includes a first stop portion disposed at the top of the third sidewall and the fourth sidewall, and each support stand includes a second stop portion disposed separately on two first stop portions of each connecting base, and the second stop portion of each support stand and the first stop portion of each connecting base are pressed and coupled with each other.

7. The surgical protective tool positioning apparatus of claim 1, wherein each connecting base includes at least one through hole disposed at a lateral edge towards the front of the base for passing a wrapping member.

8. The surgical protective tool positioning apparatus of claim 1, wherein the base includes at least one through hole disposed at a lateral edge proximate to each connecting base for passing a wrapping member.

9. The surgical protective tool positioning apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the two support stands includes at least one through hole for passing a wrapping member.