US20180050150A1 - Device for securing loose tubing or wires to clothing - Google Patents
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Abstract
A device for securing tubing or wiring to an article of clothing can be formed from plastic by injection molding. The device includes a primary body portion formed with a shaped opening therein. The shaped opening has an enlarged circular part and an integral linear part. The device also includes a closure button formed with a narrow neck attached to a support member, which in turn is connected to the primary body portion by a tether. The button is sized to fit through the circular opening so that the neck can slide into the linear part and trap an article of clothing between the closure member and the primary body portion. The primary body portion is also formed with a pair of clips that are appropriately sized to receive tubing, such as IV tubing, that can be supported on the patient's clothing and facilitate mobility for the patient.
Description
- The present invention generally relates to a retainer device to support loose wiring or tubing from articles of clothing and, more particularly, to a retention device that is detachably connectable to clothing to prevent electronic wiring or medical tubing from hanging loose from a person by detachably securing the wires or tubing to an article of clothing worn by the person utilizing the wiring or tubing.
- Patients in hospitals are often connected to an intravenous system to deliver medicines and saline solution to the patient. Often the tubing interconnecting the supply of medicine and/or saline solution and the patient is sufficiently long in order to providing some maneuverability for the patient that the tubing hangs well below the patient's arms when standing. This low hanging tubing presents a safety hazard in that the loop of tubing hanging at the lowest point is subjected to engaging protruding obstacles and can then pull on the patient's catheter or other connection with the patient. While the use of catheter tubing may be the most common situation in which tubing is hanging from a patient, other similar situations can be found on patients with medicinal pumps, patients with urinary catheters, and patients with feeding tubes, as a few examples.
- Another remotely similar situation occurs with respect to electronic equipment. In the medical field, a patient can have electronic medical equipment with lead wires, such as EKG monitors and the like, or simply head phone wires, or ear bud wires, such as are connected to iPods to allow the wearer to hear audio programs as well as music stored in the electronic device. Often these electronic wires dangle from the wearer's ears to the location of the electronic device is attached to the wearer where electronic device is supported with a sufficient length to allow the wearer to have significant flexibility in locating the support place for the electronic device. As with the catheter tubing, the electronic wiring can be engaged by protruding obstacles that pull the hearing implements or medical monitors, etc., away from the wearer and/or the electronic device, thus interrupting the transmission of the desired electronic signal or simply the listening enjoyment of the wearer.
- A solution to this problem of dangling catheter tubing, wires, etc., particularly when the patient is ambulatory, is often solved by the use of a safety pin that captures the tubing/wiring and is then pinned to the clothing worn by the patient, which is often a thin cotton, or similar material, hospital gown. While this use of a safety pin presents a perfunctory solution to the problem of the dangling catheter tubing, the safety pin cannot be used when the patient is being subjected to tests such as a an X-ray or an MRI, as the metal safety pin has to be removed to perform the tests due to the nature of the machine not being receptive to metal.
- It would be desirable to provide a retention device that could engage medical tubing or electronic wiring to permit the tubing or wiring to be supported on an article of clothing of the wearer, which would prevent the loop of tubing from hanging too low or away from the wearer for engagement with a protruding obstacle. If allowed with respect to a machine on which testing is being done on the patient, the retention device may not have to be removed, thus retaining control of the tubing even while certain tests are being conducted.
- It is an object of this invention to provide a device for securing loose tubing or wires to clothing in a temporary manner.
- It is a feature of this invention that the device for securing loose tubing can be utilized to secure IV tubing for patients in hospitals.
- It is an advantage of this invention that the secured tubing is less likely to be engaged with extraneous objects when the patient is walking from one location to another.
- It is another feature of this invention that the device for securing tubing can also be utilized to secure electronic wiring to clothing while an electronic device is being operated.
- It is another advantage of this invention that the device can secure wires for headphones or ear buds for an electronic device like an iPod® while the device is being used and the operator is moving.
- It is another object of this invention to provide a device for securing tubing to clothing in which the device can be engaged to clothing and attached to the tubing to secure the tubing to the article of clothing selected.
- It is still another feature of this invention that the device for securing tubing to clothing includes a primary body portion and a closure member that is engagable with the primary body portion to trap an article of clothing therebetween.
- It is still another feature of this invention that the primary body portion is formed with at least two clips to receive tubing therein.
- It is still another advantage of this invention that the tubing clips can be sized to fit tubing of different diameters, as well as electronic wiring.
