Patent ID: 6336897
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: A61G,Y10T

Abstract:
A grommet for allowing wires and/or tubes to pass through the wall of an infant care apparatus, said grommet comprising a flexible material adapted to be located in the wall of the apparatus, said flexible material having an elongated slit therethrough for introducing the wires and/or tubes through said slit to pass the wires and/or tubes through the wall, said grommet having a plurality of thickened ridges vertically spaced apart and extending laterally outwardly from said elongated slit, said thickened ridges adapted to retain the wires and/or tubes in a position abutting said thickened ridges, said thickened ridges adapted to support the wires and/or tubes and prevent the wires and/or tubes from sliding along said elongated slit without considerable force wherein said wires and/or tubes can be selectively positioned along said elongated slit at one of said thickened ridges.