CA1069086A - Form with means to attach containers having test specimen therein - Google Patents
Form with means to attach containers having test specimen thereinInfo
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- CA1069086A CA1069086A CA299,560A CA299560A CA1069086A CA 1069086 A CA1069086 A CA 1069086A CA 299560 A CA299560 A CA 299560A CA 1069086 A CA1069086 A CA 1069086A
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D73/00—Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
- B01L9/00—Supporting devices; Holding devices
- B01L9/06—Test-tube stands; Test-tube holders
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Abstract
FORM WITH MEANS TO ATTACH CONTAINERS
HAVING TEST SPECIMEN THEREIN
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A form made of paper or other suitable material wherein the form has an information carrying section, in a first portion thereof, for recording the information of one or more items detachably retainable by said form, and an attachment means in a second portion thereof. The attach-ment means releasably retains one or more of the items.
Further, the attachment means has one or more retention flaps formed in the second portion and having means therein to receive one or more of the items and to frictionally re-tain same by friction force.
HAVING TEST SPECIMEN THEREIN
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A form made of paper or other suitable material wherein the form has an information carrying section, in a first portion thereof, for recording the information of one or more items detachably retainable by said form, and an attachment means in a second portion thereof. The attach-ment means releasably retains one or more of the items.
Further, the attachment means has one or more retention flaps formed in the second portion and having means therein to receive one or more of the items and to frictionally re-tain same by friction force.
Description
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'3 BACKGROUND ~)F INVENT~ON
"'! ( a) Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an impro~Jed paper form structure provided with an information carrying section and an attachment section for retaining one or more items which are identified in the information carry-lng section.
(b) Description of Prior Art It i5 known to provide a form comprising of one ^
or more sheets of paper and wherein an information carry-ing section is printed on these sheets to contain informa-tion to identify one or more products which are shipped with the form. Usually, the products have an identifica-tion code prlnted thereon and this code is recorded on the information carrying section of the form and identified therein. When the articles are shipped or displaced, the form travels therewith whereby to provide the identi-... .
fication of these products.
It is also known to provide an attachment means on the form whereby to attach the form to one or more pro-ducts or to a package holding the products. Still further, it is known to provide one or more pouches having an open - end and secured to a sheet whereby to lnsert a product in the pouch. A disadvantage of this type of carrying means , . .
~ 25 is that the pouch does not securely retain the products ,` and often the products fall out of the pouch when the form is in transit and become misplaced. When the products are test tubes containing human specimen, such misplacement ' results in serious consequences.
~ 30 There exists a need to provide a form which wi]l ;~, carry one or more items and contain identification of these -! items thereon and wherein the items are positively retained by the form to make it possible to expedite the form with ~- - 2 ~ ~
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the items attached thereto without losing such items. For example, there is a need to provide such a orm for medical use where the form would carry one or more test tubes containing a human specimen therein, each of the test tubes carrying an identity label or else being retained in a particular portion of the form, which portion carries a coded mark which is fully identified in an information carrying section of the form.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
It is a feature of the present invention to provide a form made of paper or other suitable material, and having ` an information carrying section and attachment means to frictionally retain the items to prevent these from being detached from the form.
Another feature of the present invention is to provide a form made of paper or other suitable material, and for medical use and wherein the attachment means is particu-larly adapted to frictionally retain test tubes carrying a human specimen, the test tubes being identified in an informa-tion carrying section of the form.
A still further feature of the present inventionis to provide a form made of paper or other suitable material and having an information carrying section and an attachment means, the attachment means having one or more retention flaps to receive one or more items and to frictionally retain ` same.
According to the above features, from a broad aspect, the present invention provides a form made of paper or other suitable fiber material, said form having an informa-tion carrying section in a first portion thereof for recordinginformation of one or more elongated tubular items of constant transverse cross-section detachably retained by said form, and , .