- It is yet another feature of this invention that the primary body portion is formed with a shaped opening that includes an enlarged generally circular end to permit the passage of the head of the button attached to the primary body portion by a tether, and a narrowed linear opening in communication with the enlarged circular end that enables the button to slide into a locking orientation trapping an article of clothing between the button and the primary body portion.
- It is yet another advantage of this invention that the device can be formed of plastic through injection molding as a single integral device including both the primary body portion and the tethered closure button.
- It is yet another object of this invention to provide a device for securing medical tubing or electronic wiring to an article of clothing, which is durable in construction, inexpensive of manufacture, carefree of maintenance, facile in assemblage, and simple and effective in use.
- These and other objects, features and advantages are accomplished according to the instant invention by providing a device for securing tubing or wiring to an article of clothing in which the device is formed from plastic by injection molding or other suitable manufacturing process. The device includes a primary body portion that is formed with a shaped opening therein. The shaped opening has an enlarged circular part and an integral linear part. The device also includes a closure button formed with a narrow neck attached to a generally planar support member, which in turn is connected to the primary body portion by a tether. The button is sized to fit through the circular opening so that the neck can slide into the linear part and trap an article of clothing between the closure member and the primary body portion. The primary body portion is also formed with a pair of clips that are appropriately sized to receive tubing, such as IV tubing, that can be supported on the patient's clothing and facilitate mobility for the patient.
- The advantages of this invention will be apparent upon consideration of the following detailed disclosure of the invention, especially when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein:
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FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a tube holding device incorporating the principles of the instant invention; -
FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the tube holding device shown inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is a end elevational view of the tube holding device shown inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the tube holding device shown inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the tube holding device having a slightly different configuration than the tube holding device shown inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 6 is another perspective view of the tube holding device shown inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the tube holding device; -
FIG. 8 is a side elevational view of the tube holding device shown inFIG. 1 with the closure member moved to be engaged with the primary body portion; -
FIG. 9 is a side elevational view of the tube holding device shown inFIG. 8 with the closure member being inserted into the primary body portion to secure the tube holding device onto a representative piece of clothing; -
FIG. 10 is an enlarged end elevational view of the tube holding device as shown inFIG. 9 ; -
FIG. 11 is an enlarged top plan view of the tube holding device as shown inFIG. 9 , the representative piece of clothing to which the tube holding device is secured being shown in phantom; -
FIG. 12 is a top plan view of an alternative embodiment of the device incorporating the principles of the instant invention and being operable for supporting both IV and feed tubing; -
FIG. 13 is an end elevational view of the device corresponding to lines 13-13 ofFIG. 12 ; -
FIG. 14 is a side elevational view of the device corresponding to lines 14-14 ofFIG. 12 ; and -
FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the device depicted inFIG. 12 . - Referring to
FIGS. 1-4 , a tube holding device incorporating the principles of the instant invention can best be seen. Thetube holding device 10 is designed to support conventional medical tubing used for intravenous therapy for patients, catheters and other conventional tubing therapies and practices. As will be noted below, a slight reconfiguration of theprimary body portion 20 with or without an inserted disc to engage electronic wires connecting medical monitoring or testing devices, as well as head phones or ear buds to electronic devices, such as iPods, will permit the tube holding device to support the electronic wires. Medical tubing, or in the alternative electronic wiring, is typically supplied in sufficient length to provide some flexibility in movement relative to the medical device, or in the alternative the electronic device, to which the medical tubing or electronic wiring is attached. This extra length of tubing or wiring hangs from one end connected to the medical or electronic device to the person using the medical or electronic device. Referring herein to medical tubing, the medical tubing will hang from the supply of medicine or fluid, or disposal bag, to the connection of that tubing to the patient. This length of medical tubing hangs in a loop that will extend far enough away from the body of the person using the tubing to engage a protruding obstacle and cause damage to the tubing or to the person. - The
