The present invention relates generally to liquid container securement devices. More specifically, the present invention is a bottle holder which can be mounted to any suitable objects and allows the bottles to be held in different ways. The present invention is specifically designed for urinal bottles. However, the present invention is not limited to this option, and it may further be adapted for different types of bottles.
Urinal bottles are well known in the prior art. Urinal bottles have been used for many years to collect urine specimens for medical testing. Moreover, urinal bottles are often used in the healthcare field to help male and female bedridden patients who find it impossible or difficult to get out of bed during sleep. Urinal bottles allow the patient who has cognition and movement of their arms to toilet independently while lying in the prone position. A plurality of drawbacks is associated with the placement of the urinal bottles. Preferably, the urinal bottles should be placed where the hand of the patient is able to reach it, for example, on the arm of a chair near the patient's bed. However, under some circumstances, the design of the existing urinal bottle holders made it impossible to fit onto the arm of the chair. In other words, the existing urinal bottle holders can only be placed on a fixed location and thus lack flexibility. Moreover, the urinal bottles may vary in shape and/or size, and the existing urinal bottle holders are usually designed to hold the urinal bottle of a particular size and shape. In addition, at nights or in dark places, the patient may find it difficult to find out the location of the urinal bottle. He/she is forced to turn on the lights to get aware of the surrounding, so as to get the urinal bottles. It is an objective of the present invention to solve the abovementioned problems by disclosing a bottle holder that is suitable for securing wide range of objects and for holding different types of urinal bottles. The present invention can be easily mounted to a cylindrical rod that is commonly found within a configuration of a hospital bed, chair, or any other medical related equipment. Furthermore, a phosphorescent material is integrated into the present invention so that the patient can easily identify the location of the present invention without turning on the lights.
The present invention is a bottle holder specifically designed for holding urinal bottles. The present invention can fit onto a variety of objects such that the urinal bottles can be kept on different places, for example, on the headboards of a bed, the arm of a chair, etc. the present invention also allows urinal bottles with different shapes and/or sizes to be held.
All illustrations of the drawings are for the purpose of describing selected versions of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
The present invention is a urinal bottle holding apparatus that is specifically designed to hold industry standard urinal bottles. The present invention may be of different shape and/or size to fit any specific urinal bottles and can be removably attached to any cylindrical and/or elongated objects so that users have the ability to choose where to place the urinal bottle. The present invention also offers different ways to hold the urinal bottle, such that the bottle is more readily accessible to the patient as shown in
The present invention comprises a mounting hook 1, a urinal bottle holder 5, and an attachment mechanism 10 as shown in
The mounting hook 1 can be made from any types of flexible material including, but not limited to, rubber, plastic, composite, etc. It should be noted that although the mounting hook 1 is flexible, there is still enough tension in the mounting hook 1 to support the total filled weight of the urinal bottle. In reference to
It should be noted that urinal bottle holder 5 can be made of other shapes including, but not limited, to an ellipse or other regular or irregular polygons as long as the rear wall is delineated for the placement of the plurality of holder fastening features 11. The present invention further comprises a quantity of phosphorescent material 20 that is integrated into the rectangular base 6 as shown in
In some embodiment of the urinal bottle holder 5, the rectangular base 6 has a U-shaped cross-section and thus forming a cavity from the bottom edge 7 of the rectangular base 6. In this embodiment, a plurality of structural spacers may be provided within the cavity to reinforce the structural integrity of the rectangular base 6.
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More specifically, the first tab 12 and the second tab 13 each comprises a narrow section and a wider section. The narrow section is connected along the rectangular base 6 and the support wall 9. The wider section is symmetrically connected along the narrow section and positioned opposite of the support wall 9. In other words, the narrow section and the wider section delineate a T-shaped profile for the first tab 12 and the second tab 13 as the bottom end of the T-shaped profile is connected along the rectangular base 6 and the support wall 9. The first opening 16 and the second opening 17 each comprises a wider channel and a narrow channel. The wider channel and the narrow channel are adjacently connected to each other, wherein the narrow channel is oriented toward an end of straight section 2. In other words, the narrow channel and the wider channel delineate a T-shaped profile for the first opening 16 and the second opening 17 as the bottom end of the T-shaped profile is oriented toward the end of the straight section 2.
In order to attach the mounting hook 1 and the urinal bottle holder 5 together, the wider section is first aligned with the wider channel so that the wider section can be inserted through. Once the wider section is inserted through the wider channel, the rectangular base 6 is pressed downward toward the end of the straight section 2. Resultantly, the narrow section engages with the narrow channel and secures the urinal bottle holder 5 to the mounting hook 1. Since the wider section is larger than the narrow channel, the urinal bottle holder 5 does not disengage from the mounting hook 1.
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Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
The current application claims a priority to the U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 62/840,182 filed on Apr. 29, 2019. The U.S. provisional patent application 62/840,182 is revived within the two-month period for unintentional abandonment by Apr. 29, 2019.
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62840182 | Apr 2019 | US |