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ably retain one or more of said items, said second portion of said form being constituted by a separate sheet of thin rigid cardboard or other suitable papers or fiber material, said attacl~ment means being formed in said separate sheet and having two opposed parallel retention flaps secured along a respective edge to said second portlon and displaceable angularly outward from said planar surface, each of said retention flaps being urged toward said planar surface by the restoring force of the fiber content of said separate sheet, an intermediate wall section between said retention flaps, said retention flaps and intermediate wall section being of rectangular shape, said ~
intermediate wall section being connected along opposed parallel . edges to a top edge of said two opposed retention flaps, said :~ opposed wall sections exhibiting a restoring force when . displaced outwardly of the plane of said separate sheet, said ,- .~
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.~ parallel to one another, said opposed retention flaps being ,~; displaceable in parallel unison by said intermediate wall ,' 20 section, one or more cavities in each said two retention flaps, i said cavities in one of said two retention flaps each having .`'~ its center axis axially aligned with the center axis of an associated cavity in said other opposed retention flap to receive one of said tubular items in aligned cavities of each pair of axially aligned cavities between said retention flaps, '~ said retention flaps being biased along said center axis to .: apply pressure against said one of said tubular items posi-~ tioned in said aligned pai~s of cavities due to said restoring :~ force.
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~: A preferred embodiment of the present invention . will now be described with reference to the examples thereof : illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which:
FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a form having a first type of attachment means provided therewith;
FIGURE 2 is a further embodiment of a form incorporating therein an attachment means forming part of the same sheet having the information carrying section, FIGURE 3 is a side view of a portion of the . attachment means illustrating the operation of the retention flap of the examples shown in Figures 1 and 2;
. FIGURE 4 is a plan view illustrating various embodiments of the construction of the cavities in the retention flaps, .. : FIGURE S is a fragmented perspective view illus--~ trating a further example of a retention flap construction FIGURE 6 is a perspective view illustrating a :, further example of a form of the present invention with a :; 20 further retention flap construction, and ~ FIGURE 7 is a fragmented side view illustrating : the operation of the flap construction shown in Figure 6.
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DESCRIPTIO~ OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Referring now to the drawings, and more parti-cularly to Figure 1, there is shown generally at 10, one ; example of the form of the present invention. The form comprises an information carrying section 11, herein con-stituted by a plurality of sheets 12, to provide copies of information recorded on the form. A second portion of the form, herein constituted by a separate sheet 13, of card-board or other suitable thin rigid material, is attached to the information carrying sheets 11 at an attachment end 14 thereof or by other suitable means~ An attachment means ` 15 is formed in the separate sheet 13 and is provided with one or more retention flaps 16 having means therein, here-in constituted by one or more retention cavities 17, to , j . .
receive a respective item 18 therein and to frictionally retain same. The operation of the attachment means 15 will be described more fully later.
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`~ Referring now to Figure 2, there is shown another example of the form and herein the information carrying section 11' is formed integral with the attachment means 15'. In these particular embodiments, the form is pro-vided for medical use and the attachment means is con-' structed to frictionally retain one or more test tubes 18' carrying a human specimen (not shown) therein. The test . .: . .
tube may contain a label 19 thereon (see Fig~ 5) to iden-tify the owner of the specimen and the code on the label ~' is duplicated in the information carrying section 11' of : . , .
the form and fully identified thereon. Alternatively, ~instead of providing a label 19, a location marking such ~ ................. .
as designated by reference numeral 20, may be provided on .' .
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the form 10 adjacent each position of attachment cavi~ies whereby to identify a test tube 18 positioned within the '' cavities 17~ This is preferable as labels, suc'h as 19, have a tendency to slip off or become illegible.
S The particular example of the attachment means ~' 15 shown in Figures 1 to 3, is constituted by forming the retention falp in a lower edge portion 21 of the separate sheet 13 or the main sheet as shown in the Figure 2 example.
