Tubing clip

• US 4,406,042 A
• Filed: 04/13/1981
• Issued: 09/27/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/1981
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mcgaw Incorporated Moraine Montgomery County
• Original Assignee: American Hospital Supply Corp. (Baxter International Inc.)
• Inventors: McPhee, Charles J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Eskovitz, Jay N.
• Application Number:
  US06/253,343
• Time in Patent Office: 897 Days
• Field of Search: 24/130, 24/129 A, 24/129 B, 24/129 D, 24/336, 251/4, 251/6, 251/7
• US Class Current: 24/130
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1418 Clips, separators or the like for supporting tubes or leads
• CPC Class Codes: F16G 11/103 deforming the cable by bending it around or inserting it into the fastener
• CPC Class Codes: F16G 11/14 Devices or coupling-pieces designed for easy formation of adjustable loops, e.g. choker hooks; Hooks or eyes with integral parts designed to facilitate quick attachment to cables or ropes at any point, e.g. by forming loops
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 3/01 for supporting or guiding the pipes, cables or protective tubing, between relatively movable points, e.g. movable channels
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3918 Wedge slot
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3927 Slack adjuster

Abstract

A tubing clip is disclosed herein which comprises a body member forming a pair of channels through which a flexible tube may be passed, each of which is provided with a means for narrowing said channel at one end which narrows the channel sufficiently to prevent the tubing from slipping through the channels unaided while permitting the flow passage of the tube to remain open.

Claims

1. A tubing clip for securing a loop of flexible tubing, said clip comprising

a body member forming a pair of substantially parallel channels, each of said channels extending the length of said tubing clip, through which the flexible tubing can be passed, and

means for narrowing said channels formed at one end of each of sand channels, the opening through said narrowing means defining two substantially parallel sidewalls which narrow the channel sufficiently to prevent the tubing from slipping through the channel unaided while permitting the flow passage of the tubing to remain open and permitting said tubing to be manually slipped through said channel without binding.

2. A tubing clip according to claim 1 further comprising a pair of longitudinal openings formed in said body member which communicate respectively with said pair of channels for permitting said flexible tubing to be inserted in said channels through said openings.

3. A tubing clip according to claim 2 wherein the diameter of said channels is greater than the width of said longitudinal openings whereby said flexible tubing will be restrained within said channels after being inserted through said openings.

4. A tubing clip according to claim 3 wherein said longitudinal openings are wider at the end of said channels opposite said narrowing means to facilitate insertion of said flexible tubing in said openings.

5. A tubing clip according to claim 1 wherein said narrowing means are raised abutments.

6. A tubing clip according to claim 5 wherein said raised abutments are formed in their respective channels at the same end of the tubing clip.

7. A tubing clip according to claim 5 wherein one raised abutment narrows the channel in which it is formed more than the other raised abutment.

8. A tubing clip according to claim 1 wherein said body member is defined by an S-shaped cross-section which forms a pair of channels through which the flexible tubing can be passed.

9. A tubing clip according to claim 1 which is manufactured from plastic.