US1294563A - Sputum-cup holder. - Google Patents

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H. A. STONE.

SPUTUM CUP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31.1918.

1,294,563 Patented Feb.18,1919.

HENRY A. STONE, OF SCOTCH PLAINS, JERSEY.

SPUTUM-CUP HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented Feb. 18, 1919.

Application filed July 31, 1918. Serial K012417526.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, HENRY A. STONE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scotch Plains, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sputum- Cup Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sputum-cup holders and the object of the invention is to pro duce a simple, inexpensive and efficient device by which the cups will be supported against collapse and may be very easily ,removed when filled. A further object'of the avention is to provide a device which may be applied to any of the sputum cups now on the market and which will support the cup when in use so that contact with the contents of the cup will be avoided.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and will be hereinafter fully described, the novel features being subsequently particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings Figure l is a perspective view of a sputum cup supported within my improved holder;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the cup and the holder supporting the same;

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the holder and the cover mounted thereon.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a single strand or length of stout wire and, midway the ends thereof, bend the said strand or length of wire into a rectangular loop 1, the end portions of the wire being brought together at one side of the loop and then bent downwardly, as shown at 2, a clip or sleeve 3 being passed around said downturned portions so as to hold them together. Below the said clip 3, the branches of the wire are doubled on themselves to form the eyes or handle member 4 projecting rearwardly from the down-turned portion 2 and from the said eyes or handle member the branches of the wire are carried downwardly in spaced relation, as indicated at 5. The spaced portions 5, together with the downturned portion 2, will constitute a support or brace for the back wall of the cup 6 and should, therefore, be of such length as may be necessary to accommodate a cup of standard height. From the lower ends of the spaced portions 5, the branches of the wire are. carried forwardly in divergent paths to form the base members 7 upon which the cup rests, and the front ends of these base portions are turned upwardly to provide the front arms 8 whichextendup to the loop 1 and have their extremities formed into eyes 9 which encircle the front'portion or side of the loop 1. The cup 6 is of any desired construction and is generally a stout impervious paper receptacle of rectangular form having its upper edges folded over into the interior of thecup, as shown at 10. The cup is inserted downwardly through the loop 1 and rests upon the base members 7 so that the sides of the cup will be supported by the top loop 1 and thereby maintained in proper shape.

A cover 11, preferably of sheet metal, is provided to extend over the top of the cup and prevent the escape of infectious matter and germs therefrom, the said cup being provided with a handle 12 at its rear edge and also provided with a down-turned flange 13 at said edge which is constructed with a central notch 14 to accommodate the upper sides of the eyes or handle 4 and also to permit a spring 15 to be coiled around the rear side of the loop 1 and have its ends engaged respectively over the rear edge of the cover and the down-turned portion of the holder. The edge of the flange 13 is rolled upon itself to provide a sleeve or hinge member 16 which fits around the side of the loop 1 so as to permit the cover to turn pivotally upon the loop, the spring 15 holding the cover normally over and upon the top of the cup and the handle member 12 permitting the cup to be raised against the tension of the spring as will be readily understood upon reference to Figs. 1 and 3.

It will be readily understood that this improved holder is formed of a single length of wire and may be, therefore, very cheaply andeasily manufactured. When in use it will firmly support the cup so that it will not collapse and may be repeatedly used until filled and when filled may be easily removed from the holder to be destroyed in accordance with the usual practice. A new cup may, of course, be very readily inserted into the holder and a single holder, therefore, usedindefinitely. The holder is light and it will not occupy so much room that its use will be prohibited.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A device for the purpose set forth comso that it may be handled by a weakinvalid prising a single strand of Wire formed midway its ends into an upper receptacle-engaging loop, the end portions of the strand meeting at one side of the loop and then extending downwardly therefrom and then doubled on themselves to form eyes adj ac-ent the down-turned portions and eXtendino' downwardly from said eyes at the sides of the first mentioned clown-turned portions, then extending forwardly in diverging paths in a plane approximately parallel with the receptacle-engaging loop and terminating in up-turned members having their ends conn-ected to the front side of the receptacleengaging loop, and means for holding the first mentioned down-turned portions together.

2. A device for the purpose set forth comprising a single strand of wire formed midway its ends into an upper receptacle engaging loop, the end portions of the strand meeting at one side'of the loop and then extending downwardly therefrom and then doubled on themselvesto form eyes adjacent 'rece tacle-en 'a 'in 100 and terminatin in b b b up-turned members having their ends connected to the front side of the receptacle engaging loop, means for holding the first mentioned down-turned portions together, and a spring-controlled cover provided at one edge with spaced hinge sleeves engaging around the side of the receptacle-engaging loop at opposite sides of the down-turned portions of the same.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HENRY A. STONE. a 3.

Copies of this patent may be' obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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