' The retention flap is formed by a first fold line 22 ,, ' 10 spaced inwardly and parallel to the end edge 23 of the separate sheet 13, or main sheet as shown in the example of Figure 2. A second fold line 2~ is formed intermediate ' the first fold line 22 and the end edge 23 and equidistantly spaced therebetween whereby to form two opposed wall sec-' 15 tions 25 and 26 of substantially identical elongated rec-' tangular configuration and positioned side-by-side and in-terconnected along a common edge at the second fold line , 24~ When it is required to insert test tubes 18 in the ' ~,' cavities, these two opposed wall sections 25 and 26' are ' ,, 20 angulated outwardly in the direction of arrow 27, by angu-lated displacement on the first and second fold lines. The ,wall sections 25 and 26 are resiliently biased away from one' 'another by the restoring force, in the direction of arrow ,' 28, inhibited by the fi'ber content of the material of the ~, sheet 13, or main sheet as shown in the example of Figure 2. '~' As can be seen, the cavities 17 are formed in ; ' both opposed wall sections 25 and 26 with the cavity 17' in the wall section 26 having their center axis axially aligned with the center axis of the cavities in the other opposed wall section 17 whereby to receive the test tube ',~; 15 in aligned cavities of each pair of axially aligned ' , cavities 17 and 17'. As shown in Flgure 3, in order to ., i , .
. , . . , :. -l069(~6 ;; insert the test tube 18' within a pair of axially aligned cavities 17 and 17', the wall section 26 is folded in the direction of arrow 29 towards the waIl sectlon 25 to bring the cavities 17 and 17' in close alignment. The test tube 18' is then inserted through the aligned cavities and the '; opposed wall sections 25 and 26 are released and assume - the position as shown in Figure 3 as t'he restoring force ; in the material of sheet 13 causes the wall sections to dispLace themselves in the direction of arrow 28 which is ;~ 10 towardsthe normal condition of the sheet 13. Such dis-- placement will cause the opposed wall sections 25 and 26 to apply pressure on portions of the tubes at the locations indicated by arrows 30 and namely, along upper and lower ~', marginal portions of the inner periphery of the cavities ,,, 15 17 and 17'. This pressure will provide the frictional re-tention of the tube within the cavities. In order to re-, move the tubes, the wall section 26 is again folded against the wall section'25 by pinching these walls between the f,ingers and the frictional pressure is released whereby the ; 20 test tubes will easily slide out of the cavities.
Referring now to Figure ~, there is sho~n various examples of the construction of'the cavities 17.
, In order to provide added frictional xetention of an item such as the test tube 18', a plurality of friction tabs 31 may be formed integral with the inner periphery of the cavity 17 by providing a plurality of diame-tric slits 32 extending from the circumference 33 to the center 34 of each cavity. In a further example, a plurality of small , triangular friction tabs 35 may be provided side-by-side along the inner circumferen-tial edge of the cavity 17. '-:
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In a still further example, the cavity 17 may be formed by two opposed parallel slits 36 interconnected trans-; versely at their mid-point by a transverse slit 37.
: Thus, two opposed friction tabs 38 are formed and by in-;` S serting an item such as a test tube 18' therein, the opposed friction tabs 38 will bend inwardly and apply side pressure on the test tube for added frictional retention.
Referring now to Figure 5, there is shown a ` further example of the construction of the retention flap., .~ 10 16 of the attachment means. As hereinshown, the retention .- flap 16 is constituted by one or more U-shaped fingers 40 : cut out into the sheet 13 of cardboard or other suitable thin rigid material and each having its terminal ends 41 ::
~? formed integral with the sheet 13. The U-shaped finger 40i ~5 or flap 16 may be bent outwardly from the planar surface i . .
~ of the sheet 13 and thus defining a cavity 43 therein and : , : , . . delineated between the side arms 4~ and end arm 45 of theU-shaped finger. The item, herein the test tube 18', is .
. then inserted through the cavity or opening ~3, and fric-.: 20 tionally retained therein by the restoring force of the : U-shaped finger 40 wh.ich tends to return to its normal planar position within.the sheet 13 due to the d.istribu-. tion of the fiber content in the material at the terminalconnected ends 41 thereof. Although not shown, two or more . 25. axially aligned fingers ~0 may be provided in the sheet 13.
. Referring now to Figures 6 and 7, there is showna further example of the construction of the attachment means and herein the opposed wall sections 25'and 26'are separated by an intermediate wall section 50~ The opposed .
