Patent ID: 7661559
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: A47B,B65D

Abstract:
1. A tube holder adapted for use with a squeezable tube, comprising: (a) a substantially planar base that is adapted for attachment to a flat surface and a substantially planar bottom member that extends away from a bottom of said base; (b) a plurality of sidewalls extending out from said substantially planar base wherein a space intermediate a first and a second of said sidewalls form a compartment that is adapted to receive said squeezable tube therein; and (c) a moveable member disposed intermediate said first and said second sidewalls; wherein said moveable member is adapted to be urged upward along a longitudinal length of said first and second sidewalls and down along a longitudinal length of said first and second sidewalls, and wherein said moveable member includes a longitudinal length and a first end and an opposite second end, and wherein said first sidewall includes a first slot and wherein said second sidewall includes a second slot, and wherein said first slot and said second slot form an opposite pair of slots, and wherein said first slot and said second slot face each other and are disposed in a spaced-apart parallel orientation with respect to each other, and wherein said first slot and said second slot each include a longitudinal slot length, and wherein said first slot and said second slot extend linearly along said longitudinal slot length, and wherein said first slot and said second slot do not include any curvature along said longitudinal slot length, and wherein said first slot and said second slot extend substantially along said longitudinal length of said first and second sidewalls, and wherein said first slot and said second slot are disposed in said first and second sidewalls a predetermined distance away from said base such that said first slot and said second slot are each disposed closer to a distal end of said first and second sidewalls than said first slot and said second slot are disposed away from a proximate end of said first and second sidewalls, and wherein said distal end is disposed maximally away from said base, and wherein said proximate end is disposed proximate said base, and wherein said first end of said moveable member is disposed in said first slot and said second end of said moveable member is disposed in said second slot, and wherein said moveable member is able to be urged along said longitudinal slot length, and wherein a space that is contained within said base, said first sidewall and said second sidewall, said bottom member, and said moveable member is sufficient to dispose said squeezable tube therein when said squeezable tube is disposed in an orientation wherein a longitudinal axis of said squeezable tube is in parallel alignment with said opposite pair of slots, and wherein an end of said squeezable tube is supported by said bottom member, and wherein when a force is applied to said moveable member sufficient to urge said moveable member along said longitudinal slot length into a desired position, said moveable member is retained at said desired position when said force is removed, and wherein said moveable member retains said squeezable tube in said space of said tube holder.