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Cord holding device

US4770377A · kind A · utility

6Cited by
12References
6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 6, 1987
Grant dateSep 13, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 6, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/4406
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cord holding device for retaining an electrical cord in strategic position on a hospital bed in a convenient location relative to a patient lying on the bed has a base member which in use may be secured by adhesive or a belt to a mattress cover or a mattress pad underneath a bed sheet. A holder member snaps onto the base member over the bed sheet so as to trap the bed sheet therebetween. The holder member carries a pushbutton assembly by which it may be released from the base member by depression of the pushbutton. A U-shaped saddle in inverted form fits into the top of the pushbutton to releasably secure the electrical cord between the saddle member and the pushbutton.

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