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A lower edge 51'of each of the opposed wall -; sections is secured to the separate sheet 13', herein formed integral therewith, along a fold line extending along said lower edge whereby the opposed wall sections will exhibit a restoring force in the direction of arrows 52, and towards the planar surface of the separate sheet .:
~^ 13' when the opposed wall sections are displaced outwardly of the planar surface of the sheet 13' to a position per-pendicular therewith. As hereinshown, the planar sheet 13' is suitably secured by means of glue or other fastening means to a backing sheet 53. An attachment tab 54 is formed in a lower marginal edge portion of the sheet 13' adjacent the lower edge 51' of the wall section 26' and is secured ,~; , . .
to the backing sheet 53. It can be seen from Figure 7 that by displacing the opposed wall sections 25', 26' outwardly :.
of the backiny sheet 53 that the restoring force in the : .
sheet 13' will cause the end walls to bend back in the di-rection of arrows 52 thereby applying downward pressure in the direction of arrows 55. This pressure will permit frictional engagement in the inner peripheral edges of the cavities 17 in a similar manner to that described above relative to Figure 3 and frictionally engage items such as test tubes 18' positioned therein (see Fig. 6).
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alignment between opposed cavities 17 of each pair of axially aligned cavities. Of course, a single tab 60 may be provided. The friction tabs 60 are defined by an elon-gated slit 61 extending through the wall section 50 and between opposed parallel short transverse slits 62 and 63~ The friction tabs 60 are displaced inwardly of the front surface of the intermediate wall section and biased against the item, herein the test tube 18', as shown at 60' for further frictional retention of the test tube 18' bet- ~
ween opposed axially aligned cavities of each pair of cavi- -ties~ When the friction tabs 60 are in their engagement position, an open area 64 is defined between the opposed - friction tabs 60 permitting exposure of a substantial por-tion of the test tube 18' engaged by the opposed wall sec-tions 25' and 26~ to expose an identification means, such as label 19, or the ~est tube itself to permit visual access thereof to ascertain that a human specimen or other matter, is, in fact, contained therein. Again, as shown in Figure 6, the information carrying section 11' of the form is - 20 constituted by a plurality of sheets 12 whereby to provide ;~ reproduction of copies of the information carried thereon for various uses.
It is within the ambit of the present invention to cover any obvious modifications thereo~ provided these .
modifications fall within the scope of the broad claims ; appended hereto. As above-mentioned, the medical use of . . .
the form is only but one example as well as the use of test tubes. For example, the items 18 being carried by the form could be small bags containing samples therein such as samples of fabricated parts, soil samples, or the like, and attached to the retention flaps in a manner different from that described above relative to the test tube. For example, ~5 ... . .. . . .. .... . . . . . . . , , , _ .
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the end of th~? ~a~ ma~ be twisted and passed through the U-shaped fin~er 40 as shown in the embodiment of Figure 5 and be retalned thereby. Further, the test tube l~i may , contaln animal specimens for experimental uses in medical :: S research or other matter depending on the use.
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'3 BACKGROUND ~)F INVENT~ON
"'! ( a) Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an impro~Jed paper form structure provided with an information carrying section and an attachment section for retaining one or more items which are identified in the information carry-lng section.
(b) Description of Prior Art It i5 known to provide a form comprising of one ^
or more sheets of paper and wherein an information carry-ing section is printed on these sheets to contain informa-tion to identify one or more products which are shipped with the form. Usually, the products have an identifica-tion code prlnted thereon and this code is recorded on the information carrying section of the form and identified therein. When the articles are shipped or displaced, the form travels therewith whereby to provide the identi-... .
fication of these products.
It is also known to provide an attachment means on the form whereby to attach the form to one or more pro-ducts or to a package holding the products. Still further, it is known to provide one or more pouches having an open - end and secured to a sheet whereby to lnsert a product in the pouch. A disadvantage of this type of carrying means , . .
~ 25 is that the pouch does not securely retain the products ,` and often the products fall out of the pouch when the form is in transit and become misplaced. When the products are test tubes containing human specimen, such misplacement ' results in serious consequences.
~ 30 There exists a need to provide a form which wi]l ;~, carry one or more items and contain identification of these -! items thereon and wherein the items are positively retained by the form to make it possible to expedite the form with ~- - 2 ~ ~
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the items attached thereto without losing such items. For example, there is a need to provide such a orm for medical use where the form would carry one or more test tubes containing a human specimen therein, each of the test tubes carrying an identity label or else being retained in a particular portion of the form, which portion carries a coded mark which is fully identified in an information carrying section of the form.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
It is a feature of the present invention to provide a form made of paper or other suitable material, and having ` an information carrying section and attachment means to frictionally retain the items to prevent these from being detached from the form.