tube holding device 10 is formed with aprimary body portion 20 and an attachedclosure member 12. One skilled in the art will recognize that the attachment of theclosure member 12 to theprimary body portion 20 is a matter of convenience and of preference. Although theclosure member 12 would operate in the same manner as will be described in greater detail below if theclosure member 12 were separate from theprimary body portion 20, but when the two components are disengaged, there would be a tendency or probability of losing one of the two components. Thetube holding device 10 is preferably formed from plastic through an injection molding process. Accordingly, thetether 19 connecting theclosure member 12 to theprimary body portion 20 can be of any size or shape; however, the preferred embodiment would be to have thetether 19 formed from a reduced thickness of plastic material so as to render thetether 19 flexible and enable theclosure member 12 to be manipulated relative to theprimary body portion 20. - The
closure member 12 is preferably formed with aplanar support member 13 having abutton 15 projecting out of the bottom surface thereof. Thebutton 15 is preferably shaped with anenlarged head 16 mounted at the end of a reducedshank 17. Thetether 19 allows theclosure member 12 to be folded back toward theprimary body portion 20 in which configuration thebutton 15 becomes upright for engagement with theprimary body portion 20, as will be described in greater detail below. Preferably, theplanar support member 13 is formed to have a thickness greater than thetether 19 so that theplanar support member 13 is not as flexible. In an alternative embodiment, thetether 19 could be formed to have a width much narrower than theplanar support member 13; however, care must be taken that thetether 19 is not subject to being broken from repeated usage. Accordingly, it has been found that forming thetether 19 with a width substantially equal to theplanar support member 13, though with a reduced thickness to induce increased flexibility, provides for a pleasing appearance and proper function. - The
primary body portion 20 is also generally planar except that the lateral sides of theprimary body portion 20 are formed into a specific curled shaped to formsemi-circular clips 22 that are designed to mate with standardmedical tubing 30. For catheter tubing, which has a larger diameter than IV tubing, theclips 22 would be formed with a larger diameter so as to conform to the size of the larger tubing. Conversely, if theprimary body portion 20 is to be used to engage ear bud wiring for an iPod, as an example or other such electronic devices, theclips 22 should be formed at a smaller diameter so as to be engagable with the wiring for the same purposes to be described below with respect to themedical tubing 30. - Between the two laterally opposed
clips 22, the planarprimary body portion 20 is formed with a shapedopening 25 that preferably has an enlarged generallycircular end 26, which permits the passage of thehead 16 of thebutton 15 through theprimary body portion 20, and a narrowedlinear opening 27 in communication with the enlargedcircular end 26. Thelinear opening 27 has a width that will allow the passage of the reducedshank 17 of thebutton 15 along the length thereof. Optionally, thelinear opening 17 can terminate in a reduced diametercircular opening 28 at the end thereof opposite the enlargedcircular end 26 to mate with the circular shape of theshank 17. As another option, the reducedcircular opening 28 could be slightly larger in width than thelinear opening 27, as is represented inFIG. 7 , to accommodate the securing of both theshank 17 and the thickness of material of clothing, as is described in greater detail below. Preferably, thetether 19 is connected to theprimary body portion 20 adjacent the reducedcircular opening 28 to facilitate the engagement of thebutton 15 into the shapedopening 25. - Referring to
FIGS. 5 and 7 , alternative embodiments of thetube holding device 10 can be seen. The primary difference of thetube holding device 10 inFIG. 5 is the width of theprimary body portion 20 and the diameter of theclips 22 on the lateral sides of theprimary body portion 20. Theprimary body portion 20 is wider than the configuration shown inFIGS. 1-4 , so that theclips 22 can have a larger diameter to accommodate catheter tubing instead of intravenous medical tubing. By supporting the larger catheter tubing, the width of theprimary body portion 20 would preferably be larger than theprimary body portion 20 of thetube holding device 10 used with IV tubing so that there would be sufficient room to form the shapedopening 25 between theclips 22. InFIG. 7 , the clips at the lateral sides of theprimary body portion 20 are formed of at least twoupright clip members 23 that are sized to receive the medical tubing through the vertically orientedopenings 24 and be retained therein through a friction fit with theclip members 23. Accordingly, thetubing 30 is simply pressed into theclip members 23 and retained therein until pulled out of theclip members 23. - Referring now to
FIGS. 8-11 , the operation of thetube holding device 10 can best be seen. First, themedical tubing 30, or in the alternative electronic wiring or other hanging lines that require control, are placed into theclips 22 on theprimary body portion 20. The curved clips 22 have a shape that will allow thetubing 30 to slide along theclips 22, or from the viewpoint of thetubing 30, theprimary body portion 20 slides along thetubing 30, so that thetube holding device 10 can be positioned as desired along the length of themedical tubing 30 hanging loose from the person utilizing thetube holding device 10. Once theprimary body portion 20 has been secured on thetubing 30, theclosure member 12 is rotated toward the underside of theprimary body portion 20. For those configurations in which theclosure member 12 is not physically attached to theprimary body portion 20, theclosure member 12 is simply grasped an oriented below the underside of theprimary body portion 20 with thebutton 15 projecting upwardly toward the shapedopening 25. - The
