A thermometer container and holder assembly of plastic construction adapted to be placed at the patient's bedside wherein the thermometer container consists of a tapered three-sided base which receives a push-on stopper at the upper end thereof and a cover also receivable on the stopper of identical construction to the base, there being provided a wall or table mounted support for the container that resiliently grasps the container with sufficient force so that if desired the container cover may be removed without the removal of the entire container from the support.
In a merchandise display hook with label holder, wherein the hook has a flat mounting plate of standard size for mounting an information label holder of variable size and shape, an improved one-piece, molded label holder is provided which has a flat, plate-like label support provided with a wand-supporting flange along its lower edge. Mounting flanges are formed on the back of the label support. These are of L-shaped cross section and are formed by side flange portions and back flange portions. The label support has through openings which are at least co-extensive in size and shape with the back flange portions, enabling the back flange portions to be formed by mold projections extending through the label support from the front side of the mold. A deflectable locking tongue secures the label holder in position on the mounting plate, once installed. The special construction of the label holder accommodates high speed, mass production molding such that a functionally superior molded label holder is economically competitive with known, extruded designs.
A thermometer case and holder for housing a thermometer for use in taking patient's temperatures, which case is of integral one-piece plastic construction and includes a container portion for containing alcohol and the like into which a major lower portion of the thermometer is inserted. Gripper means are provided at the lower end of the case for securing the bulb of the thermometer, and a hinged spacer lid is provided at the top of the container for centering the top of the thermometer, said spacer lid being operable between open and closed positions. A hinged cap fits over the spacer lid and an upward extension of the thermometer, and is also operable between open and closed positions. The case fits into a holder for mounting to a wall or the like.
The specification describes a container for an indian ink instrument with a plate insert arranged in the lower part of the container for vertically holding a nib of the instrument. The nib has its outlet opening extending into a moist air space located underneath the plate insert. The plate insert is provided with a single central mount, which adjoins the air space concentrically surrounding the nib below the insert. The arrangement comprises a porous liquid vehicle surrounding the air space, and a sleeve lid which is adapted to be mounted on the lower part of the container and is adapted to support a shank of the instrument axially and radially.
A three-piece syringe package which, when separated, is adapted to contain a fluid for performing an irrigation procedure. The package has a tubular base portion and a tubular cap portion separated by a tubular collar, the latter having a central opening receiving the syringe. A sealing tape joins the base, cap and collar such that the interior of the package may be sterilized as a completed unit.
An insect trap includes a vial having an annular reservoir, a bottom opening extending between opposite portions of the reservoir, a transparent upper wall of the vial extending upwardly and inwardly above the reservoir and having an upper opening centrally located in an upwardly extending, centrally located neck portion, the neck portion forming a stopper engagement surface proximate the upper opening; an elongate hook having a stem, a main hook portion connected to an upper extremity of the stem for supporting the hook on an external support, and a secondary hook portion at an intermediate location on the stem portion. A stopper is connected proximate a lower extremity of the hook for supporting the vial and closing the upper opening when the trap is suspended by the hook. The hook sealingly protrudes the stopper, forming an inside hook portion below the stopper for suspending a fixture within the vial. The hook, together with the stopper, is passable vertically through the bottom opening, and the secondary and main hook portions are passable vertically through the upper opening when engaging the hook with the vial.