Another feature of the present invention is to provide a form made of paper or other suitable material, and for medical use and wherein the attachment means is particu-larly adapted to frictionally retain test tubes carrying a human specimen, the test tubes being identified in an informa-tion carrying section of the form.
A still further feature of the present inventionis to provide a form made of paper or other suitable material and having an information carrying section and an attachment means, the attachment means having one or more retention flaps to receive one or more items and to frictionally retain ` same.
According to the above features, from a broad aspect, the present invention provides a form made of paper or other suitable fiber material, said form having an informa-tion carrying section in a first portion thereof for recordinginformation of one or more elongated tubular items of constant transverse cross-section detachably retained by said form, and , .
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` attachment means in a second portion of said form to releas~
ably retain one or more of said items, said second portion of said form being constituted by a separate sheet of thin rigid cardboard or other suitable papers or fiber material, said attacl~ment means being formed in said separate sheet and having two opposed parallel retention flaps secured along a respective edge to said second portlon and displaceable angularly outward from said planar surface, each of said retention flaps being urged toward said planar surface by the restoring force of the fiber content of said separate sheet, an intermediate wall section between said retention flaps, said retention flaps and intermediate wall section being of rectangular shape, said ~
intermediate wall section being connected along opposed parallel . edges to a top edge of said two opposed retention flaps, said :~ opposed wall sections exhibiting a restoring force when . displaced outwardly of the plane of said separate sheet, said ,- .~
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.~ parallel to one another, said opposed retention flaps being ,~; displaceable in parallel unison by said intermediate wall ,' 20 section, one or more cavities in each said two retention flaps, i said cavities in one of said two retention flaps each having .`'~ its center axis axially aligned with the center axis of an associated cavity in said other opposed retention flap to receive one of said tubular items in aligned cavities of each pair of axially aligned cavities between said retention flaps, '~ said retention flaps being biased along said center axis to .: apply pressure against said one of said tubular items posi-~ tioned in said aligned pai~s of cavities due to said restoring :~ force.
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~: A preferred embodiment of the present invention . will now be described with reference to the examples thereof : illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which:
FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a form having a first type of attachment means provided therewith;
FIGURE 2 is a further embodiment of a form incorporating therein an attachment means forming part of the same sheet having the information carrying section, FIGURE 3 is a side view of a portion of the . attachment means illustrating the operation of the retention flap of the examples shown in Figures 1 and 2;
. FIGURE 4 is a plan view illustrating various embodiments of the construction of the cavities in the retention flaps, .. : FIGURE S is a fragmented perspective view illus--~ trating a further example of a retention flap construction FIGURE 6 is a perspective view illustrating a :, further example of a form of the present invention with a :; 20 further retention flap construction, and ~ FIGURE 7 is a fragmented side view illustrating : the operation of the flap construction shown in Figure 6.
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DESCRIPTIO~ OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Referring now to the drawings, and more parti-cularly to Figure 1, there is shown generally at 10, one ; example of the form of the present invention. The form comprises an information carrying section 11, herein con-stituted by a plurality of sheets 12, to provide copies of information recorded on the form. A second portion of the form, herein constituted by a separate sheet 13, of card-board or other suitable thin rigid material, is attached to the information carrying sheets 11 at an attachment end 14 thereof or by other suitable means~ An attachment means ` 15 is formed in the separate sheet 13 and is provided with one or more retention flaps 16 having means therein, here-in constituted by one or more retention cavities 17, to , j . .
receive a respective item 18 therein and to frictionally retain same. The operation of the attachment means 15 will be described more fully later.
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tube may contain a label 19 thereon (see Fig~ 5) to iden-tify the owner of the specimen and the code on the label ~' is duplicated in the information carrying section 11' of : . , .
the form and fully identified thereon. Alternatively, ~instead of providing a label 19, a location marking such ~ ................. .
as designated by reference numeral 20, may be provided on .' .
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the form 10 adjacent each position of attachment cavi~ies whereby to identify a test tube 18 positioned within the '' cavities 17~ This is preferable as labels, suc'h as 19, have a tendency to slip off or become illegible.