closure member 12 and theprimary body portion 20 are then oriented with respect to an article ofclothing 32 being worn by the person utilizing thetube holding device 10 such that the material is positioned between thebutton 15 and the underside of theprimary body portion 20. Thebutton 15 is then pressed into the enlargedcircular opening 26 taking the material of the article ofclothing 32 with thebutton 15 until thehead 16 and the material overlying thehead 16 is pressed through the enlargedcircular opening 26. Thebutton 15 can then be move along thelinear opening 27, with the material of the article ofclothing 32 being caught between theshank 17 and the sides of thelinear opening 27, until thebutton 15 is secured within the shapedopening 25, which due to the material of the article ofclothing 32 trapped between thebutton 15 and theprimary body portion 20 affixes thetube holding device 10 to the article ofclothing 32. - As a result, the
tube holding device 10 is secured to the article ofclothing 32 which in turn secures themedical tubing 30 to the article of clothing. With appropriate location of thetube holding device 10 relative to the article ofclothing 32, the medical tubing will be lifted onto thetube holding device 10 and will not be free to dangle away from the person using themedical tubing 30. Thus, a patient utilizing thetube holding device 10 to secure themedical tubing 30 to the article of clothing 32 (which is often a thin hospital gown) is less likely to engage a loop of themedical tubing 30 with a protruding object that will pull on the tubing. Fortubing 30 that is so long as to present a danger of stepping on the loop of tubing while walking, thetube holding device 10 keeps the tubing elevated and secured to the article ofclothing 32. - An alternative embodiment of the
tube holding device 40 is depicted inFIGS. 12-15 in which thetube holding device 40 is formed to be able to connect with and support two different sizes of tubing, such as anIV tube 34 and afeed tube 36. The alternativetube holding device 40 has a rectangularlyshaped body member 46 on which are mounted opposing grips for engaging tubing of different sizes. On one side of thebody member 46 are a mounted two pairs of short IV tubing grips 47. In each pair of IV tubing grips 47, one of thegrips 47 a is generally upright while the opposinggrip 47 b is angled upwardly from thebody member 46 and toward theupright grip 47 a. This arrangement of thegrips grips grips body member 46, and presents a device that traps the IV tubing within the pair ofgrips 47. To get the tubing into engagement with the pair ofgrips 47, theangled grip 47 b is tipped backward away from theupright grip 47 a so that the tubing can pass between thegrips base member 46. - The opposite side of the
body member 46 is formed with two pairs oflarger grips 48 that are sized to receivefeed tubing 36 which has a larger diameter thanIV tubing 34. As described above, the feed tubing grips 48 include anupright grip 48 a and anangled grip 48 b that are arranged similarly to the IV tubing grips 47 and operate essentially identically. Accordingly, thealternative device 40 is operable to engage and support two different sizes oftubing grip members base member 46 and toward the other grip member of thepair FIG. 13 . - Like the first embodiment described above, the alternative embodiment includes a
tether 41 that interconnects aclosure member 42 to thebody member 46. Theclosure member 42 incorporates abutton 43 that is sized and shaped to pass through the shapedopening 45 to capture a section of clothing material of the patient in order to support the tubing engaged with therespective grips tether 41 can incorporate aridge 44 at the joinder of theclosure member 42 to thetether 41. Theridge 44 facilitates the positioning of thebutton 43 within the shapedopening 45, particularly when a section of clothing is positioned between thebutton 43 and the shapedopening 45. Also, thebody member 46 is formed withslots 49 on the opposing sides of the shapedopening 45 to provide the ability to wrap small electronic wires, such as heart monitor wires or ear bud wires, around thebody member 46. - One skilled in the art will also note that the alternative embodiment of the
tube holding device 40 can be formed with pairs ofgrips tube holding device tube holding device tether button opening tube holding device alternative configuration 40, can be formed with multiple pairs of grips or clips to hold more than two tubes, cords or cables. - It will be understood that changes in the details, materials, steps and arrangements of parts which have been described and illustrated to explain the nature of the invention will occur to and may be made by those skilled in the art upon a reading of this disclosure within the principles and scope of the invention. The foregoing description illustrates the preferred embodiments of the invention; however, concepts, as based upon the description, may be employed in other embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention.
- As an example, one skilled in the art will recognize that the
closure member 12 could be selectively separable from theprimary body portion 20 when engaged or not engaged therewith. In such a configuration, theclosure member 12 could have a tether that is selectively detachable from themain body portion 20 so as to be removable therefrom under conditions where thetube holding device 10 needs to be secured to the article of clothing at a location that is not proximate to an edge of the article of clothing. Such a structure could loop (not shown) on thebody portion 20 that would receive a hook or transverse member (not shown) on the tether and retain the tether within the loop until the transverse member was manually manipulated to release the transverse member from the loop. In such a configuration, thetube holding device 10 could be utilized in the same manner as described above, or as adetached closure member 12.
