| CPC A61G 7/05 (2013.01) [F16L 3/223 (2013.01); H02G 3/0456 (2013.01)] | 22 Claims |
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1. A method of attaching a cable holder to a hospital bed comprising the steps of:
a) providing a hospital bed comprising a mattress and a headboard, the headboard having a headboard rear surface facing the mattress, a headboard front surface, a headboard thickness extending from the headboard front surface to the headboard rear surface, a headboard left end, a headboard right end, a headboard width extending from the headboard left end to the headboard right end and perpendicular to the headboard thickness, a headboard top, a headboard bottom located below the headboard top, and a headboard height extending from the headboard top to the headboard bottom and perpendicular to the headboard thickness and headboard width;
b) providing a cable holder comprising a holder front, a holder rear, a holder thickness extending from the holder front to the holder rear, a holder left side, a holder right side, a holder width extending from the holder left side to the holder right side and perpendicular to the holder thickness, a holder top, a holder bottom located below the holder top, a holder height extending from the holder top to the holder bottom and perpendicular to the holder thickness and holder width, the holder further comprising:
i) a holder body comprising a body front, a body rear, a body thickness extending from the body front to the body rear and parallel to the holder thickness, a body left side, a body right side, a body width extending from the body left side to the body right side and perpendicular to the body thickness and parallel to the holder width, a body top, a body bottom located below the body top, a body height extending from the body top to the body bottom and perpendicular to the body thickness and body width and parallel to the holder height;
ii) at least one hook extending from the body top rearwardly toward the holder rear, the least one hook comprising a hook top comprising a hook top top surface, a hook top bottom surface located below the hook top top surface, a hook top rear located at the holder rear, the at least one hook further comprising a hook leg extending downwardly from the hook top, the at least one hook further comprising a hook cavity defined by the hook leg, hook top and body rear; and
iii) a left wing, the left wing comprising a left wing proximal section extending from the body left side forwardly towards the holder front, the left wing further comprising a left wing distal section extending laterally from the left wing proximal section towards the holder left side; and
iv) a right wing, the right wing comprising a right wing proximal section extending from the body right side forwardly towards the holder front, the right wing further comprising a right wing distal section extending laterally from the right wing proximal section towards the holder right side;
c) attaching the holder to the headboard by placing the hook top bottom surface on top of the headboard top, the hook leg to the rear of the headboard rear surface and the body rear in front of the headboard front surface so that the hook top bottom surface extends continuously around and rests on the headboard top, the left wing is located in front of the headboard front surface, the right wing is located in front of the headboard front surface and the headboard top is captured in the hook cavity; and
d) securing a cable to the holder by wrapping the cable around the left wing and the right wing.
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