S The particular example of the attachment means ~' 15 shown in Figures 1 to 3, is constituted by forming the retention falp in a lower edge portion 21 of the separate sheet 13 or the main sheet as shown in the Figure 2 example.
' The retention flap is formed by a first fold line 22 ,, ' 10 spaced inwardly and parallel to the end edge 23 of the separate sheet 13, or main sheet as shown in the example of Figure 2. A second fold line 2~ is formed intermediate ' the first fold line 22 and the end edge 23 and equidistantly spaced therebetween whereby to form two opposed wall sec-' 15 tions 25 and 26 of substantially identical elongated rec-' tangular configuration and positioned side-by-side and in-terconnected along a common edge at the second fold line , 24~ When it is required to insert test tubes 18 in the ' ~,' cavities, these two opposed wall sections 25 and 26' are ' ,, 20 angulated outwardly in the direction of arrow 27, by angu-lated displacement on the first and second fold lines. The ,wall sections 25 and 26 are resiliently biased away from one' 'another by the restoring force, in the direction of arrow ,' 28, inhibited by the fi'ber content of the material of the ~, sheet 13, or main sheet as shown in the example of Figure 2. '~' As can be seen, the cavities 17 are formed in ; ' both opposed wall sections 25 and 26 with the cavity 17' in the wall section 26 having their center axis axially aligned with the center axis of the cavities in the other opposed wall section 17 whereby to receive the test tube ',~; 15 in aligned cavities of each pair of axially aligned ' , cavities 17 and 17'. As shown in Flgure 3, in order to ., i , .
. , . . , :. -l069(~6 ;; insert the test tube 18' within a pair of axially aligned cavities 17 and 17', the wall section 26 is folded in the direction of arrow 29 towards the waIl sectlon 25 to bring the cavities 17 and 17' in close alignment. The test tube 18' is then inserted through the aligned cavities and the '; opposed wall sections 25 and 26 are released and assume - the position as shown in Figure 3 as t'he restoring force ; in the material of sheet 13 causes the wall sections to dispLace themselves in the direction of arrow 28 which is ;~ 10 towardsthe normal condition of the sheet 13. Such dis-- placement will cause the opposed wall sections 25 and 26 to apply pressure on portions of the tubes at the locations indicated by arrows 30 and namely, along upper and lower ~', marginal portions of the inner periphery of the cavities ,,, 15 17 and 17'. This pressure will provide the frictional re-tention of the tube within the cavities. In order to re-, move the tubes, the wall section 26 is again folded against the wall section'25 by pinching these walls between the f,ingers and the frictional pressure is released whereby the ; 20 test tubes will easily slide out of the cavities.
Referring now to Figure ~, there is sho~n various examples of the construction of'the cavities 17.
, In order to provide added frictional xetention of an item such as the test tube 18', a plurality of friction tabs 31 may be formed integral with the inner periphery of the cavity 17 by providing a plurality of diame-tric slits 32 extending from the circumference 33 to the center 34 of each cavity. In a further example, a plurality of small , triangular friction tabs 35 may be provided side-by-side along the inner circumferen-tial edge of the cavity 17. '-:
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In a still further example, the cavity 17 may be formed by two opposed parallel slits 36 interconnected trans-; versely at their mid-point by a transverse slit 37.
: Thus, two opposed friction tabs 38 are formed and by in-;` S serting an item such as a test tube 18' therein, the opposed friction tabs 38 will bend inwardly and apply side pressure on the test tube for added frictional retention.
Referring now to Figure 5, there is shown a ` further example of the construction of the retention flap., .~ 10 16 of the attachment means. As hereinshown, the retention .- flap 16 is constituted by one or more U-shaped fingers 40 : cut out into the sheet 13 of cardboard or other suitable thin rigid material and each having its terminal ends 41 ::
~? formed integral with the sheet 13. The U-shaped finger 40i ~5 or flap 16 may be bent outwardly from the planar surface i . .
~ of the sheet 13 and thus defining a cavity 43 therein and : , : , . . delineated between the side arms 4~ and end arm 45 of theU-shaped finger. The item, herein the test tube 18', is .