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1. A device for securing tubing or wiring to an article of clothing comprising:
a primary body portion including a pair of clip retention members mounted on opposing sides of said primary body portion for retaining tubing therein, and a shaped opening including a linear portion, said shaped opening being located between said pair of clip retention members; and
a closure member including a button having a first size dimension mounted on a neck having a second size dimension, said second size dimension being smaller than said first size dimension, said button being engagable with said shaped opening while said neck permits said button to move along said linear portion.
2. The device of claim 1 wherein said neck is attached to a mounting member connected to said primary body portion by a tether, said tether permitting said mounting member to be moved relative to said primary body portion to align said button with said shaped opening.
3. The device of claim 2 wherein said tether and said mounting member have a common width dimension, said common width dimension being less than a corresponding width dimension of said primary body portion.
4. The device of claim 1 wherein said shaped opening includes a circular portion with said linear portion being in communication with said circular portion such that said button can be passed through said circular portion and moved to said linear portion.
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6. The device of claim 1 wherein said clip retention members are formed as semi-circular members curled upwardly from said primary body portion to provide an opening between edges of said semi-circular members and said primary body portion for the passage of tubing or wiring into the respective said clip retention member.
7. The device of claim 1 wherein said clip retention members are formed as upright members defining a vertically oriented opening for the passage of tubing or wiring into the upright members.
8. The device of claim 1 wherein said clip retention members have a diameter sized to correspond to a predetermined size of medical tubing.
9. The device of claim 1 wherein said clip retention members have different diameters to receive differently sized tubing or wiring.
10. A method of securing tubing or wiring to clothing, comprising:
providing a plastic device having a primary body portion including at least one clip retention member for retaining said tubing or wiring therein, and a shaped opening including a linear portion; and a closure member including a button having a first size dimension mounted on a neck having a second size dimension, said second size dimension being smaller than said first size dimension, said neck being attached to a mounting member connected to said primary body portion by a tether, said tether permitting said mounting member to be moved relative to said primary body portion to align said button with said shaped opening;
placing said clothing underneath said primary body portion;
moving said button to a position underneath said primary body portion and said clothing;
pushing said button through said shaped opening and force said clothing through said shaped opening;
sliding said neck into said linear portion of said shaped opening to trap said clothing between said neck and said primary body portion; and
connecting said tubing or wiring to said at least one clip retention member.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein said plastic device secures medical tubing to said at least one clip retention member.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein said shaped opening includes a circular portion with said linear portion being in communication with said circular portion, said button being circular in shape.
13. The method of claim 11 wherein said primary body portion has a pair of clip retention members for retaining tubing or wiring with said clip retention members being mounted on opposing sides of said primary body portion, said connecting step connecting medical tubing to each said clip.
14. The method of claim 13 wherein said clip retention members are formed as semi-circular members curled upwardly from said primary body portion to provide an opening between an edge of said semi-circular member and said primary body portion for the passage of tubing into said clip retention member, said connecting step including the step of sliding said medical tubing through said opening to be trapped within said semi-circular member.
15. The method of claim 13 wherein said clip retention members are formed as upright members defining a vertically oriented opening for the passage of tubing into the upright members, said connecting step including the step of pressing said medical tubing through respective said vertically oriented openings to trap said medical tubing in said upright members.
16. The method of claim 13 wherein said medical tubing is one of IV tubing, oxygen tubing, catheter tubing, chest drainage tubing, and heart tubing.
17. A device for securing medical tubing to an article of clothing worn by a patient, comprising:
a plastic primary body portion including a pair of retainer clips for selectively retaining said medical tubing therein, said primary body portion further including a shaped opening therein located between said retainer clips, said shaped opening having a circular portion and a linear portion in communication with said circular portion; and
a plastic closure member including a mounting member connected to said primary body portion by a tether, said mounting member having an integral circular button spaced above said mounting member by a neck, said button having a first diameter dimension that is larger than a corresponding diameter dimension of said neck, said tether permitting said mounting member to be moved relative to said primary body portion to align said button with said shaped opening.
18. The device of claim 17 wherein said retainer clips are formed as integral semi-circular members curled upwardly from said primary body portion to provide an opening between edges of said semi-circular members and said primary body portion for the passage of said medical tubing into the respective said retainer clip.
19. The device of claim 17 wherein said retainer clips are formed as upright members defining a vertically oriented opening for the passage of medical tubing into the upright members.
20. The device of claim 17 wherein said retainer clips are sized to receive one of IV tubing, oxygen tubing, catheter tubing, chest drainage tubing, and heart tubing.
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