. then inserted through the cavity or opening ~3, and fric-.: 20 tionally retained therein by the restoring force of the : U-shaped finger 40 wh.ich tends to return to its normal planar position within.the sheet 13 due to the d.istribu-. tion of the fiber content in the material at the terminalconnected ends 41 thereof. Although not shown, two or more . 25. axially aligned fingers ~0 may be provided in the sheet 13.
. Referring now to Figures 6 and 7, there is showna further example of the construction of the attachment means and herein the opposed wall sections 25'and 26'are separated by an intermediate wall section 50~ The opposed .
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50 are o:F rectangular shape, with the intermediate wall ; section 50 being connected along opposed parallel edges 51 to a top edge of the two opposed wall sections. Here-in, the intermediate wall section is formed integral with - 5 the opposed wall sections.
A lower edge 51'of each of the opposed wall -; sections is secured to the separate sheet 13', herein formed integral therewith, along a fold line extending along said lower edge whereby the opposed wall sections will exhibit a restoring force in the direction of arrows 52, and towards the planar surface of the separate sheet .:
~^ 13' when the opposed wall sections are displaced outwardly of the planar surface of the sheet 13' to a position per-pendicular therewith. As hereinshown, the planar sheet 13' is suitably secured by means of glue or other fastening means to a backing sheet 53. An attachment tab 54 is formed in a lower marginal edge portion of the sheet 13' adjacent the lower edge 51' of the wall section 26' and is secured ,~; , . .
to the backing sheet 53. It can be seen from Figure 7 that by displacing the opposed wall sections 25', 26' outwardly :.
of the backiny sheet 53 that the restoring force in the : .
sheet 13' will cause the end walls to bend back in the di-rection of arrows 52 thereby applying downward pressure in the direction of arrows 55. This pressure will permit frictional engagement in the inner peripheral edges of the cavities 17 in a similar manner to that described above relative to Figure 3 and frictionally engage items such as test tubes 18' positioned therein (see Fig. 6).
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alignment between opposed cavities 17 of each pair of axially aligned cavities. Of course, a single tab 60 may be provided. The friction tabs 60 are defined by an elon-gated slit 61 extending through the wall section 50 and between opposed parallel short transverse slits 62 and 63~ The friction tabs 60 are displaced inwardly of the front surface of the intermediate wall section and biased against the item, herein the test tube 18', as shown at 60' for further frictional retention of the test tube 18' bet- ~
ween opposed axially aligned cavities of each pair of cavi- -ties~ When the friction tabs 60 are in their engagement position, an open area 64 is defined between the opposed - friction tabs 60 permitting exposure of a substantial por-tion of the test tube 18' engaged by the opposed wall sec-tions 25' and 26~ to expose an identification means, such as label 19, or the ~est tube itself to permit visual access thereof to ascertain that a human specimen or other matter, is, in fact, contained therein. Again, as shown in Figure 6, the information carrying section 11' of the form is - 20 constituted by a plurality of sheets 12 whereby to provide ;~ reproduction of copies of the information carried thereon for various uses.
It is within the ambit of the present invention to cover any obvious modifications thereo~ provided these .
modifications fall within the scope of the broad claims ; appended hereto. As above-mentioned, the medical use of . . .
the form is only but one example as well as the use of test tubes. For example, the items 18 being carried by the form could be small bags containing samples therein such as samples of fabricated parts, soil samples, or the like, and attached to the retention flaps in a manner different from that described above relative to the test tube. For example, ~5 ... . .. . . .. .... . . . . . . . , , , _ .
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the end of th~? ~a~ ma~ be twisted and passed through the U-shaped fin~er 40 as shown in the embodiment of Figure 5 and be retalned thereby. Further, the test tube l~i may , contaln animal specimens for experimental uses in medical :: S research or other matter depending on the use.
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Claims (7)
1. A form made of paper or other suitable fiber material, said form having an information carrying section in a first portion thereof for recording information of one or more elongated tubular items of constant transverse cross-section detachably retained by said form, and attach-ment means in a second portion of said form to releasably retain one or more of said items, said second portion of said form being constituted by a separate sheet of thin rigid cardboard or other suitable papers or fiber material, said attachment means being formed in said separate sheet and having two opposed parallel retention flaps secured along a respective edge to said second portion and displaceable angularly outward from said planar surface, each of said retention flaps being urged toward said planar surface by the restoring force of the fiber content of said separate sheet, an intermediate wall section between said retention flaps, said retention flaps and intermediate wall section being of rectangular shaped, said intermediate wall section being connected along opposed parallel edges to a top edge of said two opposed retention flaps, said opposed wall sections exhibiting a restoring force when displaced outwardly of the plane of said separate sheet, said fold line of each said opposed wall sections being disposed parallel to one another, said opposed retention flaps being displaceable in parallel unison by said intermediate wall section, one or more cavities in each said two retention flaps, said cavities in one of said two retention flaps each having its center axis axially aligned with the center axis of an associated cavity in said other opposed retention flap to receive one of said tubular items in aligned cavities of each pair of axially aligned cavities between said retention flaps, said retention flaps being biased along said center axis to apply pressure against said one of said tubular items positioned in said aligned pairs of cavities due to said restoring force.
2. A form as claimed in claim 1 wherein a friction tab is formed in said intermediate wall section, said friction tab being disposed in longitudinal alignment with opposed cavities of each pair of cavities.
3. A form as claimed in claim 2 wherein opposed friction tabs are provided and defined by an elongated slit between opposed parallel short transverse slits, said opposed friction tabs being displaceable inwardly of a front surface of said intermediate wall section and biased against a side wall of a respective one of said tubular items for further frictional retention of said item between said opposed axially aligned cavities of each pair of cavities.
4. A form as claimed in claim 3 wherein an open area is defined between said opposed friction tabs when displaced inwardly, said open area permitting exposure of a substantial portion of said item engaged by said tabs to expose an identification means on said item.
5. A form as claimed in claim 4 wherein said identifi-cation means is provided on each said items, said information carrying section containing a further information associated with said identification means.
6. A form as claimed in claim 5 wherein said form is a medical form, said items being test tubes carrying a human specimen therein.
7. A form as claimed in claim 6 wherein said test tubes are of circular transverse cross-section, said cavities being circular cavities of slightly larger diameter than said test tubes, a plurality of friction tabs in an inner periphery of each said cavities to apply circumferential pressure about a test tube received in said cavities.
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR2575050A1 (en) * | 1984-12-26 | 1986-06-27 | Chevriau Gilles | Cupboard for storing homeopathic pharmaceutical products (tubes). Cupboard for domestic use |
| FR2623286A1 (en) * | 1987-11-12 | 1989-05-19 | Amelung Gmbh Heinrich | DEVICE FOR PLACING TEST BOWLS CHARGED WITH STEEL BALLS IN A DEVICE FOR MEASURING AN ANALYZER APPARATUS |
| FR2714467A1 (en) * | 1993-12-29 | 1995-06-30 | Souriau Diagnostic Electron | Vehicle silencer exhaust gas sampling probe |
| EP0673680A2 (en) * | 1994-03-22 | 1995-09-27 | Roche Diagnostics GmbH | Test tubes rack |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR2575050A1 (en) * | 1984-12-26 | 1986-06-27 | Chevriau Gilles | Cupboard for storing homeopathic pharmaceutical products (tubes). Cupboard for domestic use |
| FR2623286A1 (en) * | 1987-11-12 | 1989-05-19 | Amelung Gmbh Heinrich | DEVICE FOR PLACING TEST BOWLS CHARGED WITH STEEL BALLS IN A DEVICE FOR MEASURING AN ANALYZER APPARATUS |
| BE1004350A3 (en) * | 1987-11-12 | 1992-11-03 | Amelung Gmbh Heinrich | Device for laying in unit measure of a power analysis of bowls test provided with steel ball. |
| FR2714467A1 (en) * | 1993-12-29 | 1995-06-30 | Souriau Diagnostic Electron | Vehicle silencer exhaust gas sampling probe |
| EP0673680A2 (en) * | 1994-03-22 | 1995-09-27 | Roche Diagnostics GmbH | Test tubes rack |
| EP0673680A3 (en) * | 1994-03-22 | 1995-12-13 | Boehringer Mannheim Gmbh | Test tubes rack. |
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